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Author:   Akiri Tsuneki ,  Olivier Nieuwenhuyse ,  Stuart Campbell
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 21.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.043kg
ISBN:  

9781785705267

ISBN 10:   1785705261
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   31 March 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PREFACE Chapter 1 The significance of Research on the Emergence of Pottery in West Asia Akira Tsuneki Chapter 2 The Earliest Pottery of West Asia: Questions Concerning Causes and Consequences Marie Le Miere Chapter 3 The Initial Pottery Neolithic at Tell Sabi Abyad, Northern Syria Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse Chapter 4 AkarÒ«ay Tepe and Tell Halula in the Context of the Earlies Production of Ceramics in West Asia Walter Cruells, Josep M. Faura and Miquel Molist Chapter 5 The Oldest Neolithic Pottery from Tell Seker al-Aheimar, Upper Khabur, Northeastern Syria Yoshihiro Nishiaki and Maria le Miere Chapter 6 The Earliest Pottery of Salat Camii Yani Yutaka Miyake Chapter 7 The Emergence of Pottery in the Nothern Levant: A Recent View from Tell el-Kerkh Takahiro Odaka Chapter 8 The Early Pottery from Shir, Northern Levant Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse Chapter 9 Yumuktepe Early Ceramic Productions: Dark versus Light Coloured Wares and the Construction of Social Identity Francesca Balossi Restelli Chapter 10 Merging Clay and Fire: Earliest Evidence from the Zagros Mountains Reinhard Bernbeck Chapter 11 The Emergence of Pottery in Northeast Iran: The Case Study of Tappeh Sang-e Chakhmaq Akira Tsuneki Chapter 12 Absolute Dating and the Early Pottery of South-west Asia Stuart Campbell Chapter 13 The Beginning of Pottery Technology in Japan: The Dating and Function of Incipient Jomon Pottery Yasuhiro Taniguchi Chapter 14 Synthesis: The Emergence of Pottery in West Asia Olivier P. Niuwenhuyse and Stuart Campbell

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The conference and subsequent book are indeed invaluable in their contribution to their re-understanding of both the traditional dual Aceramic/Ceramic chronological construction of the Neolithic in West Asia, as well as to our understanding of the reasons for and uses of the earliest pottery. * Bibliotheca Orientalis *

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Olivier Nieuwenhuyse is a Dutch archaeologist affiliated with Leiden University, which has a long tradition of archaeological prehistoric research in the ancient Near East. He has conducted fieldwork in Lebanon, Turkey and Syria, and is currently active in northern Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan). He has published extensively, including several monographs. The prehistoric ceramic traditions of the Middle East have his special attention. He is is also active in international efforts to safeguard endangered archaeological heritage in Syria and Iraq.

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