Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface, by Frank Hole
The Dynamics of States and Empires in Early Historic Mesopotamia
Geography of the Deh Lurān Plain
A Brief History of Archaeological Research on the Deh Lurān Plain
Acknowledgments
2. Research Design and Methods by James A. Neely
The Later Early Dynastic Phase
The Sukkalmaḫḫu and Middle Elamite Phases
The Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid Phases
4. The Archaeological Sites and Their Interpretation by James A. Neely and Henry T. Wright
The Later Early Dynastic Phase
The Šimaški Phase
The Sukkalmaḫḫu Phase
The Earlier Middle Elamite Phase
The Achaemenid Phase
6. Water Management during the Later Early Dynastic, Elamite, and Achaemenid Periods on the Deh Lurān Plain by James A. Neely
7. Textual Documentation of the Deh Lurān Plain: 2550–325 B.C.
The Mid–Late Third Millennium B.C. on the Deh Lurān Plain by Piotr Michalowski and Henry T. Wright
The Early to Mid-Second Millennium B.C. by Henry T. Wright
The Early First Millennium B.C. by Pierre de Miroschedji and Henry T. Wright
The Mid-First Millennium B.C. by Henry T. Wright
Deh Lurān in the Trans-Regional Context
Transforming Water Management and Food Production on the Deh Lurān Plain
Reorienting the Deh Lurān Settlements around Corridors of Communication
The Implications of this Survey for Future Archaeological Work
Appendix A. Counts of Artifacts in Survey Collections
Appendix B. Archaeological Sites on the Deh Lurān Plain
References Cited
Color Plates