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The Bronze Age Towers at Bat, Sultanate of Oman: Research by the Bat Archaeological Project, 2007-2012

Christopher P Thornton (Editor), Charlotte Cable (Editor), Gregory L Possehl (Editor)

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Abstract

In the 3rd millennium BCE, Southwest Asia witnessed the emergence of a new socioeconomic system in which independent states became reliant, if not entirely dependent, upon other states for the maintenance of their elaborate social, cultural, and religious behavior (Fig. 1.1). In what was arguably the world's first foray into "globalization," complex societies arose in the Middle East, northwestern South Asia, and southern Central Asia based on the control of localized production (both craft and subsistence) and the long-distance trade of those products (e.g., Kohl 1979, 1989; Lamberg-Karlovsky 1996; Ratnagar 2004; Possehl 2007).
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationPhiladelphia, United States of America
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Number of pages360
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781934536070, 9781934536063
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Publication series

NameUniversity Museum Monographs
No.143

Keywords

  • Archaeology
  • Anthropology

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