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Retracing the steppes [book + electronic resource]

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Russell, Anna, 1982-
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Until now the Late Neolithic period of Northern Syria (c. 6900 to 5300 BC) has remained somewhat of an enigma, despite the fact that it is acknowledged as one of the most important stages of history in the Near East. It is a period that shows a vast amount of regional differentiation in terms of site types, chronologies, material culture and subsistence patterns, yet it is period for which there are pitifully few comprehensively excavated, analysed and published sites. It is this intriguing period of human history that forms the basis of this research, with the site of Tell Sabi Abyad in the Balikh Valley of the northern Syrian dessert steppe forming the central focus. This impressive site has revealed over 1000 years of seemingly uninterrupted occupation, the excavation of which has unveiled a wealth of finds giving an insight into life some 8000 years ago.

Title Retracing the steppes [book + electronic resource] : a zooarchaeological analysis of changing subsistence patterns in the late Neolithic at Tell Sabi Abyad, northern Syria, c. 6900 to 5900 BC / Anna Russell.
Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified]
Creation Date [2010]
Notes English
Extent xxiii, 317 pages : ill
30 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Language English
National Library system number 990034509110205171

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