The rediscovery of the ancient Near East: the physical environment
History, chronology and social organization
Patterns of settlement and agriculture
Town planning and temple architecture
Public buildings and private housing
Upper Mesopotamia
Life, death and the meaning of the universe
Manufacturing industries
Trade
Writing and the arts
Conclustions: the development of Sumerian society.
Sumer and the Sumerians by Harriet E. W. Crawford. ISBN 0521533384. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.