The Archaeology of Elam : Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State.

By: Potts, D. TMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge World ArchaeologyPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999Copyright date: ©1999Description: 1 online resource (522 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780511152078Subject(s): Elam -- Antiquities | Elam -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Archaeology of Elam : Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian StateDDC classification: 935 LOC classification: DS65 -- .P68 1999ebOnline resources: Click to View
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Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PLATES -- TABLES -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Acknowledgements for photographic reproduction -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND DATING SYSTEMS -- 1 ELAM: WHAT, WHEN, WHERE? -- What is Elam? -- When did Elam exist? -- Where was Elam? -- Conclusion -- 2 ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND RESOURCES -- Introduction -- Highland Elam: the central Zagros zone -- Lowland Elam: Khuzistan: physical environment, climate and hydrology -- Indigenous systems of environmental classification -- Climate then and now -- Early human impacts on the environment -- Natural resources -- Conclusion -- 3 THE IMMEDIATE PRECURSORS OF ELAM -- Introduction -- The origins of Susa: the Susa I period -- The Late Bakun period in Fars -- The Susa II period -- Fars during the Early Banesh phase -- Susa III -- Fars during the Middle and Late Banesh phase -- The Susa III writing system on the Iranian Plateau -- Conclusion -- 4 ELAM AND AWAN -- Introduction -- Earliest cuneiform sources -- Elam and Awan in the Early Dynastic era -- The Central Western Zagros -- Developments in Northern Khuzistan -- Susa in the pre-Akkadian third millennium B.C. -- Awan in Luristan? -- Trans-Elam and Trans-Elamite material culture -- Sargon of Agade -- Rimush -- Manishtusu -- Naram-Sin -- Sharkalisharri -- Dudu -- Akkadian politics and Susiana -- Susa during the Old Akkadian period -- The Fall of Agade -- Puzur-Inshushinak and his times -- Puzur-Inshushinak and Linear Elamite -- The secondary state of Awan under Puzur-Inshushinak? -- 5 THE DYNASTY OF SHIMASHKI -- Susa, Anshan and the Third Dynasty of Ur -- Political disintegration and the rise of Shimashki -- Some archaeological correlations -- Conclusion -- 6 THE GRAND REGENTS OF ELAM AND SUSA -- Introduction.
Assyria, Babylonia and the sukkalmahs -- Khuzistan in the time of the sukkalmahs -- Dilmun, Magan, Bactria and Elam -- Sites in Fars -- Conclusion -- 7 THE KINGDOM OF SUSA AND ANSHAN -- Introduction -- Middle Elamite I (c. 1500-1400 BC) -- Middle Elamite I settlement at Susa and minor sites in Khuzistan -- Haft Tepe -- Middle Elamite II (c. 1400-1200 B.C.) -- Choga Zanbil -- After Untash-Napirisha -- Middle Elamite III (c. 1200-1100 B.C.) -- Developments in Anshan -- Babylonian revenge and the end of the Middle Elamite era -- Conclusion -- 8 THE NEO-ELAMITE PERIOD -- Introduction -- Neo-Elamite I (c. 1000-744 B.C.) -- Neo-Elamite II (743-646 B.C.) -- Neo-Elamite III (647-539 BC) -- Late Elamite manifestations outside of Susiana and Anshan -- The fate of the Elamites -- 9 ELAM IN THE ACHAEMENID EMPIRE -- Introduction -- Elam in the early Achaemenid period -- Elam in the time of Darius I -- Administrative organization in Elam under Darius -- Darius at Susa -- The palace of Artaxerxes I and Darius II -- The palace of Artaxerxes II -- Ethnicity and cultural identity in Achaemenid Elam and its environs -- Elamite religion in the Achaemenid heartland -- Elam in the time of Darius III -- Conclusion -- 10 ELYMAIS -- Introduction -- Elymais and the Seleucid Successors -- Southwestern Iran in the Seleucid period -- Susa -- Masjid-i Solaiman -- The Kossaeans -- The Elymaeans -- Elymais and the Parthian empire -- Elymais and Parthian Susa -- Elymaean rock reliefs -- Conclusion -- 11 ELAM UNDER THE SASANIANS AND BEYOND -- Introduction -- Elam in the early Sasanian period -- Major settlements of the Sasanian period in Khuzistan -- Gundeshapur -- Eran-xwarrah-Shapur-sharestan and its capital -- Shush i er-kar or Susa -- Conclusion -- 12 CONCLUSION -- The courte durée -- Of centres, peripheries and mosaics -- Ethnicity and ethnogenesis -- History and archaeology.
Elam's progress -- Stories remaining to be written -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Summary: An up-to-date survey of the archaeology and history of Elam, in the ancient Near East.
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Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PLATES -- TABLES -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Acknowledgements for photographic reproduction -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND DATING SYSTEMS -- 1 ELAM: WHAT, WHEN, WHERE? -- What is Elam? -- When did Elam exist? -- Where was Elam? -- Conclusion -- 2 ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND RESOURCES -- Introduction -- Highland Elam: the central Zagros zone -- Lowland Elam: Khuzistan: physical environment, climate and hydrology -- Indigenous systems of environmental classification -- Climate then and now -- Early human impacts on the environment -- Natural resources -- Conclusion -- 3 THE IMMEDIATE PRECURSORS OF ELAM -- Introduction -- The origins of Susa: the Susa I period -- The Late Bakun period in Fars -- The Susa II period -- Fars during the Early Banesh phase -- Susa III -- Fars during the Middle and Late Banesh phase -- The Susa III writing system on the Iranian Plateau -- Conclusion -- 4 ELAM AND AWAN -- Introduction -- Earliest cuneiform sources -- Elam and Awan in the Early Dynastic era -- The Central Western Zagros -- Developments in Northern Khuzistan -- Susa in the pre-Akkadian third millennium B.C. -- Awan in Luristan? -- Trans-Elam and Trans-Elamite material culture -- Sargon of Agade -- Rimush -- Manishtusu -- Naram-Sin -- Sharkalisharri -- Dudu -- Akkadian politics and Susiana -- Susa during the Old Akkadian period -- The Fall of Agade -- Puzur-Inshushinak and his times -- Puzur-Inshushinak and Linear Elamite -- The secondary state of Awan under Puzur-Inshushinak? -- 5 THE DYNASTY OF SHIMASHKI -- Susa, Anshan and the Third Dynasty of Ur -- Political disintegration and the rise of Shimashki -- Some archaeological correlations -- Conclusion -- 6 THE GRAND REGENTS OF ELAM AND SUSA -- Introduction.

Assyria, Babylonia and the sukkalmahs -- Khuzistan in the time of the sukkalmahs -- Dilmun, Magan, Bactria and Elam -- Sites in Fars -- Conclusion -- 7 THE KINGDOM OF SUSA AND ANSHAN -- Introduction -- Middle Elamite I (c. 1500-1400 BC) -- Middle Elamite I settlement at Susa and minor sites in Khuzistan -- Haft Tepe -- Middle Elamite II (c. 1400-1200 B.C.) -- Choga Zanbil -- After Untash-Napirisha -- Middle Elamite III (c. 1200-1100 B.C.) -- Developments in Anshan -- Babylonian revenge and the end of the Middle Elamite era -- Conclusion -- 8 THE NEO-ELAMITE PERIOD -- Introduction -- Neo-Elamite I (c. 1000-744 B.C.) -- Neo-Elamite II (743-646 B.C.) -- Neo-Elamite III (647-539 BC) -- Late Elamite manifestations outside of Susiana and Anshan -- The fate of the Elamites -- 9 ELAM IN THE ACHAEMENID EMPIRE -- Introduction -- Elam in the early Achaemenid period -- Elam in the time of Darius I -- Administrative organization in Elam under Darius -- Darius at Susa -- The palace of Artaxerxes I and Darius II -- The palace of Artaxerxes II -- Ethnicity and cultural identity in Achaemenid Elam and its environs -- Elamite religion in the Achaemenid heartland -- Elam in the time of Darius III -- Conclusion -- 10 ELYMAIS -- Introduction -- Elymais and the Seleucid Successors -- Southwestern Iran in the Seleucid period -- Susa -- Masjid-i Solaiman -- The Kossaeans -- The Elymaeans -- Elymais and the Parthian empire -- Elymais and Parthian Susa -- Elymaean rock reliefs -- Conclusion -- 11 ELAM UNDER THE SASANIANS AND BEYOND -- Introduction -- Elam in the early Sasanian period -- Major settlements of the Sasanian period in Khuzistan -- Gundeshapur -- Eran-xwarrah-Shapur-sharestan and its capital -- Shush i er-kar or Susa -- Conclusion -- 12 CONCLUSION -- The courte durée -- Of centres, peripheries and mosaics -- Ethnicity and ethnogenesis -- History and archaeology.

Elam's progress -- Stories remaining to be written -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

An up-to-date survey of the archaeology and history of Elam, in the ancient Near East.

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