Peter N Peregrine

Encyclopedia of Prehistory: Volume 8: South and Southwest Asia Peter N Peregrine 2002 edition

Marc Notes: Published in conjunction with the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University.. Description for Sales People: Title is also available as part of a set: Encyclopedia of Prehistory Complete set of Volumes 1-8 and Volume 9, the index volume (978-0-306-46264-1) Review Quotes: "Taking as its purpose 'to provide basic information on all archaeologically known cultures, ' the set treats each major cultural region of the planet individually, with entries contributed by an international array of experts. Entries are divided into four sections -- a discussion of the time during which the cutlure flourished, geographic location, diagnostic traits as known from the archaeological record (with subtraditions demarcated as identified), and representative sites -- followed by a list of references." (Choice, 41:6) Table of Contents:- Aceramic Neolithic; E. Banning. - Akkadian; H. Weiss. - Arabian Upper Paleolithic; P. N. Peregrine. - Central Indian Iron Age; C. Sinopoli. - Central Indian Chalcolithic; V. Shinde, S. Sinha Deshpande. - Ceramic Neolithic; E. Banning. - Chalcolithic; T. Levy. - Early Arabian Littoral; P. N. Peregrine. - Early Arabian Pastoral; J. Zarins. - Early Bronze Age; J. Golden. - Early Dynastic Mesopotamia; P. N. Peregrine. - Early Indus; J. M. Kenoyer.- Epipaleolithic; N. Goring-Morris. - Ganges Neolithic; B. Vikrama, U. Chattopadhyaya. - Gangetic India; B. Vikrama, U. Chattopadhyaya. - Halafian; R. Matthews. - Indus Neolithic; J. M. Kenoyer. - Iranian Bronze Age; J. Beierle. - Iranian Chalcolithic; B. Peasnall. - Iranian Iron Age; P. N. Peregrine. - Iranian Mesolithic; B. Peasnall- Iranian Neolithic; B. Peasnall. - Jemdet Nasr; P. N. Peregrine. - Late Arabian Littoral; P. Magee.- Late Arabian Pastoral; J. Zarins. - Late Chalcolithic Mesopotamia; M. Rothman. - Mature Indus; J. M. Kenoyer. - Middle Arabian Littoral; P. N. Peregrine. - Middle Arabian Pastoral; J. Zarins. - Middle Bronze Age; J. Golden. - Natufian; N. Goring-Morris. - South Asian Microlithic; I. Chattopadhyaya.- South Asian Upper Paleolithic; V. Jayaswal. - South Indian Chalcolithic; V. Shinde, S. Sinha Deshpande. - South Indian Iron Age; C. Sinopoli. - Southern Asia Upper Paleolithic; P. N. Peregrine. - Ubaid; B. Peasnall. - Vedic; G. Possehl, M. Witzel.

Contributor Bio:  Peregrine, Peter N PETER N. PEREGRINE is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Dr. Peregrine received his Ph. D. in 1990 from Purdue University, where he did research on the late prehistoric Mississippian culture of the Midwestern United States. Dr. Peregrine has dedicated his career to teaching undergraduates and regularly teaches courses on archaeology, research methods, and human evolution. He has also conducted archaeological fieldwork in the United States and Syria trying to understand how and why complex societies evolve and collapse. He is the author of more than 30 articles and book chapters and has authored or edited six books, including "Mississippian Evolution: A World-System Perspective" (1992) and "Archaeology of the Mississippian Culture" (1996). Contributor Bio:  Ember, Melvin Ember is president of the Human Relations Area Files. He has served as president of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research and was professor of anthropology at Hunter College and the graduate school of the CUNY.