Commercial Landscapes of Long-distance Contacts in Western Asia, c. 3200 – 1600 BC: Perspectives from Material Culture

Massa, M; Palmisano, A; (2017) Commercial Landscapes of Long-distance Contacts in Western Asia, c. 3200 – 1600 BC: Perspectives from Material Culture. [Dataset]. UCL Institute of Archaeology: London, UK.

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Abstract

To our knowledge, this dataset represents the largest existing repository of archaeological material culture data for Anatolia, northern Mesopotamia, and northern Levant during the Early and Middle Bronze Age (ca. 3,200 – 1,600 BC). Here we present four types of objects (lapis lazuli and ivory artefacts, Syrian bottles, and balance pan weights) that can be analysed as tracers of long-distance contacts for assessing what exchange patterns and socio-economic dynamics (e.g. gifts, trade, marriage alliances, tribute, market profit, reciprocity, etc.) are responsible for the allocation and distribution of these materials in the Near East.

Type:	Dataset
Title:	Commercial Landscapes of Long-distance Contacts in Western Asia, c. 3200 – 1600 BC: Perspectives from Material Culture
Open access status:	An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI:	10.14324/000.ds.10027581
Publisher version:	http://dx.doi.org/10.14324/000.ds.10027581
Additional information:	Data for: Massa, M. and Palmisano, A., in press. Change and Continuity in the Long-distance Exchange Networks between Western/Central Anatolia, Northern Levant and Northern Mesopotamia, c.3200-1600 BC. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.
UCL classification:	UCL UCL> Provost and Vice Provost Offices> UCL SLASH UCL> Provost and Vice Provost Offices> UCL SLASH> Faculty of S&HS
URI:	https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10027581