The Prehistory of Asia Minor: From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies

In this book, Bleda D ring offers an archaeological analysis of Asia Minor, the area equated with much of modern-day Turkey, from 20,000 to 2,000 BC. During this period human societies moved from small-scale hunter-gatherer groups to complex and hierarchical communities with economies based on agriculture and industry. Dr. D ring traces the spread of the Neolithic way of life, which ultimately reached across Eurasia, and the emergence of key human developments, including the domestication of animals, metallurgy, fortified towns, and long-distance trading networks. Situated at the junction between Europe and Asia, Asia Minor has often been perceived as a bridge for the movement of technologies and ideas. By contrast, this book argues that cultural developments followed a distinctive trajectory in Asia Minor from as early as 9,000 BC.

Author: Bleda S. Düring
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/01/2010
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780521149815

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2011

About the Author
Düring, Bleda S.: - Bleda Düring is a postdoctoral research fellow and lecturer at Leiden University. He has done extensive fieldwork in Turkey and currently directs the Cide Archaeological Project, surveying the western Turkish Black Sea region. The author of numerous articles in edited volumes and journals, such as Anatolian Studies, the Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeological Dialogues, he is also the author of Constructing Communities: Clustered Neighbourhood Settlements of the Central Anatolian Neolithic.