In this contribution to the ongoing debate on the nature and causes of the Islamic conquests
in Syria and Iraq during the sixth and seventh centuries, Fred Donner argues for a necessary …

It is a challenge to make sense of who we are. Where did we come from? Why are we so
radically different from other animals and so surprisingly similar to others? Why do our …

Offering a fresh archaeological interpretation, this work reconceptualizes the Bronze Age
prehistory of the vast Eurasian steppe during one of the most formative and innovative …

Drawing upon the author's extensive field research among pastoral peoples in the Middle
East, India, and the Mediterranean, and on more than 30 years of comparative study of …

The Emergence of Civilisation is a major contribution to our understanding of the
development of urban culture and social stratification in the Near Eastern region. Charles …

This study is primarily a topography of the area around the ancient city of Kish, combined
with an analysis of the city proper based on surface reconnaissance and old excavations …

This volume is the first text to focus specifically on the archaeology of domestic architecture.
Covering major theoretical and methodological developments over recent decades in areas …

Abstract The Waso Boranana are a pastoral people of the Isiolo District of Kenya. This book
examines their livelihood and community and household life, to portray how the local culture …

T Turkmen in 1965-67 and 1970. Most of the material presented here was contained in a
doctoral dissertation submitted at the University of Michigan in 1969. Many members of the …

Although nomadic peoples are scattered worldwide and have highly heterogeneous
lifestyles, they face similar threats to their mobile livelihood and survival. Commonly …