Euphrates River Valley Settlement: The Carchemish Sector in the Third Millennium BC

Pre-state ceremonial monuments, rich mortuary arrangements, forts, walled settlements and temples: all these occur in a narrow stretch of the Euphrates River valley prior to the rise of Carchemish, one of the major capital cities of the Ancient Near East. This well-illustrated book examines recently...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peltenberg, Edgar (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Subito Delivery Service: Order now.
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Havertown Oxbow Books 2007
In:Year: 2007
Series/Journal:Levant Supplementary Series v.5
Further subjects:B Electronic books
Online Access: Volltext (Aggregator)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Euphrates River Valley Settlement : The Carchemish Sector in the Third Millennium BC:

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a22000002 4500
001 788228161
003 DE-627
005 20240719190958.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 140618s2007 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
020 |a 9781842172728  |9 978-1-84217-272-8 
035 |a (DE-627)788228161 
035 |a (DE-599)GBV788228161 
035 |a (EBC)EBC1696482 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rakwb 
041 |a eng 
050 0 |a DS99.E96 E96 2007 
082 0 |a 939.43 
084 |a 1  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Peltenberg, Edgar  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a Euphrates River Valley Settlement  |b The Carchemish Sector in the Third Millennium BC 
264 1 |a Havertown  |b Oxbow Books  |c 2007 
300 |a Online-Ressource (772 p) 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
490 0 |a Levant Supplementary Series  |v v.5 
500 |a Description based upon print version of record 
505 8 0 |a Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 - New perspectives on the Carchemish sector of the Middle Euphrates River valley in the 3rd Millennium BC; A question of boundaries; Middle Euphrates River valley sectors (Fig. 1.2); Environment (Fig. 1.3); Characterising the Carchemish sector: pre-rescue excavation approaches; Pastoralists and the role of tribal societies; The era of rank societies; The era of regional states; A note on chronology; A note on spelling; References; Acknowledgements 
505 8 0 |a 2 - Archaeological regions in the neighbourhood of CarchemishRegional patterns of settlement; The Euphrates Valley; Geomorphology and the missing landscapes of the Euphrates Valley; The Euphrates Valley and communication networks; Conclusions; Appendix; References; Acknowledgements; 3 - Site hierarchy in the Tishrin Dam area and third millennium geopolitics in Northern Syria; Introduction; Site hierarchy according to surface area and archaeological excavations; Settlement distribution (Fig. 3.1); The broader context; The Ebla archives and the political geography of the Tishrin Dam area 
505 8 0 |a Tell Ahmar and Abarsal (Fig. 3.2)Conclusion; References; 4 - Early Bronze Age burial types and social-cultural identity within the northern Euphrates Valley; Introduction; Euphrates burial typology; Burial types and their geographical distribution; Burial types and ethnic identity; Conclusions; References; 5 - The 'champagne-cup' period at Carchemish. A review of the Early Bronze Age levels on the Acropolis Mound and the problem of the Inner Town; Introduction; The south-east mound; Problems of terminology and periodization; The 'champagne-cup' horizon (EB I-II); Pottery repertoire 
505 8 0 |a Other shapesThe Amarna horizon (EB III-IV): the evidence from the Inner Town; A historical question; Conclusion; References; Acknowledgements; 6 - A 'high' terrace at Gre Virike to the north of Carchemish: power of local rulers as founders?; The site; Comparison; Building activity; Social aspects; References; 7 - Was there a post-Uruk collapse in the Carchemish area?; Introduction; Architecture and stratigraphy; Pottery and typo-chronology; The Carchemish region in the post-Uruk period; Conclusion; References 
505 8 0 |a 8 - Establishment of a Middle/Upper Euphrates Early Bronze I culture from the fragmentation of the Uruk world. New data from Zeytinli Bahçe Höyük (Urfa, Turkey)Salvage excavation at Zeytinli Bahçe Höyük: its contribution to the understanding of 4th to 3rd millennium cultural developments in the Carchemish region; Concluding remarks; References; 9 - The Tilbes Project (Birecik Dam, Turkish Euphrates): the Early Bronze evidence; Background and goals of the Project; The Late Chalcolithic/Early Bronze I transitional occupation; The Early Bronze I occupation; The Early Bronze II/III occupation 
505 8 0 |a The Late EB IVA-B occupation 
520 |a Pre-state ceremonial monuments, rich mortuary arrangements, forts, walled settlements and temples: all these occur in a narrow stretch of the Euphrates River valley prior to the rise of Carchemish, one of the major capital cities of the Ancient Near East. This well-illustrated book examines recently discovered evidence from the hinterlands of archaeologically inaccessible Carchemish in its regional context. Amongst the 18 contributors Tony Wilkinson characterizes the neighbouring regions of Carchemish, Guy Bunnens elaborates on a site hierarchy within the valley and Gioacchino Falsone appraise 
601 |a Euphrat 
601 |a Millennium 
655 0 |a Electronic books 
776 1 |z 9781782975113  |c  : 31.35 (NL) 
776 0 8 |i Erscheint auch als  |n Druck-Ausgabe  |a Euphrates River Valley Settlement : The Carchemish Sector in the Third Millennium BC 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1696482  |x Aggregator  |3 Volltext 
912 |a ZDB-30-PQE 
951 |a BO 
ELC |a 1 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheo_oa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a REL