1. Arabia and the study of the ancient Near East; 2. Ecological and environmental diversity in Arabia; 3. The formation of Arabian society: 7000 to 3000 BC; 4. Eastern Arabia from 3000 to 2000 BC; 5. The Bronze Age in western Arabia; 6. Eastern Arabia from 2000 to 1300 BC; 7. Humans, dromedaries, and the transformation of ancient Arabia; 8. Intensification and consolidation: Arabia from 1300 to 800 BC; 9. Expansion and engagement: Arabia and the ancient Near East; 10. Adaptation and social formation in ancient Arabia.
This book provides the first extensive coverage of the archaeology of the Arabian peninsula from c.9000 to 800 BC.
Peter Magee is Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at Bryn Mawr College. He has excavated widely in the Middle East and South Asia, most notably in the United Arab Emirates at the sites of Muweilah and Tell Abraq, since 1994. He also co-directed the excavations at Akra in northwest Pakistan from 1997 to 2001. He has published extensively on the archaeology of Iron Age Arabia, Iran and South Asia. He is author of Excavations at Tepe Yahya, Iran 1967–1975: The Iron Age Settlement (2004).
'… it will be difficult to find a more comprehensive book on the
topic, combining the presentation of the latest research with
stimulating and prospective thoughts.' Antiquity
'Magee's book sheds light on the various topics of current debate;
moreover, the author proposes a personal vision grounded in his own
research and in sustained and objective analysis of the findings of
other research groups … [A] courageous and quite successful attempt
at a synthesis of the archaeology of Arabia.' Bulletin de la
Société préhistorique française
'Part of the Cambridge World Archaeology series, this useful book
aims to provide a definitive overview of the social formation of
Arabia from the Neolithic to the Iron Age (7000 BC to 800 BC) for
professional archaeologists and students.' David Millar, World
Archaeology Magazine
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