During, Bleda S.

The prehistory of Asia Minor : from complex hunter-gatherers to early urban societies / Bleda S. During. - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xiv, 360 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-353) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The land of Asia Minor; 2. Archaeology in Asia Minor; 3. Hunter-gatherers of the Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic (20,000-6,000); 4. Early farmers of the southern plateau (8,500-6,500); 5. Neolithic dispersals (6,500-5,500); 6. Millennia in the middle (5,500-3,000); 7. Elites and commoners (3,000-2,000); Conclusions.

"In this book, Bleda During offers an archaeological analysis of Asia Minor, the area equated with much of modern-day Turkey, from 20,000 to 2,000 BC"--

9780521149815 (pbk.)


Prehistoric peoples--Turkey.
Antiquities, Prehistoric--Turkey.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Turkey.


Turkey--Antiquities.