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The Crucial Importance of Basket Weaving Technology for the World's First Civilizations ...
Doble, Rick. - : figshare, 2021
Abstract: The rise of the world's first civilization, that of Sumer in Mesopotamia, could not have occurred without a fully developed basket weaving technology that was available from the beginning. This technology may have reached a high point thousands of years earlier as shown by the Ain Ghazal statues which had a sophisticated woven reed core. While this was not the only developed technology at the time, it was crucial. In this article, I make two main points. #1. There is now clear physical evidence of basket weaving technology or reed craftsmanship (as the Sumerians also called it) long before the start of the Sumerian civilization. I list three examples of this evidence. #2. The Sumerians were able to use their highly developed reed craftsmanship to establish the world's first civilization in part because of their weaving skills and because they had access to an unlimited number of reeds, plus mud, clay, and bitumen. In this article, I cite numerous studies and experts to further my argument. I cover sea-going ...
Keyword: 200318 Middle Eastern Languages; 200405 Language in Culture and Society Sociolinguistics; 209999 Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified; 210102 Archaeological Science; 210105 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant; 210110 Maritime Archaeology; 210199 Archaeology not elsewhere classified; 210310 Middle Eastern and African History; 219999 History and Archaeology not elsewhere classified; 220403 Islamic Studies; 220405 Religion and Society; FOS History and archaeology; FOS Languages and literature; FOS Philosophy, ethics and religion
URL: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_Crucial_Importance_of_Basket_Weaving_Technology_for_the_World_s_First_Civilizations/14431409/1
https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14431409.v1
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