Albert Clanton Spaulding Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology; Curator of Near Eastern Archaeology, Museum of Anthropology
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phone: 734.763.9221
Doctoral Program in Anthropology and History
Education/Degree:
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1967; M.A., University of Chicago, 1965; B.A., University of Michigan, 1964
Highlighted Work and Publications
47. Elamite and Achaemenid Settlement on the Deh Luran Plain: Towns and Villages of the Early Empires in Southwestern Iran
Henry T. Wright, James A. Neely (editors)
The Deh Luran Plain, nestled in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains close to the modern border between Iraq and Iran, had a long and rich prehistory, beginning with the local development of villages dependent upon rainfall farming and herding in the 8th millennium B.C. These developed into networks of villages and small centers exploiting irrigation and agriculture, and these became...
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43. Early State Formation in Central Madagascar: An Archaeological Survey of Western Avaradrano
Henry T. Wright (editor)
Distant Madagascar, the island at the end of the world, has many lessons to teach. The ancestors of the Malagasy people established themselves at least 1500 years ago. Again and again since their arrival, the Malagasy have created new kinds of political communities. This study concerns the indigenous state of Imerina in the central highlands. Archaeological survey and excavations in ...
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26. Early Settlement and Irrigation on the Deh Luran Plain: Village and Early State Societies in Southwestern Iran
James A. Neely, Henry T. Wright
The Deh Luran Plain is a microcosm of Mesopotamia, and important for the study of a variety of processes in cultural evolution. In this volume, the first of three planned on this project, the authors present a detailed archaeological survey covering periods from the earliest occupation of the plain up to the mid-third millennium BC. The data presented are relevant to the development of villages, irrigation agriculture, stratified societies, and the appearance of the first states in a changing nexus of interregional competition and exchange. New methods for estimating past populations...
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13. An Early Town on the Deh Luran Plain: Excavations at Tepe Farukhabad
Henry T. Wright (editor)
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See related books:
Memoir 47. Elamite and Achaemenid Settlement on the Deh Luran Plain: Towns and Villages of the Early Empires in Southwestern Iran, edited by Henry T. Wright and James A. Neely.
Technical Report 26. Early Settlement and Irrigation on the Deh Luran Plain: Village and Early State Societies...
10. Archaeological Investigations in Northeastern Xuzestan, 1976
Henry T. Wright (editor)
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Publisher: Museum of Anthropology
Month of Publication: January
Year of Publication: 1979
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
# of Pages: 140
Price: $3
ISBN: 978-0-932206-80-0
Monograph Series / Number: Technical Reports, 10
