Contents

Introduction

1. The Mesolithic Cultures of the Near East 10000-9000 bc

2.  The Proto-Neolithic Cultures 9000-7000 bc

3.  Syria and Palestine in teh Seventh Millennium

4.  The Ceramic Neolithic Period in Syria, the Lebanon and Palestine

5.  The Cultures of Mesopotamia

6.  The Cultures of Northern Iran

7. Anatolia

8.  The Halaf and Later Cultures

Epilogue

Bibliography

List of Illlustrations

Index