From Sherds to Landscapes: Studies on the Ancient Near East in Honor of McGuire Gibson

Editor(s): Mark Altaweel, Carrie Hritz.

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Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 71

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This volume honors McGuire Gibson and his years of service to archaeology of Mesopotamia, Yemen, and neighboring regions. Professor Gibson spent most of his career at the University of Chicago's Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department and the Oriental Institute. Many of his students, colleagues, and friends have contributed to this volume, reflecting Gibson's diverse interests. The volume presents new results in areas such as landscape archaeology, urbanism, the ancient languages of Mesopotamia, history of Mesopotamia, the archaeology of Iran and Yemen, prehistory, material culture, and wider archaeological topics.

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Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations
Editor’s Note
Introduction. Richard L. Zettler, Robert D. Biggs, Mark Altaweel, Carrie Hritz, Augusta McMahon, and James A. Armstrong
Selected Publications by McGuire Gibson
As I Seem to Remember... Carlotta Maher

The Impact of the Rise of the State in Southwestern Iran on the Region’s Periphery and Buffer Zones. Abbas Alizadeh
Spatial Interaction Modeling and Nippur’s Urban Significance in the Early Dynastic Period. Mark Altaweel
Assyrians in Nippur. James Armstrong
The John Mix Cuneiform Tablet and a Related sa2-du11-ku5-ra2 Dossier from Puzriš-Dagan. Robert D. Biggs
On Some Ur III Scribal Exercises. Miguel Civil
A Reconsideration of the So-Called Single-Shrine Temple at Tell Asmar. Jean M. Evans
The Umma-Lagash Border Conflict: A View from Above. Carrie Hritz
Celebrating the Centenary of Incantation Bowls at Nippur. Erica C. D. Hunter
Tracing Prehistory in Highland Yemen: Contributions of the Dhamar Survey Project in Light of New Discoveries in Arabia. Lamya Khalidi and Krista Lewis
Pieces of String: Cordage in Late Chalcolithic Northern Mesopotamia. Augusta McMahon
A Reappraisal of Building Circulation within the E-Hursag at Ur. John C. Sanders
Kish and the Spatial Organization of Cities in Third-Millennium BC Southern Iraq. Jason Ur
The Origins of Levee and Levee-Based Irrigation in the Nippur Area—Southern Mesopotamia. T. J. Wilkinson and Jaafar Jotheri
A Question of Heirlooms. Karen L. Wilson
Two Tombs or Three? PG 789 and PG 800 Again! Paul C. Zimmerman and Richard L. Zettler
The Final Report on the Excavations at Tell Al-Agar: The First Season, 2011. Murtadha Hashim Jafar, Hussein Ali Hamza, Burhan Abd Alredha Radhi, and Suham Juwad Kadhum Al-Qaisi
Conclusion. Mark Altaweel and Carrie Hritz