ARTH 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Abu Salabikh, Lapis Lazuli, Eannatum
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*email prof which topic you picked for the research paper* **give a bit of detail on the topic (eg. which artifact, which archaeologist etc that you want to focus on so prof. cooper can guide you a little bit)** The age of sumerian city-states (early dynastic period -2900-2750 (southern mesopotamia only)) Again, pottery is a big distinction and marker for the cultures (ninevite, scarlet ware etc) The far north (turkey, armenia -purple on the map) the area often referred to as the area of the early transcaucasian culture (material culture attributes used with a distinct type of pottery) Region between the tigris and euphrates rivers the area is not unified politically, but seen a period of city-states with their own hinterlands. Lines on the map are water courses (could be man-made or natural) curveyed by robert. Adams (student of braidwood and worked with him in jarmo) Diminishing of water through that time period seen through the 4 pictures.
