Early Bronze Age Goods Exchange in the Southern Levant: A Marxist Perspective by

Description: Early Bronze Age Goods Exchange in the Southern Levant by Ianir Milevski The Southern Levant was a thriving centre of religious and cultural exchange during the Bronze Age. Early Bronze Age Goods Exchange in the Southern Levant provides an overview of the sources and distribution of commodities. The book presents a study of key production centres and the process of purchase and exchange. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Southern Levant was a thriving centre of religious and cultural exchange during the Bronze Age. Early Bronze Age Goods Exchange in the Southern Levant provides an overview of the sources and distribution of commodities. The book presents a study of key production centres and the process of purchase and exchange. The book establishes a theoretical framework - based in political economy, ethnoarchaeology and economic anthropology - for understanding the exchange of commodities in a precapitalist society. Early Bronze Age Goods Exchange in the Southern Levant is unique in presenting archaeological sources and prehistoric economics through modern, notably Marxist, theories of human development. Author Biography Ianir Milevski is a Research Archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority, a postdoctoral fellow in the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, and has acted as a visiting lecturer in several Argentinian universities. He has excavated extensively in Israel, focusing mainly on Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age sites. His research interests include diverse aspects of the Late Prehistoric periods in the Levant and mainly the study of socio-economic formations. Table of Contents Part I: Research Frameworks1. Introduction2. Theoretical FrameworkPart II: Commodities3. Pottery4. Flints5. Groundstone Tools and Vessels6. Metallurgy and Metal Objects7. Botanical Commodities8. Faunal Commodities9. MineralsPart III: Transportation, Merchants and Networks10. Transportation and the Cult of Exchange11. Exchange NetworksPart IV: Conclusions12. Conclusions and Perspectives Long Description Early Bronze Age Goods Exchange in the Southern Levant provides an overview of all the commodities of the Early Bronze Age of the Southern Levant for which we know their sources and distribution. But this is not just a survey or a simple list of finds. Included are methodological discussions of several topics which make original contributions regarding the interpretation of production centres and the way the goods arrived to the distribution points. The most original contribution of this volume is in the entire interpretation and theoretical framework it provides regarding the exchange of commodities in a precapitalistic society; that is, utilizing mainly the methods of the critique to the political economy (Marxism), ethnoarchaeology and economic anthropology. The volume emphasizes the internal economic developments in the early history of the Southern Levant that can be studied using archaeological sources in the framework of modern theories of human development. It is a kind of work on economic history with non-written sources, although it uses historical written sources from neighboring cultures and late documents from our region to compare and derive conclusions. Details ISBN184553378X Author Ianir Milevski Short Title EARLY BRONZE AGE GOODS EXCHANG Series Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology Language English ISBN-10 184553378X ISBN-13 9781845533786 Media Book Format Hardcover Illustrations Yes Imprint Equinox Publishing Ltd Subtitle A Marxist Perspective Country of Publication United Kingdom Place of Publication Sheffield Pages 320 AU Release Date 2015-04-02 NZ Release Date 2015-04-02 UK Release Date 2015-04-02 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-04-02 Alternative 9781138661103 DEWEY 306.46095694 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139893699;

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