Tell Arqa
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American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, Atlanta, November 21, 2015. Paper to be presented in the session: The Iron Age I in the Levant: A View from the North I (Lynn Welton (University of British Columbia) and Hanan Charaf... more
VIDEO AVAILABLE at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOfiNn_mvnU This lecture is in memory of Anis Chaaya, professor of Art and Archaeology at the Lebanese University and member of the Heritage LG at ARWA, who unexpectedly passed away... more
Eulogy read at the funeral of Jean-Paul Thalmann, July 12 2017, at the cathedral of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France.
The site of Tell Arqa is one of the most important Bronze Age sites in Lebanon. Excavations conducted there between 1972 and 2014 have yielded a continuous stratigraphic sequence stretching from the Crusader period down to the... more
CLICHÉS INÉDITS DE QUELQUES PORTS LIBANAIS Les cas des ports de Tyr, Sidon et Byblos au Liban permettent d’illustrer la richesse de ce fonds ancien en ce qui concerne les paysages urbains des ports antiques du Liban, tels qu’ils... more
Tell Arqa is one of the most important sites in North Lebanon, excavated since 1972 by a Franco-Lebanese team. This paper focuses on the Late Bronze Age I (1550–1400 B.C.) pottery of Level 12 of Arqa. Three stratigraphic sub-levels were... more
Report for CAARI Senior Scholar in Residence Grant 2018
L’urbanisation est un moment clé du développement des sociétés humaines, dont la compréhension est primordiale pour caractériser la diversité des processus de complexification sociale. Entre la Mésopotamie et l’Égypte, qui voient naître... more
Evidence of commerce between cities of ancient Lebanon and the island of Cyprus started during the Middle Bronze Age, a period known for its extensive political and trade relations. Recent research on Middle Bronze Age pottery from... more
Analysis of two core samples taken from the ancient harbour of Sidon allow us to identify two main fades. Sedimentological and radiocarbon analysis has revealed a first sequence before 3500-3000 years BC when Sidon's harbour... more
Analysis of two core samples taken from the ancient harbour of Sidon allow us to identify two main fades. Sedimentological and radiocarbon analysis has revealed a first sequence before 3500-3000 years BC when Sidon's harbour... more
Excavations at Tell Arqa in northern Lebanon have uncovered human occupation levels spanning the entire Bronze Age. Occupation from the Late Bronze Age was recognized in two architectural and cultural levels. The Level 12 pottery... more
Animal remains recovered and studied from recently excavated (104) Middle Bronze Age burials on College Site in Sidon, represent intentional deposits in graves. The purpose of this study is to analyse these faunal remains in mortuary... more
Preliminary analysis of two core samples taken from the ancient harbour of Sidon allow us to identify two main fades. Sedimentological and radiocarbon analysis has revealed a first sequence before 3500-3000 years BC when Sidon 's harbour... more