Jebel Aruda: An Uruk period temple and settlement in Syria (Volume II)

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-94-6426-174-5
Verlag: Sidestone Press

Buch, Englisch, 452 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 286 mm, Gewicht: 1998 g

Reihe: Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities 28b

Jebel Aruda, a prominent mountain ridge overlooking the Tabqa Dam lake in northern Syria, was the location of a remarkable settlement that flourished between c. 3300 and 3100 BC during the so-called Uruk period. For the inhabitants the sacredness of this high place, evidenced by the discovery of a large temple complex, seems to have taken precedent over its impractical location far above the valley of the Euphrates River. The site was destroyed under unknown circumstances, leaving behind the spectacular remains of a well preserved temple complex and numerous houses filled with a rich collection of material culture and administrative tools such as bullae and tablets.

Adutch team excavated the site between 1972 and 1982 while the Tabqa Dam was under construction. These two volumes present the results of these excavations and subsequent research of the remains, with special emphasis on the relationship between the domestic architecture and the finds.

These richly illustrated volumes aim to facilitate further research and analysis of an exceptional, short-lived Uruk period settlement, comprising domestic architecture associated with a monumental temple complex. It is intended to appeal to readers interested in Mesopotamia and ancient Syria, as well as archaeologists concerned with architectural and locational analysis in a broader perspective.

Volume I presents the results of the excavation. In Volume II the contents of each individual house are listed and illustrated as discrete room assemblages, with the specific intention of making the evidence available for more detailed analysis of the relationship between material culture and architecture and to stimulate further research into aspects such as identity and the social structure of the settlement surrounding the temples.

Volume I is available here.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Driel, Govert van

Driel-Murray, Carol van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altorientalische Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

VOLUME II: PLATES

Introduction
Abbreviations

Concordance I: Room Numbers
Concordance II: Registered Find Numbers
Concordance III: Registered Sample Numbers

Illustrations of artefacts from each room context by House Plates 1-206

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Govert van Driel:

Govert van Driel (1937-2002) was lecturer in Mesopotamian History and Archaeology at the University of Leiden, and participated in several excavations in Turkey and Syria before continuing the excavations on Jebel Aruda. His main