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1 online resource. |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Central Zagros Archaeological Project ; volume 2 |
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CZAP reports ; v. 2.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 22, 2020). |
| Summary |
The Eastern Fertile Crescent region of western Iran and eastern Iraq hosted major developments in the transition from hunter-forager to farmer-herder lifestyles through the Early Neolithic period, 10,000-7000 BC. Within the scope of the Central Zagros Archaeological Project, excavations have been conducted since 2012 at two Early Neolithic sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq: Bestansur and Shimshara. Bestansur represents an early stage in the transition to sedentary, farming life, where the inhabitants pursued a mixed strategy of hunting, foraging, herding and cultivating, maximizing the new opportunities afforded by the warmer, wetter climate of the Early Holocene. They also constructed substantial buildings of mudbrick, including a major building with a minimum of 65 human individuals, mainly infants, buried under its floor in association with hundreds of beads. These human remains provide new insights into mortuary practices, demography, diet and disease. |
| Subject |
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq -- Kurdistān.
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Neolithic period -- Iraq -- Kurdistān.
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Iraq -- Antiquities.
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Iraq -- History -- To 634.
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Social Science / Archaeology.
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History / Ancient.
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Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
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Excavations (Archaeology) (OCoLC)fst00917564
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Neolithic period. (OCoLC)fst01035813
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Iraq -- Kurdistān.
(OCoLC)fst01237479
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Iraq. (OCoLC)fst01205757
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| Chronological Term |
To 634
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Matthews, Roger, Dr., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1789255260 9781789255263 (OCoLC)1142333228 |
| ISBN |
9781789255270 (electronic book) |
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1789255279 (electronic book) |
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9781789255294 (electronic book) |
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1789255295 (electronic book) |
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