RT Article
T1 The architecture and pottery of a late third-millennium residential quarter at Tell Hamoukar, north-eastern Syria
JF Iraq
VO 73
SP 21
OP 69
A1 Colantoni, Carlo
A1 Ur, Jason A.
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2011
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1699032769
AB The 2001 excavations in Area H on Hamoukar's lower town produced a wealth of information on a residential neighbourhood of a late third-millennium BC city. The excavations were intended to address several issues, including chronology, urban form and the final abandonment of the site. Toward these ends, a broad exposure of over 400 m2 was opened, revealing a prosperous neighbourhood that had been sacked and abruptly abandoned. This report addresses two aspects, its architecture and ceramic assemblage, in detail. The architecture demonstrates broadly shared principles in spatial patterning and planning, as well as similarities in construction, with variations connected to socioeconomic status. The ceramics represent a snapshot of the assemblage of the late or post-Akkadian period, including many whole or reconstructable forms. Contrary to the expectations of abrupt climatic change models, Hamoukar remained settled and urbanised after the proposed 2200 BC Akkadian collapse, and its abandonment was the result of a sudden and violent military event.
K1 Chaff
K1 Courtyards
K1 Bricks
K1 Pottery
K1 Rooms
K1 Houses
K1 Excavations
K1 Metropolitan areas
K1 Residential architecture
DO 10.1017/S0021088900000073