Overview

This study analyses the social and symbolic value of the material culture, in particular the pottery production and the architecture, and the social structure of the local communities of a broad area encompassing Eastern Anatolia, the South Caucasus and North-western Iran during the last phase of the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. This broad area is known from the Assyrian texts as ‘Nairi lands’. The second part of the study, furnishes a reassessment of pottery production characteristics and theories, as well as of the socio-economic structure and issues, tied to the sedentary and mobile local communities of the Nairi lands. The study brings into focus the characteristics, the extension and the distribution of Grooved pottery, along with other pottery typologies, by providing an accompanying online catalogue with detailed descriptions and high-resolution images of the pots and sherds obtained from public and private institutions in Turkey and Armenia. Moreover, the socio-political organisation and subsistence economy issues are addressed in order to advance a possible reconstruction of the social structure of the Nairi lands communities. Particular attention is devoted to the pastoral nomad component and the role played within the Nairi phenomenon. The study includes a very large corpus of text images and high-resolution color images of the pottery of the area under examination, gathered by the author in order to offer a reliable tool and compendium.

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Author:   Guido Guarducci
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
ISBN:  

9781789252781

ISBN 10:   1789252784
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   31 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements Abstract Part I. Introduction 1. Research introduction 1.1 The Nairi lands. Questions and issues 1.2 Objectives of the study 1.3 Approaches, methodologies and resources 1.4 Structure of the study Part II. Theoretical Framework 2. Identity, ethnicity and culture 2.1 Identity 2.2 Ethnicity 2.3 Culture 2.4 Significance and use in the study 3. The concept of community 3.1 Approaches and aspects Part III. Geographical and Historical Framework 4. An environmental survey of the Nairi lands 4.1 Core: Eastern Anatolia (Turkey) 4.2 Periphery: South Caucasus 4.3 Outer Periphery: North-western Iran 5. The Late Bronze-Early Iron Age historical framework 5.1 Collapse and regeneration of the Near Eastern socio-economic landscape 6. The Anatolian geopolitical landscape according to the Assyrian texts 6.1 The Late Bronze Age 6.2 The Early Iron Age Summary Part IV. The Nairi Lands Core: The Archaeological Evidence from Eastern Anatolia 7. Archaeological evidence 7.1 North EAR 7.2 South-east EAR 7.3 South-west EAR 7.4 East SEAR 7.5 West SEAR Summary Part V. The Nairi Lands Periphery: The Archaeological Evidence from the South Caucasus 8. Archaeological evidence 8.1 Archaeological investigations in Armenia and the South Caucasus 8.2 Armenia 8.3 Nakichevan and Azerbaijan 8.4 Georgia Summary Part VI. The Nairi Lands Outer Periphery: The Archaeological Evidence from North-Western Iran and Secondary Connections 9. Archaeological evidence 9.1 Archaeological investigations and issues in North-western Iran 9.2 North-western Iran 9.3 Secondary connections outside the Nairi lands Summary Part VII. Reassessment of the Nairi Lands Material Culture and Socio-Economic Landscape 10. Nairi Ware: The Nairi lands pottery productions 10.1 Issues and theories 10.2 Techno-morphological analysis 10.3 Reassessment 11. The Nairi lands socio-economic landscape: Between mobile and sedentary lifestyle 11.1 Merging ethnicities and social groups 11.2 The Settlement Area 11.3 The Encampment Area 11.4 The Fort Area 11.5 Convergent dimorphism Part VIII. Final Considerations 12. The Nairi lands communities' identity 12.1 Commonalities and distinguishing features 12.2 Identity as cultural affinity and community 12.3 The Nairi Ware social and symbolic function 12.4 Conclusions and future directions Appendix: Pottery sherds analyses Guido Guarducci, Vincenzo Palleschi, Marco Lezzerini, Stefano Pagnotta, Gianni Gallello, Emanuela Grifoni, Stefano Legnaioli, Giulia Lorenzetti and Giusi Sorrentino Bibliography Online catalogue Nairi Lands contexts and architecture Anatolia South Caucasus Iran Secondary connections Nairi Ware pottery Anatolia South Caucasus Iran Secondary connections

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[This volume] is undoubtedly useful in that it draws together a large amount of published material and would therefore make an excellent starting point for further study of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages in the region. Additionally, the work is valuable for its extensive archaeometric analysis of pottery that potentially provides a base for further studies and interpretation as more ceramics from other sites across the region are approached in similar ways. * Journal of Near Eastern Studies *

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Guido Guarducci is Co-director of the Center for Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies (CAMNES) in Florence. His research interests and activities mainly focus on the Late Bronze Age and the Early/Middle Iron Age material culture and socio-economic dynamics of Eastern Anatolia and the South Caucasus.

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