The architecture and pottery of a late third-millennium residential quarter at Tell Hamoukar, north-eastern Syria
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 the...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2014
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Iraq
Год: 2011, Том: 73, Страницы: 21-69 |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Excavations
B Residential architecture B Courtyards B Houses B Bricks B Pottery B Metropolitan areas B Chaff B Rooms |
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| Итог: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2053-4744 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Iraq
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0021088900000073 |