The Uruk Phenomenon: The role of social ideology in the expansion of the Uruk Culture during the fourth millennium BC

Paul Collins

Format
Paperback
Publisher
BAR Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Published
31 December 2000
Pages
104
ISBN
9781841710969

The Uruk Phenomenon: The role of social ideology in the expansion of the Uruk Culture during the fourth millennium BC

Paul Collins

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This work identifies ‘social ideology’ as an example of a crucial mover in the emergence of a complex society, and one that helps explain the developments visible in the archaeological record of fourth millennium BC Mesopotamia. It is argued that these developments were the result of an expansion in the exploitation of resources (flora and fauna); acquisition of rare materials, such as stones and metals, probably played a role but not as the primary basis for the resulting pattern. The shape this expansion took was conditioned by a unique ideology, known as ‘The Uruk Phenomenon’ and the point of departure for this study.

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