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Cultural action in the Uruk worldessay 2001 • Wright, Henry T. (Henry Tutwiler)
Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia • Middle East > Middle East
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 a...The southern margins of Sumerbook chapter 1981 • Wright, Henry T. (Henry Tutwiler)
Early Dynastic Mesopotamia • Middle East > Middle East
Wright describes his field survey and his findings from the area around Ur and Eridu. He gives an idea of the settlement patterns and describes some of the ceramics. The survey encountered remains from the Eridu Period (circa 7000 B.P. or 5000 B.C.) ...Commentsessay 1996 • Wright, Henry T. (Henry Tutwiler)
Late Paleo-Indian • North America > General North America
Wright comments on the papers in this volume (eHRAF numbers 2-25). He compares Paleoindian research in the Southeast with that in the Great Lakes area and Europe. Wright discusses some future research he would like to see. He especially would like to...Calibrated radiocarbon age determinations of Uruk-related assemblagesessay 2001 • Wright, Henry T. (Henry Tutwiler) & Rupley, E. S. A.
Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia • Middle East > Middle East
Wright and Rupley present in this study calibrated radiocarbon age determinations of several Uruk-related site assemblages scattered throughout the greater Mesopotamian area (Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey). Where possible chronologically relevant arc...