Correlates of Complexity is a tribute to Diederik J.W. Meijer as a
scholar, archaeologist, and friend, by an international group of
scholars from Britain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Syria,
Turkey, and the USA, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. The
contributions range from the Neolithic to the Iron Age, with articles on
cylinder seals, architecture, nomadism, art, Old Assyrian and Ugaritic
texts, economic and cultural history, and include case studies from
Armenia, Greece, Turkey, Syria, and Palestine. A general aspect,
reflected in several papers, concerns the rise and articulation of
complex societies in the ancient Near East, a topic which has been at
the centre of Meijer's research interests throughout his career. Another
prominent aspect addressed in this volume is the modern relevance of the
ancient Near East. Several papers deal with the social reworking of data
on the ancient Near East, its relevance for modern economic theory, and
heritage management. Authors: Peter M.M.G. Akkermans, Merel Bruning,
Akemi Kaneda, John Bintliff, Dominique Collon, Ben Claasz Coockson, Theo
De Feyter, Jan Gerrit Dercksen, Bleda S. During, Jesper Eidem, Uwe and
Brigitte Finkbeiner, Gerrit van der Kooij, Hartmut Kuhne, Michel
Al-Maqdissi, Eva Ishaq, Paolo Matthiae, Joan Oates, Ferhan Sakal,
Wilfred H. van Soldt, Folkert van Straten, Klaas R. Veenhof, David
Warburton, and Arne Wossink. Researchers and students of the ancient
Near East will find much of interest in the collection of essays by an
international group of both junior and established scholars.
