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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankTheArchaeologyofElamFormationandTransformationofanAncientIranianStateFromthemiddleofthethirdmillenniumbcuntilthecomingofCyrustheGreat,southwesternIranwasreferredtoinMesopotamiansourcesasthelandofElam.Aheterogenouscollectionofregions,El
2、amwashometoavarietyofgroups,alternatelytheobjectofMesopotamianaggres-sion,andaggressorsthemselves;anethnicgroupseeminglyswallowedupbythevastAchaemenidPersianempire,yetaforcestrongenoughtoattackBabyloniainthelastcenturiesbc.TheElamitelanguageisattestedaslateastheMed
3、ievalera,andthenameElamaslateas1300intherecordsoftheNestorianchurch.Thisbookexaminestheformationandtransforma-tionofElam’smanyidentitiesthroughbotharchaeologicalandwrittenevidence,andbringstolifeoneofthemostimportantregionsofWesternAsia,re-evaluatesitssignificance,a
4、ndplacesitinthecontextofthemostrecentarchaeologicalandhistoricalscholarship.d.t.pottsisEdwinCuthbertHallProfessorinMiddleEasternArchaeologyattheUniversityofSydney.HeistheauthorofTheArabianGulfinAntiquity,2vols.(1990),MesopotamianCivilization(1997),andnumerousarticl
5、esinscholarlyjournals.cambridgeworldarchaeologySerieseditorNORMANYOFFEE,UniversityofMichiganEditorialboardSUSANALCOCK,UniversityofMichiganTOMDILLEHAY,UniversityofKentuckyCHRISGOSDEN,UniversityofOxfordCARLASINOPOLI,UniversityofMichiganTheCambridgeWorldArchaeologyser
6、iesisaddressedtostudentsandprofessionalarchaeologists,andtoacademicsinrelateddisciplines.Eachvolumepresentsasurveyofthearchaeologyofaregionoftheworld,pro-vidinganup-to-dateaccountofresearchandintegratingrecentfindingswithnewconcernsofinterpretation.Whilethefocusison
7、aspecificregion,broaderculturaltrendsarediscussedandtheimplicationsofregionalfindingsforcross-culturalinterpretationsconsidered.Theauthorsalsobringanthropologicalandhistoricalexpertisetobearonarchaeologicalproblems,andshowhowbothnewdataandchangingintel-lectualtrendsi
8、narchaeologyshapeinferencesaboutthepast.Booksintheseries:CambridgeWorldArchaeologyraymondallchinandbridgetallchin,TheRiseofCivilizationinIndiaand