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Tell Kosak Shamali
. Ed(S): Nishiaki, Yoshihiro; Matsutani, Toshio
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Hardback. The second volume on Tell Kosak Shamali deals with the Chalcolithic technology and subsistence of this strategically-important site on the east bank of the Euphrates. Editor(s): Nishiaki, Yoshihiro; Matsutani, Toshio. Num Pages: 318 pages, b/w illus throughout. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 210 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1515.
The four seasons of excavation at Tell Kosak Shamali yielded around 33,000 flaked stone artefacts from the Chalcolithic perid. These discoveries have allowed archaeologists their first oportunity to study lithic manufacturing activities and their development over this period in the Upper Euphrates valley, Syria. The tools are described and documented within their chronological context, and their functional and morphological properties discussed. There are also chapters devoted to bone objects and small finds, as well as some archaeobotanical and archaeozoological observations. This book is a companion title to Volume I, which ... Read more
The four seasons of excavation at Tell Kosak Shamali yielded around 33,000 flaked stone artefacts from the Chalcolithic perid. These discoveries have allowed archaeologists their first oportunity to study lithic manufacturing activities and their development over this period in the Upper Euphrates valley, Syria. The tools are described and documented within their chronological context, and their functional and morphological properties discussed. There are also chapters devoted to bone objects and small finds, as well as some archaeobotanical and archaeozoological observations. This book is a companion title to Volume I, which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842171387
SKU
V9781842171387
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About . Ed(S): Nishiaki, Yoshihiro; Matsutani, Toshio
Yoshihiro Nishiaki received his BA and MA from the University of Tokyo, and Ph.D. from University College London. He has been a full professor of prehistoric archaeology at the University of Tokyo since 2006 and Director of the University of Tokyo Museum since 2020. His major research interest is concerned with the prehistory of West and Central Asia.
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