Darren P Ashby
Current:
Cultural Heritage Programs Manager,
American Society of Overseas Research Cultural Heritage Initiatives (ASOR CHI)
Assistant Director
Nimrud Archaeological Research Project
Former:
Senior Research Coordinator, IHSP, University of Pennsylvania
Project Manager for Iraqi and Syrian Cultural Heritage Projects, ASOR CHI
Post-doctoral Researcher, Early Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf, Penn
Field Director, The Rowanduz Archaeological Program
Fellow, Louis J. Kolb Society
Cultural Heritage Programs Manager,
American Society of Overseas Research Cultural Heritage Initiatives (ASOR CHI)
Assistant Director
Nimrud Archaeological Research Project
Former:
Senior Research Coordinator, IHSP, University of Pennsylvania
Project Manager for Iraqi and Syrian Cultural Heritage Projects, ASOR CHI
Post-doctoral Researcher, Early Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf, Penn
Field Director, The Rowanduz Archaeological Program
Fellow, Louis J. Kolb Society
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RAP completed its second excavation season in 2014. Work at multiple sites near Soran and Sidekan revealed archaeological deposits that date from the sixth to the first millennia. At the site of Gund-i Topzawa, located near Sidekan, excavation uncovered part of a burned settlement whose destruction dates to Iron III. The material culture from this site has strong parallels with material excavated at Hasanlu and other sites in northwestern Iran. Based on historical and geographical evidence, this settlement likely belonged to the Kingdom of Musasir, an important buffer state between the Neo-Assyrian and Urartian empires. It is possible that this settlement’s destruction resulted from a raid by Sargon II conducted during his eighth campaign.
In Fall 2015 RAP will return to Gund-i Topzawa for its third excavation season. This paper will present the results of the 2014 season as well as the preliminary results from the 2015 season.
The records documenting Hansen’s excavations at al-Hiba consist of thousands of photographs, data sheets, notebooks, drawings, and plans. During the past 4 years these records have been digitized and incorporated into a sophisticated database that stores and correlates digital versions of the materials and offers tools to manage and analyse the data. A team at the University of Pennsylvania is now at work studying these data and preparing final site reports. The first scheduled publication will focus on Area G, which contained a sequence of occupation spanning the Early Dynastic period. This is also the only area of the site where remains from the poorly understood ED I period were uncovered, making it particularly compelling.
Our poster is intended to offer a glimpse of several aspects of our methodological approach, outline some of the problems we have found, and share our progress with the academic community. We hope that this platform can serve to communicate with other scholars who have faced, or are facing, the challenge of publishing materials from old excavations."
Papers by Darren P Ashby
RAP completed its second excavation season in 2014. Work at multiple sites near Soran and Sidekan revealed archaeological deposits that date from the sixth to the first millennia. At the site of Gund-i Topzawa, located near Sidekan, excavation uncovered part of a burned settlement whose destruction dates to Iron III. The material culture from this site has strong parallels with material excavated at Hasanlu and other sites in northwestern Iran. Based on historical and geographical evidence, this settlement likely belonged to the Kingdom of Musasir, an important buffer state between the Neo-Assyrian and Urartian empires. It is possible that this settlement’s destruction resulted from a raid by Sargon II conducted during his eighth campaign.
In Fall 2015 RAP will return to Gund-i Topzawa for its third excavation season. This paper will present the results of the 2014 season as well as the preliminary results from the 2015 season.
The records documenting Hansen’s excavations at al-Hiba consist of thousands of photographs, data sheets, notebooks, drawings, and plans. During the past 4 years these records have been digitized and incorporated into a sophisticated database that stores and correlates digital versions of the materials and offers tools to manage and analyse the data. A team at the University of Pennsylvania is now at work studying these data and preparing final site reports. The first scheduled publication will focus on Area G, which contained a sequence of occupation spanning the Early Dynastic period. This is also the only area of the site where remains from the poorly understood ED I period were uncovered, making it particularly compelling.
Our poster is intended to offer a glimpse of several aspects of our methodological approach, outline some of the problems we have found, and share our progress with the academic community. We hope that this platform can serve to communicate with other scholars who have faced, or are facing, the challenge of publishing materials from old excavations."