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Near Eastern Bronze Age

Excavations at Tell Brak 2: Nagar in the 3rd Millennium BC
edited by David Oates, Joan Oates and Helen McDonald
Tell Brak, ancient Nagar, was one of the most important cities in northern Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC and a focus of long-distance trade. It was also, for about a century, a provincial capital of the Akkadian Empire founded by Sargon of Agade. This is the second of four volumes on the 1976-93 excavations at Tell Brak. The construction level of Naram-Sin's Palace, discovered by Mallowan in the 1930s, has been used as a point of ...
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Tell Kosak Shamali Vol I: The Archaeological Investigations on the Upper Euphrates, Syria
edited by Yoshihiro Nishiaki and Toshio Matsutani
This first volume in a series of works on Tell Kosak Shamali focuses on the Chalcolithic deposits at the site, or the Ubaid period. Located on the east bank of the Euphrates the site held an important strategic position and one which had a diverse set of resources available. Investigated since the 1980s and most recently by the University of Tokyo, this volume reports on the results of the excavations, detailing the geographical and cultural ...
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Tell Kosak Shamali Vol II: The Archaeological Investigations on the Upper Euphrates, Syria. Chalcolithic Technology and Subsistence
edited by Yoshihiro Nishiaki and Toshio Matsutani
The four seasons of excavation at Tell Kosak Shamali yielded around 33,000 flaked stone artefacts from the Chalcolithic perid. These discoveries have allowed archaeologists their first oportunity to study lithic manufacturing activities and their development over this period in the Upper Euphrates valley, Syria. The tools are described and documented within their chronological context, and their functional and morphological properties discussed. ...
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Excavations by Kathleen M. Kenyon in Jerusalem 1961-1967. Volume III: The Settlement in the Bronze and Iron Ages
by M.L. Steiner
This is the final report on part of Kathleen Kenyon's excavations at Jerusalem, including much of the post-excavation analysis that was carried out after her death. Steiner presents the evidence from Kenyon's Areas A, H and P and a general interpretation of the Bronze and Iron Ages as well as an occupational history of Jerusalem. 158p, b/w figs and pls (Sheffield AP 2001)
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Euphrates River Valley Settlement: The Carchemish Sector in the Third Millennium BC
edited by Edgar Peltenburg
Pre-state ceremonial monuments, rich mortuary arrangements, forts, walled settlements and temples: all these occur in a narrow stretch of the Euphrates River valley prior to the rise of Carchemish, one of the major capital cities of the Ancient Near East. This well-illustrated book examines recently discovered evidence from the hinterlands of archaeologically inaccessible Carchemish in its regional context. Amongst the 18 contributors Tony ...
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Crossing the Rift: Resources, Settlements Patterns and Interaction in the Wadi Arabah
edited by Piotr Bienkowski and Katharina Galor
Most of the papers published in this volume were originally presented at a conference of the same name, organised by the editors, and held in Atlanta, Georgia, in November 2003. The Wadi Arabah falls between the two areas of southern Jordan and Negev, and has traditionally been seen as a barrier and border. This book (and the conference it came out of) is an attempt to look at this neglected area anew: bridge, rather than barrier. 288p, 144 ...
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Nimrud - An Assyrian Imperial City Revealed
by Joan and David Oates
Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) in northern Iraq, was the capital of the Assyrian Empire during most of the 9th and 8th centuries BC, and remained a major centre until the destruction of the Empire in 612 BC. This authoritative account, written by two of the excavators of the site, traces its history and its gradual revelation through archaeological excavation, begun by Layard in the 19th century and continuing to the present day. The volume is abundantly ...
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Yeki bud, yeki nabud: Essays on the Archaeology of Iran in Honor of William M Sumner
edited by Naomi F Miller and Kamyar Abdi
A collection of essays put together by colleagues, friends, and students of William M. Sumner to honor his contribution to Iranian archaeology and archaeological field methodology. Topical contributions emphasize the methodological aspects of analysis of survey data, while regional contributions focus on two of the main geographical areas studied by archaeologists in Iran: the southwest and the northwest. Papers primarily concern the fifth to ...
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Troy and Homer: Towards a Solution
Lactacz, Joachim
Troy has formed the subject of numerous books by a great many scholars but remains something of an enigma. The author of Troy and Homer has perhaps a better insight into the subject than many others since he has worked alongside Manfred Korfmann on excavations at the hill of Hisarlik in Turkey since their inception. Written for a general readership, Joachim Latacz's study places archaeological evidence alongside the picture of Troy painted ...
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Die Oberstadt von Hattusa: Die Bauwerke 1, Das zentrale Tempelviertel
by Peter Neve
This substantial and beautifully illustrated report publishes details of the buildings that form the central temple complex at the impressive Bronze Age settlement of Hattusa in Anatolia. The structures date from between the 14th and 6th century BC and include numerous houses, temples and internal features, notably ovens. The report is divided into a volume of text with an illustrated catalogue and a boxed collection of large plans of the site. ...
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