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Elamite and Achaemenid Settlement on the Deh Luran Plain: Towns and Villages of the Early Empires in Southwestern Iran
Edited by Henry T. Wright and James A. Neely
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The Deh Luran Plain, nestled in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains close to the modern border between Iraq and Iran, had a long and rich prehistory, beginning with the local development of villages dependent upon rainfall farming and herding in the 8th millennium BC. This volume continues the account of the plain from the later 3rd millennium BC to the middle of the 1st millennium BC. It contains detailed site maps and descriptions, aerial and satellite images of major sites, statistics and drawings of ceramics, and discussions of the historical sources.
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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List of Tables
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Preface, by Frank Hole
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1. Introduction by Henry T. Wright and James A. Neely
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The Dynamics of States and Empires in Early Historic Mesopotamia
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Geography of the Deh Lurān Plain
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A Brief History of Archaeological Research on the Deh Lurān Plain
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Plan of the Present Work
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Acknowledgments
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2. Research Design and Methods by James A. Neely
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3. Ceramic Phase Indicators in Surface Assemblages by Elizabeth Carter and Henry T. Wright
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The Later Early Dynastic Phase
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The Šimaški Phase
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The Sukkalmaḫḫu and Middle Elamite Phases
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The Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid Phases
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4. The Archaeological Sites and Their Interpretation by James A. Neely and Henry T. Wright
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5. Early Historic Settlement Patterns on the Deh Lurān Plain by Henry T. Wright
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The Later Early Dynastic Phase
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The Šimaški Phase
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The Sukkalmaḫḫu Phase
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The Earlier Middle Elamite Phase
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The Later Middle Elamite Phase
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The Neo-Elamite Phase
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The Achaemenid Phase
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6. Water Management during the Later Early Dynastic, Elamite, and Achaemenid Periods on the Deh Lurān Plain by James A. Neely
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7. Textual Documentation of the Deh Lurān Plain: 2550–325 B.C.
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The Mid–Late Third Millennium B.C. on the Deh Lurān Plain by Piotr Michalowski and Henry T. Wright
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The Early to Mid-Second Millennium B.C. by Henry T. Wright
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The Early First Millennium B.C. by Pierre de Miroschedji and Henry T. Wright
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The Mid-First Millennium B.C. by Henry T. Wright
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8. A Land Between: Reflections on Early Historic Deh Lurān by Henry T. Wright and James A. Neely
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Deh Lurān in the Trans-Regional Context
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Transforming Water Management and Food Production on the Deh Lurān Plain
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Reorienting the Deh Lurān Settlements around Corridors of Communication
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The Implications of this Survey for Future Archaeological Work
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Appendix A. Counts of Artifacts in Survey Collections
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Appendix B. Archaeological Sites on the Deh Lurān Plain
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References Cited
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Color Plates
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Published: 2010
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- 978-1-951519-79-7 (ebook)
- 978-0-915703-72-2 (paper)