essay
Cultural action in the Uruk world
uruk mesopotamia & its neighbors : cross-cultural interactions in the era of state formation • Sante Fe, Nm • Published In 2001 • Pages: 123-147
By: Wright, Henry T. (Henry Tutwiler).
Abstract
Wright in this essay on the Uruk world believes that the Uruk expansion period lasted hundreds of years longer than earlier scholars had thought; more than a thousand years in his estimate. He describes the size and diversity of the region surveyed and discusses how travel time had shrunk to some degree in the area because of the better use of the rivers as routes of communication and because of the domestication of the donkey used in transportation. In the basic use of raw materials Wright contradicts Algaze's model by showing that the resources of the alluvium were greater than Algaze implies. The author then reviews some areas that need further study in regard to the material record, these being food production, craft organization, tribute, and control. He concludes this essay with a sketch of the long transition from small, scattered agricultural villages to cities, and increasing political and economic elaboration and competition (Rothman, 2001, no. 18, p. 15).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 2006
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 6000-5000 BP (4000-3000 BC)
- Coverage Place
- Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey
- Notes
- Henry T. Wright
- For bibliographical references see document 17:Rothman
- LCCN
- 2001049321
- LCSH
- Middle East--Civilization--To 622/Erech (Extinct city)