- Near Eastern Archaeology, Tell Ahmar - Til Barsib excavations, Mitannian, Anatolian Studies, Study of chronological anchors of Near Eastern Archaeology, Ancient chronology, and 46 moreDendrochronology, Radiocarbon Dating (Archaeology), Khabur Ware, Nuzi Ware, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, Ceramics (Archaeology), Pottery, Stratigraphy, Anthropology, Archaeology, Archaeological Method & Theory, Emar, Kurdistan, Tell Mohammed Diyab, Landscape Archaeology, Ancient Near East, Mesopotamian Archaeology, Near Eastern Studies, Writing systems, Tell Brak, Tell Barri, Middle Assyrian period, Middle Assyrian, Middle-Assyrian Administrative pottery, Middle Assyrian Geography, Middle Assyrian provinces, Mitanni, Pottery Typology, The archaeology of Mitanni, Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Middle Assyrian administration, Archaeometry, Late Chalcolithic, Funerary Archaeology, Material Culture Studies, Qasr Shemamok, Yezidis, Yezidi and Yaresan Studies, Yazidi, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Kurdish Studies, Religious Studies, Cultural Heritage, Anthropology of Religion, and Cultural interrelations in the eastern Mediterranean from the BA to the EIAedit
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This paper deals with the second millennium BC ceramics, and a short excursus regarding the settlement pattern, in the region east of the Tigris and north of the Upper Zab, delimited to the north by the Dohuk plain and the Zagros... more
This paper deals with the second millennium BC ceramics, and a short excursus regarding the settlement pattern, in the region east of the Tigris and north of the Upper Zab, delimited to the north by the Dohuk plain and the Zagros foothills, to the west by the Mosul Lake and the Tigris river, and to the east and south by the Navkur Plain and the Bardarash region, the so-called Land behind Nineveh. This is the survey area of the Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project, led by Daniele Morandi Bonacossi and active since 2012. The focus of this paper is the Middle and Late Bronze Age, which surface ceramic assemblages will be illustrated and discussed along with problematics that arise from their analysis, especially concerning the definition of Mittanian and Middle Assyrian ceramic assemblages. The picture emerging from the assemblages combined with results from the analysis of the settlements pattern allow to assert the strategic importance of the Land behind Nineveh in the landscape of settlements from the Middle Bronze Age to the formation of the Middle Assyrian state.
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The very sparse archaeological evidence and the limited amount of textual data concerning the final phase of the MBA and the beginning of the LBA constitutes a serious obstacle in reconstructing the development of settlement patterns and... more
The very sparse archaeological evidence and the limited amount of textual data concerning the final phase of the MBA and the beginning of the LBA constitutes a serious obstacle in reconstructing the development of settlement patterns and cultural traditions in the Upper Khabur Valley, the centre of the Mittani state.
In this respect, the stratified layers exposed in Tell Barri provide an opportunity to examine evidence from a continuously inhabited settlement, where changes can be evaluated based on modifications in the material assemblages of the site and in its architecture.
Examining the development of spatial organization and changes in the pottery assemblage, issues of cultural traditions, regional links and chronology will be discussed in an attempt to better understand the nature and meaning of the MBA-LBA transition as well as the changing status of the site during this obscure phase of its history.
In this respect, the stratified layers exposed in Tell Barri provide an opportunity to examine evidence from a continuously inhabited settlement, where changes can be evaluated based on modifications in the material assemblages of the site and in its architecture.
Examining the development of spatial organization and changes in the pottery assemblage, issues of cultural traditions, regional links and chronology will be discussed in an attempt to better understand the nature and meaning of the MBA-LBA transition as well as the changing status of the site during this obscure phase of its history.
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Khabur Ware is a ceramic category which characterized northern-Mesopotamian pottery assemblages during the first and part of the second half of the 2 nd millennium BC. This span of time is chronologically divided into Middle Bronze... more
Khabur Ware is a ceramic category which characterized northern-Mesopotamian pottery assemblages during the first and part of the second half of the 2 nd millennium BC. This span of time is chronologically divided into Middle Bronze (2000-1595 BC) and Late Bronze Age I (1595-1350 BC). During this period three important political powers succeeded in Northern Mesopotamia: the Kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia, the First Dynasty of Babylon and the Kingdom of Mittani. That is why a so impressive duration of this ware's production has been discussed for a long time by many scholars. The present poster aims to analyze a specific Khabur Ware shape: the drinking vessels have been chosen because they represent a significant vessel type produced all through the period. Therefore it can be a valid marker to trace changes in pottery production. The examined pottery comes from sites situated in the Syrian and Iraqi Jezirah which seems to be the Khabur Ware main distribution area in the period between Middle and Late Bronze Age. The analysis will be accomplished by sorting drinking vessels' shapes and related painted decorations following a relative-chronological order i.e. a general correlated stratigraphic sequence of all sites in the examined area..
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Broadening Horizons 5 The organizers are pleased to invite papers for the upcoming international conference “Broadening Horizon 5: Civilizations in Contact”, which will be held in Udine (Italy) from June 5 to 8, 2017 at the... more
Broadening Horizons 5
The organizers are pleased to invite papers for the upcoming international conference “Broadening Horizon 5: Civilizations in Contact”, which will be held in Udine (Italy) from June 5 to 8, 2017 at the Università Degli Studi di Udine.
Broadening Horizons 5 is an international congress dedicated to early-stage researchers and postgraduate students who work in a number of disciplines concerning the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean, organized for the purpose of stimulating the presentation and discussion of new research and debate of common problems in the field, within a multidisciplinary and international framework.
The 5th edition will have as main general theme “Civilizations in Contact”. Five sessions have been selected to address papers to the investigation of this topic; for each session a keynote speaker will give an introductory paper on the subject.
1.The Neolithic – Chalcolithic transition in Upper Mesopotamia. Subsistence strategies, economy, society and identity
2.The Levant in the Bronze Age: crossroad or frontier between different cultures?
3.Imperial frontiers: the Assyrian periphery and interactions between Assyria and neighbouring kingdoms during the 1st millennium BC. .
4.The East Mediterranean during the Iron Age: the formation of the western artistic tradition as a result of contacts with the Near East
5.West vs East: from Hellenism to the Roman expansion in the Near East .
6.Marine connections: the Gulf and interactions between the Arabian peninsula, Mesopotamia, the Iranian world and beyond
Presentations offering wide-ranging and diverse perspectives on the proposed topics are particularly encouraged (i.e. landscape archaeology, material culture studies, theoretical frameworks, interdisciplinary research etc.).
Proposals for both papers and posters should be submitted via the website of the congress.
The call for papers opens on October 31 and closes on December 31, 2016. The Organizing Committee will assess the texts received with regard to their quality and pertinence to the conference themes. Accepted speakers will be notified shortly afterwards (usually within two weeks after the submission deadline)
Participation in the conference costs €50; subscriptions may be made from February 1 until April 15, 2017. After this date the conference fee increases to €80. No payment will be accepted after May 15, 2017.
Following the conference, presenters will be invited to submit their papers for review and publication in the Conference Proceedings.
More information is available on the conference website: bh5.uniud.it
We look forward to seeing you in Udine!
The Organizing Committee
Marco Iamoni (University of Udine)
Costanza Coppini (Freie Universität Berlin)
Katia Gavagnin (University of Udine)
Rocco Palermo (University of Groningen)
Francesca Simi (University of Venice / University of Tübingen)
The organizers are pleased to invite papers for the upcoming international conference “Broadening Horizon 5: Civilizations in Contact”, which will be held in Udine (Italy) from June 5 to 8, 2017 at the Università Degli Studi di Udine.
Broadening Horizons 5 is an international congress dedicated to early-stage researchers and postgraduate students who work in a number of disciplines concerning the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean, organized for the purpose of stimulating the presentation and discussion of new research and debate of common problems in the field, within a multidisciplinary and international framework.
The 5th edition will have as main general theme “Civilizations in Contact”. Five sessions have been selected to address papers to the investigation of this topic; for each session a keynote speaker will give an introductory paper on the subject.
1.The Neolithic – Chalcolithic transition in Upper Mesopotamia. Subsistence strategies, economy, society and identity
2.The Levant in the Bronze Age: crossroad or frontier between different cultures?
3.Imperial frontiers: the Assyrian periphery and interactions between Assyria and neighbouring kingdoms during the 1st millennium BC. .
4.The East Mediterranean during the Iron Age: the formation of the western artistic tradition as a result of contacts with the Near East
5.West vs East: from Hellenism to the Roman expansion in the Near East .
6.Marine connections: the Gulf and interactions between the Arabian peninsula, Mesopotamia, the Iranian world and beyond
Presentations offering wide-ranging and diverse perspectives on the proposed topics are particularly encouraged (i.e. landscape archaeology, material culture studies, theoretical frameworks, interdisciplinary research etc.).
Proposals for both papers and posters should be submitted via the website of the congress.
The call for papers opens on October 31 and closes on December 31, 2016. The Organizing Committee will assess the texts received with regard to their quality and pertinence to the conference themes. Accepted speakers will be notified shortly afterwards (usually within two weeks after the submission deadline)
Participation in the conference costs €50; subscriptions may be made from February 1 until April 15, 2017. After this date the conference fee increases to €80. No payment will be accepted after May 15, 2017.
Following the conference, presenters will be invited to submit their papers for review and publication in the Conference Proceedings.
More information is available on the conference website: bh5.uniud.it
We look forward to seeing you in Udine!
The Organizing Committee
Marco Iamoni (University of Udine)
Costanza Coppini (Freie Universität Berlin)
Katia Gavagnin (University of Udine)
Rocco Palermo (University of Groningen)
Francesca Simi (University of Venice / University of Tübingen)
Research Interests: Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Roman History, Near Eastern Studies, and 48 moreLandscape Archaeology, Hellenistic History, Levantine Archaeology, Mesopotamian Archaeology, Iranian Archaeology, Settlement Patterns, Iranian Studies, Neolithic Archaeology, Bronze Age Europe (Archaeology), Chalcolithic Archaeology, Prehistoric Settlement, Greek Archaeology, Ancient Near East, Hellenism, Assyria, Empire, Ancient Near East (Archaeology), Assyrian archaeology, Iranian world (Archaeology), Ancient Near Eastern Art, Phoenician Punic Archaeology, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Prehistory, Assyrian Empire, Settlement archaeology, Neo-Assyrian studies, Iron Age, Ancient Near Eastern History, Roman Near East, History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Persian Gulf archeology, Prehistoric Archeology, Assyrian art, Mesopotamia, Arabian/Persian Gulf Archaeology, Urartu, Archaeology, Classical archaeology, Greek and Roman history, Greek Colonization (Magna Graecia and Sicily), Material Culture Studies, Funerary Archaeology, Levant, Art and Archaeology Ancient Near East, Near eastern Archaeology, Archaeology of Iran, Prehistoric Archaeology, Archaeological Method and theory, Prehistory of Southeastern Iran, Urbanisim, Early State, Secondary State, Complex societies, ancient trade, ancient economies, Archaeology of the Levant, Cultural interactions between Assyria and Urartu, Northern Mesopotamia, Neo Assyrian archaeology, Archaeology of Turkey, Iron Age (Archaeology), Hellenistic Pottery, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Protohistoric Anatolia, Near Eastern Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Achaemenid archaeology, Archaeology of South Eastern Turkey, Roman Archaeology, and Near East, Central Asia & South Asia/Indian Subcontinent from Alexander the Great to the Byzantine Times: the Kaash, the Greco-Indian Art of Gadara, Orthodox Christianity and the Ancient and Byantine Greeks in the East
This book is the result of a workshop organized by the editors on April 5, 2018, during the 11th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) in Munich, Germany. The workshop’s goal was to discuss the... more
This book is the result of a workshop organized by the editors on April 5, 2018, during the 11th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) in Munich, Germany.
The workshop’s goal was to discuss the archaeological traces, or lack thereof, of the so-called transitional periods in the long history of Northern Mesopotamia, from the Bronze Age to the Islamic period. What emerges from the contributions, which differ in terms of chronology, spatial extent, and research subject – from single sites to long term investigation, from material culture to historical approaches –, goes beyond the traditional approach to the Dark Ages, emphasizing phenomena of resilience and evolution, rather than drastic and abrupt changes. From the expansion and contraction of settlement patterns to the spatial redefinition of urban spaces and the persistence of certain ceramic horizons through time, the authors put back the material evidence on the agenda of the archaeological research on the Dark Ages.
The book offers a unique view, although from different angles, of some of the in-between periods of Mesopotamian history: The Middle-Late Bronze transition, the so-called post-Assyrian period, the evolution of late antiquity material culture into the Islamic period. Thus, the authors aim at redefining the concept of transition in the light of new or revised data from fundamental projects in Syria, Iraq, and Iraqi Kurdistan.
The workshop’s goal was to discuss the archaeological traces, or lack thereof, of the so-called transitional periods in the long history of Northern Mesopotamia, from the Bronze Age to the Islamic period. What emerges from the contributions, which differ in terms of chronology, spatial extent, and research subject – from single sites to long term investigation, from material culture to historical approaches –, goes beyond the traditional approach to the Dark Ages, emphasizing phenomena of resilience and evolution, rather than drastic and abrupt changes. From the expansion and contraction of settlement patterns to the spatial redefinition of urban spaces and the persistence of certain ceramic horizons through time, the authors put back the material evidence on the agenda of the archaeological research on the Dark Ages.
The book offers a unique view, although from different angles, of some of the in-between periods of Mesopotamian history: The Middle-Late Bronze transition, the so-called post-Assyrian period, the evolution of late antiquity material culture into the Islamic period. Thus, the authors aim at redefining the concept of transition in the light of new or revised data from fundamental projects in Syria, Iraq, and Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Broadening Horizons is a series of international conferences on the archaeology and history of the Ancient Near East, dedicated to students and early-stage researchers in these fields. The fifth edition was held in Udine from 5th to 8th... more
Broadening Horizons is a series of international conferences on the archaeology and history of the Ancient Near East, dedicated to students and early-stage researchers in these fields. The fifth edition was held in Udine from 5th to 8th June 2017, hosted by the University of Udine, and organized by Marco Iamoni, Costanza Coppini, Katia Gavagnin, Rocco Palermo and Francesca Simi. Available online https://www.openstarts.units.it/handle/10077/30198