Background
Potts, Daniel Thomas was born on February 10, 1953 in New York City. Son of Morgan and Virginia Belle (Aal) Potts. arrived in Australia, 1991.
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Mesopotamian Civilization : The Material Foundations by D. T. Potts (1997-01-01)
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Mesopotamian Civilization : The Material Foundations
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The best way to achieve an understanding of the art, architecture, history, and literature of a great civilization such as Mesopotamia's, D. T. Potts believes, is through an analysis of its material infrastructure. Concentrating on Southern Mesopotamia and relying preponderantly on evidence from the third millennium B.C., Potts describes a civilization from the ground up. He creates an ethnography of ancient Mesopotamia which combines knowledge of its material culture and its mental culture. The creation and development of Mesopotamia was made possible by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. "None of the achievements of Mesopotamian production in the realm of agriculture, animal husbandry, or related industries (textiles, leather working, boat building)," Potts says, "can be understood except in reference to the very specific river regimes and soil conditions of the alluvium." Potts examines the climate, the landforms, and other conditions that enabled the area to become populated. What natural resources did the earliest Mesopotamians have at their disposal? How did Mesopotamian religious ideals reflect the basic conditions of life in the alluvial plain of Southern Mesopotamia? What contributions to Mesopotamian civilization came from the East and what from the West? In addressing such questions as these, Potts offers a new foundation for understanding an ancient civilization of great complexity.
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Mesopotamian Civilization: The Material Foundations (Athlone Publications in Egyptology & Ancient Near Eastern St)
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There is widespread interest in the Ancient Near East and its civilizations, and the volumes in this series are designed to contribute across a broad front to our understanding of ancient history, the social sciences, art history and allied disciplines. This first volume focuses upon the material infrastructure of Mesopotamia as the pre-condition for its high cultural achievement, relating its sophisticated literature and religious philosophy to the geographical and material foundations of the land and its society as a whole.
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The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity: Volume I: From Prehistory to the Fall of the Achaemenid Empire
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The Arabian Gulf has become in recent years one of the most promising new areas of research in ancient near-eastern archaeology. Until now, however, no attempt has been made to synthesize the archaeology and history of this region from the beginnings of human settlement to the rise of Islam. This magisterial two-volume work draws on a wide array of archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources to present the first comprehensive study of the area. Volume I covers the Pleistocene to the Achaemenian period, including almost all the published evidence for the prehistory and history of the Arabian Gulf. Volume II covers the period from Alexander the Great to the coming of Islam, including full discussion of the history of Christianity in the area. Both volumes are illustrated with numerous line drawings and plates.
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The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity: Volume II: From Alexander the Great to the Coming of Islam
(The Arabian Gulf has, since the early 1970's, been one of...)
The Arabian Gulf has, since the early 1970's, been one of the most promising areas of research in ancient near-eastern archaeology. Until now, however, there has been no attempt to synthesize the archaeology and history of this region from the beginnings of human settlement to the rise of Islam. Drawing on a wide array of archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources, Dr. Potts presents here for the first time a comprehensive study of the area in two volumes. The period from Alexander the Great to the coming of Islam, including a full discussion of Christianity in the area, comprises the second volume. The first volume covers the Pleistocene to the Achaemenian period. Both volumes are written in a clear and readable manner and are fully illustrated with figures and plates.
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The Pre-Islamic Coinage of Eastern Arabia (Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications) by Daniel T. Potts (1991-01-01)
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The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity: Volume II: From Alexander the Great to the Coming of Islam: From Alexander the Great to the Coming of Islam Vol 2 by Daniel T. Potts (1990-12-13)
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Daniel Thomas Potts
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Copenhagen, 1991.
Career
Visiting lecturer, U. Copenhagen, 1980-1981; lecturer, U. Copenhagen, 1986-1991; lecturer, Free U. Berlin, 1981-1986; Edwin Cuthbert Hall professor Middle Eastern Archaeology, U. Sydney, Australia, since 1991. Director Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation, Sydney, since 1991. Editor-in-chief Arabian Archaeology & Epigraphy International Journal, Copenhagen, since 1990.
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Mesopotamian Civilization: The Material Foundations (Athlone Publications in Egyptology & Ancient Near Eastern St)
(There is widespread interest in the Ancient Near East and...)
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Mesopotamian Civilization : The Material Foundations
( The best way to achieve an understanding of the art, ar...)
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The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity: Volume II: From Alexander the Great to the Coming of Islam
(The Arabian Gulf has, since the early 1970's, been one of...)
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The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity: Volume I: From Prehistory to the Fall of the Achaemenid Empire
(The Arabian Gulf has become in recent years one of the mo...)
- The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity. Volume I: From Prehistory to the Fall of the Achaemenid Empire. Volume II: From Alexander the Great to the Coming of Is
- Mesopotamian Civilization : The Material Foundations by D. T. Potts (1997-01-01)
- The Pre-Islamic Coinage of Eastern Arabia (Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications) by Daniel T. Potts (1991-01-01)
- The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity: Volume II: From Alexander the Great to the Coming of Islam: From Alexander the Great to the Coming of Islam Vol 2 by Daniel T. Potts (1990-12-13)
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Mesopotamian Civilization: The Material Foundations (Athlone Publications in Egyptology & Ancient Near Eastern St)
Membership
Sydney interviewer of applicants for Harvard College, since 1991. Member Harvard Club Australia, since 1994. Fellow Australian Academy Humanities, Society Antiquaries (London).
Member American Oriental Society, American Numismatic Society.
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Married Hildreth Burnett, June 2, 1979. Children: Rowena, Morgan, Hallam.
