essay

Configurations of settlement

Uruk countryside: the natural setting of urban societies, [by] Robert McC. Adams and Hans J. Nissen • Chicago • Published In 1972 • Pages: 1-94

By: Adams, Robert McCormick.

Abstract
This document is essentially a study of settlement and urbanization patterns of the early and late Uruk cultures in the Warka region of Iraq during the Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamian period (6000-5100 BP). Data relevant to other archaeological traditions outside of the time frame noted above, constituting a large part of this work, have not been indexed with Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM)subjects.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Settlement patterns
Urban and rural life
Population
tradition
Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia
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
6000-87 BP (4000-1913 AD)
Coverage Place
Warka Region, Iraq
Notes
Robert McC. Adams
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
78179489
LCSH
Erech (Extinct city)/Iraq--Antiquities