Encyclopedia of Prehistory

by Peregrine, Peter N.; Ember, Melvin; Human Relations Area Files, Inc.

• ISBN13: 9780306462627
• ISBN10: 0306462621
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

The Encyclopedia of Prehistory , with regionally organized entries on each major archaeological tradition, is a comprehensive overview of human history from two million years ago to the historic period. Prepared under the auspices and with the support of the Human Relations Area Files, and an internationally distinguished advisory board, the encyclopedia is written by noted experts in the field and edited by Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Ember. These volumes employ comparable units of description and analysis, making them easy to use and compare. Volume 8 focuses on South and Southwest Asia .

Table of Contents

Aceramic Neolithic	1	(20)
Edward Banning
Subtraditions: Pre-Pottery Neolithic A	5	(2)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B	7	(3)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic C	10	(1)
Zagros Neolithic	11	(1)
Sites: Abu Hureyra	12	(1)
`Ain Ghazal	12	(1)
Beidha	13	(1)
Bouqras	14	(1)
Gobekli Tepe	15	(1)
Jarmo	15	(1)
Jericho	16	(1)
Mureybet	17	(1)
Nahal Hemar	17	(1)
Nemrik 9	18	(1)
Netiv Hagdud	19	(1)
Qermez Dere	20	(1)
Akkadian	21	(3)
Harvey Weiss
Arabian Upper Paleolithic	24	(2)
Peter N. Peregrine
Central Indian Iron Age	26	(8)
Carla Sinopoli
Subtradition: Vidarbha	28	(1)
Sites: Eran	29	(1)
Khapa	30	(1)
Majurjhari	30	(1)
Nagda	31	(1)
Raipur	32	(1)
Takalghat	32	(2)
Central Indian Chalcolithic	34	(6)
Vasant Shinde
Shweta Sinha Deshpande
Ceramic Neolithic	40	(16)
Edward Banning
Subtraditions: Amuq A-B	43	(1)
Hassunan	44	(1)
Jarmoan	45	(1)
Samarran	46	(1)
Wadi Rabah	47	(1)
Yarmoukian	48	(2)
Sites: Byblos	50	(1)
Hassuna	50	(1)
Matarrah	51	(1)
Munhata	52	(1)
Sha'ar Hagolan	52	(1)
Tabaqat al-Buma	53	(1)
Tell as-Sawwan	54	(1)
Umm Dabaghiyah	54	(2)
Chalcolithic	56	(19)
Thomas E. Levy
Early Arabian Littoral	75	(2)
Peter N. Peregrine
Early Arabian Pastoral	77	(9)
Juris Zarins
Sites: Azraq/Kharaneh/Jilat	80	(1)
Dhuweila	81	(1)
Jubba	81	(2)
Thumama	83	(1)
Habarut/Wadi Ghadun	84	(2)
Early Bronze Age	86	(26)
Jonathan M. Golden
Subtraditions: Northern Culture	95	(5)
Southern Region	100	(5)
Sites: Ai	105	(2)
Arad	107	(1)
Halif Terrace	108	(1)
Megiddo	109	(3)
Early Dynastic Mesopotamia	112	(4)
Peter N. Peregrine
Early Indus	116	(6)
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Epipaleolithic	122	(5)
Nigel Goring-Morris
Ganges Neolithic	127	(6)
Bhuvan Vikrama
Umesh Chattopadhyaya
Gangetic India	133	(5)
Bhuvan Vikrama
Umesh Chattopadhyaya
Halafian	138	(13)
Roger Matthews
Subtradition: Eastern and Southern Periphery	141	(1)
Northern and Western Periphery	142	(1)
Nuclear Zone	143	(3)
Sites: Arpachiyah	146	(1)
Girikihaciyan	147	(1)
Tell Hassan	147	(1)
Tell Sabi Abyad	148	(1)
Umm Qseir	149	(1)
Yarim Tepe	149	(2)
Indus Neolithic	151	(5)
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Iranian Bronze Age	156	(4)
John Beierle
Iranian Chalcolithic	160	(36)
Brian L. Peasnall
Subtraditions: Gorgan-Damghan	165	(2)
Kerman	167	(3)
Khuzistan	170	(5)
Zagros Highland	175	(3)
Sites: Dalma	178	(2)
Chogha Mish	180	(2)
Seh Gabi	182	(3)
Tal-i Iblis	185	(3)
Tepe Sabz	188	(3)
Tepe Yahya	191	(5)
Iranian Iron Age	196	(2)
Peter N. Peregrine
Iranian Mesolithic	198	(17)
Brian L. Peasnall
Subtraditions: Trialetian	203	(2)
Zarzian	205	(3)
Sites: Ali Tappeh	208	(1)
Belt Cave	208	(2)
Warwasi	210	(1)
Zarzi	210	(2)
Zawi Chemi Shanidar	212	(3)
Iranian Neolithic	215	(21)
Brian L. Peasnall
Subtraditions: Caspian Neolithic	219	(2)
Zagros Aceramic Neolithic	221	(2)
Zagros Neolithic Complex	223	(3)
Sites: Ali Kosh	226	(3)
Ganj Dareh	229	(1)
Hajji Firuz	230	(3)
Tepe Asiab	233	(1)
Tepe Guran	233	(3)
Jemdet Nasr	236	(3)
Peter N. Peregrine
Late Arabian Littoral	239	(14)
Peter Magee
Subtraditions: Late Dilmun	244	(1)
Lizq	245	(2)
Sites: al-Hajjar	247	(1)
al-Madam 1	247	(1)
Muweilah	248	(1)
Rafaq 2	249	(1)
Rumeilah	250	(1)
Shimal	250	(1)
Tell Abraq	251	(2)
Late Arabian Pastoral	253	(8)
Juris Zarins
Sites: Al-Midaman	255	(2)
Bir Hima Complex	257	(1)
Hagif	258	(1)
Yabrin	259	(2)
Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia	261	(10)
Mitchell S. Rothman
Mature Indus	271	(13)
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Sites: Dholavira	279	(1)
Harappa	280	(1)
Mohenjo Daro	281	(3)
Middle Arabian Littoral	284	(2)
Peter N. Peregrine
Middle Arabian Pastoral	286	(7)
Juris Zarins
Sites: Jawa	287	(2)
Khirbet el Umbashi	289	(1)
Bir Resisim	290	(1)
al-Rajajil	291	(2)
Middle Bronze Age	293	(13)
Jonathan M. Golden
Natufian	306	(5)
Nigel Goring-Morris
South Asian Microlithic	311	(15)
Indrani Chattopadhyaya
Subtraditions: North Western Border	312	(1)
Western Region	313	(2)
Central Region	315	(2)
Eastern Region	317	(2)
Southern Region	319	(1)
Sites: Bagor	320	(1)
Adamgarh	321	(1)
Baghor II	322	(1)
Langhnaj	323	(1)
Sangankallu	324	(2)
South Asian Upper Paleolithic	326	(18)
Vidula Jayaswal
Subtraditions: Andhra Pradesh	331	(2)
Maharashtra	333	(2)
Uttar Pradesh	335	(3)
Sites: Ainchwara	338	(1)
Baghor	339	(1)
Chopani-mando	340	(1)
Laharia-dih	341	(1)
Patne	342	(2)
South Indian Chalcolithic	344	(17)
Vasant Shinde
Shweta Sinha Deshpande
Subtraditions: Jorwe	350	(3)
Savalda	353	(2)
Southern Neolithic	355	(2)
Sites: Daimabad	357	(2)
Inamgaon	359	(1)
Walki	360	(1)
South Indian Iron Age	361	(9)
Carla Sinopoli
Subtraditions: Kerala	364	(1)
Lower Deccan	365	(1)
Tamil Nadu	366	(1)
Brahmagiri	367	(1)
Chandravalli	367	(1)
Hallur	368	(1)
Kodumanal	368	(2)
Southern Asia Upper Paleolithic	370	(2)
Peter N. Peregrine
Ubaid	372	(19)
Brian Peasnall
Subtraditions: Northern Ubaid	377	(2)
Southern Ubaid	379	(3)
Sites: Al-Ubaid	382	(1)
Chogha Mami	383	(1)
Eridu	383	(2)
Tell Abada	385	(2)
Tell Madhur	387	(1)
Tell el-Oueili	388	(1)
Tepe Gawra	389	(2)
Vedic	391	(8)
Gregory Possehl
Michael Witzel
Index	399