TY - BOOK AU - Steadman,Sharon R. AU - Ross,Jennifer C. TI - Agency and identity in the ancient Near East: new paths forward T2 - Approaches to anthropological archaeology SN - 9781845534431 (hbk.) U1 - 939/.4 22 PY - 2010/// CY - London, Oakville, CT PB - Equinox Pub. KW - Social archaeology KW - Middle East KW - Agent (Philosophy) KW - History KW - Identity (Psychology) KW - Landscapes KW - Social aspects KW - Land settlement KW - Space (Architecture) KW - Material culture KW - Imperialism KW - Antiquities KW - Archaeology KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Agency and identity in the ancient Near East : new paths forward; Jennifer C. Ross and Sharon R. Steadman --; Movement across the landscape and residential stability : agency and place in the southern Levantine early Bronze Age; Jennifer E. Jones --; Agency, architecture, and archaeology : prehistoric settlements in central Anatolia; Sharon R. Steadman --; Agents in motion; Scott Branting --; Subsistence actions at Çatalhöyük; Nerissa Russell and Amy Bogaard --; The scribal artifact : technological innovation in the Uruk period; Jennifer C. Ross --; Shared painting : the practice of decorating late Neolithic pottery in northern Mesopotamia; A. Gabriela Castro Gessner --; Early Islamic pottery : evidence of a revolution in diet and dining habits?; Jodi Magness --; Material culture and identity : Assyrians, Aramaeans, and the indigenous peoples of Iron Age southeastern Anatolia; Timothy Matney --; Object agency? Spatial perspective, social relations, and the stele of Hammurabi; Marian H. Feldman --; Akkad and agency, archaeology and annals : considering power and intent in third-millennium BCE Mesopotamia; Anne Porter --; Agency, identity, and the Hittite state; Gregory McMahon --; Beyond agency. Beyond agency : identity and individuals in archaeology; A. Bernard Knapp ER -