title: The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State (Cambridge World Archaeology)
author: D. T. Potts
description: This book examines the formation and transformation of Elam's many identities through both archaeological and written evidence. It brings to life one of the most important regions of ancient Western Asia, re-evaluates its significance, and places it in the context of the most recent archaeological and historical scholarship.
zlib_text: THE ART OF ELAM CA. 4200–525 BC
  The Art of Elam CA. 4200–525 BC offers a view of, and a critical reflection on,
  the art history of one of the world’s first and least-known civilizations,
  illuminating a significant chapter of our human past.
  Not unlike a gallery of historical paintings, this comprehensive treatment
  of the rich heritage of ancient Iran showcases a visual trail of the evolution of
  human society, with all its leaps and turns, from its origins in the earliest
  villages of southwest Iran at around 4200 BC to the rise of the Achaemenid
  Persian empire in CA. 525 BC. Richly illustrated with 1,450 photographs, 190
  line drawings, and digital reconstructions of hundreds of artefacts—some of
  which have never before been published—The Art of Elam goes beyond
  formal and thematic boundaries to emphasize the religious, political, and
  social contexts in which art was created and functioned.
  Such a magisterial study of Elamite art has never been written, making
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