The breakout : the origins of civilization / edited by Martha Lamberg-Karlovsky.
| Uniform Title: | Peabody Museum monographs ;
no. 9. |
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University,
2000.
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| Series: | Peabody Museum monographs ;
no. 9. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 131 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Ancient China and its anthropological significance / Kwang-chih Chang
- New Eastern breakout and the Mesopotamian social contract / C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky
- Ancient Chinese, New World, and Near Eastern ideological traditions / Gordon R. Willey
- On theories of order and justice in the development of civilization / David H.P. Maybury-Lewis
- Sacred landscape and Maya kingship / Linda Schele
- Indo-European origins of the concept of a democratic society / Mason Hammond
- How was ancient Israel different? / William G. Dever
- Absolutism and reciprocity in ancient Egypt / Mark Lehner
- Harappan beginnings / Gregory L. Possehl
- Orientalism and New Eastern archaeology / Mogens Trolle Larsen.