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Revolutions in the desert : the rise of mobile pastoralism in the Southern Levant
- Title
- Revolutions in the desert : the rise of mobile pastoralism in the Southern Levant / Steven A Rosen.
- Author
- Rosen, Steven A.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- xv, 314 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Revolutions in the Desert investigates the development of pastoral nomadism in the fertile heartland of the ancient Near East, challenging the prevailing notion that such societies left few remains appropriate for analytic study. Few prior studies have approached the deeper past of desert nomadic societies, which have been primarily recognized only as a complement to the study of sedentary agricultural societies in the region. Based on decades of archaeological field work in the Negev of southern Israel, both excavations and surveys, and integrating materials from adjacent regions, Revolutions in the Desert offers a deeper and more dynamic view of the rise of herding societies beyond the settled zone"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-1877
- ISBN
- 9781629585437
- 1629585432
- 9781629585444
- 1629585440
- LCCN
- 2016046338
- OCLC
- 961386554
- Author
- Rosen, Steven A., author.
- Title
- Revolutions in the desert : the rise of mobile pastoralism in the Southern Levant / Steven A Rosen.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-1877