Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic Glyphs and Stamp Seals in the British Museum

Simon Denham (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2018
British Museum Press (Verlag)
978-0-86159-208-1 (ISBN)

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Stamp seals were used in a similar way to modern signet rings: a negative object used to impress a design into another material, often clay. They are common from around 7000 BC and have remained in use in parts of the world continuously until the present day. This volume focuses on the British Museum’s collection of Middle Eastern Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic (~7000–5000 BC) seals used in modern-day Syria, south-east Turkey and northern Iraq. In addition to a catalogue that includes all provenanced examples of these seals in the Museum’s collection, the volume presents a new interpretation of these objects by discussing the role of stamp seals in prehistoric society and considers how they were used and why they were made. Whereas previous studies have assessed stamp seals as purely administrative objects, this new publication argues that they should be interpreted in their own, Neolithic, context. The result is a completely fresh approach to Middle Eastern prehistoric studies that complements growing archaeological interest in this period.

Simon Denham works for the British Civil Service but was formerly employed as the Sackler Scholar for Ancient Iran at the British Museum. His academic background is in Late Neolithic archaeology.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	British Museum Research Publications ; 208
Zusatzinfo	200
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 297 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
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ISBN-10	0-86159-208-5 / 0861592085
ISBN-13	978-0-86159-208-1 / 9780861592081
Zustand	Neuware