Research Catalog

Title

From sherds to landscapes : studies on the ancient Near East in honor of McGuire Gibson / edited by Mark Altawell and Carrie Hritz ; with contributions by Abbas Alizadeh [and 23 others].

Publication

• Chicago, Illinois : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Altaweel, Mark
• Hritz, Carrie
• Alizadeh, Abbas, 1951-
• Gibson, McGuire

Description

xxiv, 337 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans; 30 x 23 cm.

Summary

This volume honors McGuire Gibson and his years of service to archaeology of Mesopotamia, Yemen, and neighboring regions. Professor Gibson spent most of his career at the University of Chicago's Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department and the Oriental Institute. Many of his students, colleagues, and friends have contributed to this volume, reflecting Gibson's diverse interests. The volume presents new results in areas such as landscape archaeology, urbanism, the ancient languages of Mesopotamia, history of Mesopotamia, the archaeology of Iran and Yemen, prehistory, material culture, and wider archaeological topics.

Series Statement

Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization ; volume 71

Uniform Title

Studies in ancient oriental civilization ; no. 71.

Alternative Title

Studies in the ancient Near East in honor of McGuire Gibson

Subject

• Antiquities
• Middle East > Antiquities
• Middle East

Note

• With contributions by: Abbas Alizadeh, Burhan Abd Alratha Alrathi, Mark Altaweel, James A. Armstrong, Robert D. Biggs, Miguel Civil, Jean M. Evans, Hussein Ali Hamza, Carrie Hritz, Erica C. D. Hunter, Murthadi Hashim Jafar, Jaafar Jotheri, Suham Judwad Kathem, Lamya Khalidi, Krista Lewis, Carlotta Maher, Augusta McMahon, John C. Sanders, Jason Ur, T.J. Wilkinson, Karen J. Wilson, Richard L. Zettler, and Paul C. Zimmerman

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• In English, 1 chapter in Persian.

Contents

1. The Impact of the Rise of the State in Southwestern Iran on the Region's Periphery and Buffer Zones -- 2. Spatial Interaction Modeling and Nippur's Urban Significance in the Early Dynastic Period -- 3. Assyrians in Nippur -- 4. The John Mix Cuneiform Tablet and a Related sa2-du11 ku5-ra2 Dossier from Puzriš-Dagan -- 5. On Some Ur III Scribal Exercises -- 6. A Reconsideration of the So-Called Single-Shrine Temple at Tell Asmar 7. The Umma-Lagash Border Conflict: A View from Above -- 8. Celebrating the Centenary of Incantation Bowls at Nippur -- 9. Tracing Prehistory in Highland Yemen: Contributions of the Dhamar Survey Project -- 10. Pieces of String: Cordage in Late Chalcolithic Northern Mesopotamia -- 11. A Reappraisal of Building Circulation within the E-Ḫursag At Ur -- 12. Kish and the Spatial Organization of Cities in Third-Millennium BC Southern Iraq -- 13. The Origins of Levee and Levee-Based Irrigation in the Nippur Area-Southern Mesopotamia -- 14. A Question of Heirlooms 15. Two Tombs or Three? PG 789 and PG 800 Again! -- 16. The Final Report on the Excavations at Tell Al-Agar: The First Season, 2011 -- 17. Conclusion

Call Number

JFG 21-209

ISBN

• 9781614910633
• 1614910634

OCLC

1269000031

Title

From sherds to landscapes : studies on the ancient Near East in honor of McGuire Gibson / edited by Mark Altawell and Carrie Hritz ; with contributions by Abbas Alizadeh [and 23 others].

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization ; volume 71

Studies in ancient oriental civilization ; no. 71.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

In English, 1 chapter in Persian.

Added Author

Altaweel, Mark, editor.

Hritz, Carrie, editor.

Alizadeh, Abbas, 1951- contributor.

Gibson, McGuire, honouree.

Research Call Number

JFG 21-209