Middle Bronze Age Syria
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*Most of the pieces from Acemhöyük are presented in this article for the first time. The interested reader can find C14 dates of the EBA levels of Acemhöyük as well. This study investigates the faience and frit artefacts of Acemhöyük... more
From 2200-1900 BC, Northern Mesopotamia experienced depopulation and a loss of political complexity. Understanding the resettlement of this region—the recovery of complex societies following collapse—has emerged as a major research... more
The transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age in Kamid el-Loz, ancient Kumidi, has challenged both the urban landscape and the established political system. The architectural as well as functional history of iconic places inside... more
This is a proof copy, the final version will be uploaded after publication Abstract In modern towns with multi-ethnic population and congregations of different religions and variations of religion one can notice the tendency of people... more
As the first comprehensive study of fortification systems and defensive strategies in the Levant during the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 1900 to 1500 B.C.E.), Walled up to Heaven is an indispensable contribution to the study of this period and... more
This article treats architecture and archaeological contexts as signs that help us reach the meaning and function of building assemblages. It therefore falls into the framework of the semiotics of space and architecture (of the abundant... more
in: D. Parayre (ed.), Le fleuve rebelle Géographie historique du moyen Oronte d’Ebla à l’époque médiévale.
This paper constitutes a synthesis of a technological investigation on copper base alloy weapons from Byblos. Most of the weapons are typical of the Middle Bronze Age in the Levant. Methods such as metallographic examination and chemical... more
Cult buildings in the Southern Levant during the mature Middle Bronze II-III (1800-1500 BC) represent a homogenous architectural tradition, closely linked to the Syrian prototypes, well known, among the others, through the archaeological... more
In this article, it will be attempted to elaborate on a differentiation between the dead and the ancestors from a theoretical point of view, and, upon this basis, with regard to royal contexts of the 2nd millennium BC in ancient Syria.... more
ABSTRACT: This lecture (no. 10) furnishes a view of the Middle Bronze Age Near East --(and Egypt briefly)-- outside Mesopotamia. It first provides a brief summary and background regarding Middle Bronze Age eastern Syria and Mesopotamia... more
Dieser Beitrag, der den ersten wissenschaftlichen Vorbericht über die 2009 in Qatna neu gefundene Gruft VII unter dem Königspalast darstellt, ist aus einer fruchtbaren interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit entstanden, die im Feld ihren... more
A general reassessment about the funerary landscape of the Old-Syrian Ebla.
This article presents a preliminary comparative stratigraphy of excavated sites in Plain Cilicia and one in Rough Cilicia. It is the outcome of three workshops held in 2014, 2015 and 2017. Plain Cilicia at the junction of Anatolia,... more