{"product_id":"this-fertile-land-9780974187327","title":"This Fertile Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFar more than merely a catalogue of the exhibition, it offers for a wide readership an introduction to the art of late prehistory (around 4000 BC) in Iran and Iraq, by bringing together a range of expressive visual tools-seals, sealings and painted pottery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. This Fertile Land  \u003cem\u003e Margaret Cool Root\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart II: Iran in the System of Things\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. An Overview of Place and Space  \u003cem\u003e Lori Khatchadourian and Margaret Cool Root\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. Seals and Sealings: Archaeological Perspectives  \u003cem\u003e Lori Khatchadourian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart III: Signs and Symbols\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e4. The Chevron-Filled Cross and Early Communicative Systems   \u003cem\u003eJane Rempel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e5. Systems of Symbolic Expression  \u003cem\u003e Margaret Cool Root\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e6. Shamans, Seals, and Magic \u003cem\u003e  Andrew Wilburn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e7. Modes of Religious Experience in Late Prehistory \u003cem\u003e  Karen Johnson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e8. Fertility: Of Snakes, Displayed Females, Scorpions, Tortoises, Frogs  \u003cem\u003e Margaret Cool Root\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart IV: Historiography, Archaeology, and the Art Market\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e9. Problems in Interpreting Late Prehistory   \u003cem\u003eMargaret Cool Root\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e10. Archaeology and Collecting: Law, Ethics, Politics   \u003cem\u003eHima Mallampati\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e11. Tepe Giyan Lives. Herzfeld's Harvest - Jane For Adams's Buttons   \u003cem\u003eMargaret Cool Root\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart V: Apparatus\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAppendix on Materials Analysis   \u003cem\u003eKathleen Davis and Suzanne Davis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCatalogue of Artifacts, Didactics, and Images in the Exhibition   \u003cem\u003eMargaret Cool Root\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eConcordance: Artifacts (by Collection) to Catalogue Numbers   \u003cem\u003eMargaret Cool Root\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWoks Cited\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSelected Index of Signs, Sumbols, and Their Associations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kelsey Museum of Archaeology","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885125644631,"sku":"9780974187327","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/this-fertile-land-9780974187327","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}