The Orontes Valley in western Syria is a land ‘in between’, positioned between the small trading centres of the coast and the huge urban agglomerations of the Euphrates Valley and the Syro-Mesopotamian plains beyond. As such, it provides a critical missing link in our understanding of the archaeology of this region in the early urban age.
A Land in Between documents the material culture and socio-political relationships of the Orontes Valley and its neighbours from the fourth through to the second millennium BCE. The authors demonstrate that the valley was an important conduit for the exchange of knowledge and goods that fuelled the first urban age in western Syria. This lays the foundation for a comparative perspective, providing a clearer understanding of key differences between the Orontes region and its neighbours, and insights into how patterns of material and political association changed over time.
Edited by:
Melissa Kennedy Imprint: Sydney University Press Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 250mm,
Width: 176mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 400g ISBN:9781743327180 ISBN 10: 1743327188 Series:Adapa Monographs Pages: 304 Publication Date:01 December 2020 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Melissa Kennedy is a Research Associate at the University of Western Australia for the Project Aerial Archaeology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (AAKSAU).