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An open gate: cities of the fourth millennium BC (Tell Brak 1997)
Cambridge archaeological journal • 7 (2) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 287-307
By: Oates, David, Oates, Joan.
Abstract
Based on the authors' field work at Tell Brak in 1997, limited as it was in scope, yet it has significantly widened our perspective on early urbanism. Although future evidence may well sustain the belief that we must look to south Mesopotamia for the world's first cities, an increasing body of evidence from North Mesopotamia points to an apparently earlier, and seemingly independent, urban development in that region represented for example, by Tell Brak. Fourth millennium evidence from sites like Hamoukar, to the east of Brak …and Tell al Hawa…sustain a general picture of prosperous settlements of growing complexity on the northern plain early in the fourth millennium BC (p. 296).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 2006
- Field Date
- 1997
- Coverage Date
- 6000-5100 BP (4000-3100 BC)
- Coverage Place
- Tell Brak, Khabur Region, Syria
- Notes
- David Oates and Joan Oates
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 91658653
- LCSH
- Middle East--Civilization--To 622