Household and state in upper Mesopotamia
Subtitle: specialized economy and the social uses of goods in an early complex society
By: Patricia Wattenmaker
Series: Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Economic specialization; Excavations (Archaeology); Prehistoric Industries; Copper age; Bronze age; Antiquities; Prehistoric Economics
Description: Analyzing evidence from a town site in southeastern Turkey that dates to the third millennium B.C., Patricia Wattenmaker uses patterns in the production of ceramics, stone tools, textiles, and food to explore a fundamental archaeological and anthropological question: why did craft specialization intensify concurrently with complex, urban societies?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.