Cycles of civilization in northern Mesopotamia, 4400–2000 BC
JA Ur - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2010 - Springer
The intensification of fieldwork in northern Mesopotamia, the upper region of the Tigris-
Euphrates basin, has revealed two cycles of expansion and reduction in social complexity …
Euphrates basin, has revealed two cycles of expansion and reduction in social complexity …
Early urbanism in northern Mesopotamia
A McMahon - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2020 - Springer
Cities generate challenges as well as confer advantages on their inhabitants. Recent
excavations and surveys in northern Mesopotamia have revealed extensive settlements with …
excavations and surveys in northern Mesopotamia have revealed extensive settlements with …
Different trajectories in state formation in Greater Mesopotamia: A view from Arslantepe (Turkey)
M Frangipane - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2018 - Springer
Long-term excavations at Arslantepe, Malatya (Turkey), have revealed the development, in
the fourth millennium BC, of a precocious palatial system with a monumental building …
the fourth millennium BC, of a precocious palatial system with a monumental building …
Late Chalcolithic mass graves at Tell Brak, Syria, and violent conflict during the growth of early city-states
A McMahon, A Sołtysiak, J Weber - Journal of Field Archaeology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Excavations and surveys carried out from the mid-1990s through 2009 at Tell Brak,
northeast Syria, have focused on reconstructing the socioeconomic complexity and physical …
northeast Syria, have focused on reconstructing the socioeconomic complexity and physical …
The spatial dimensions of early Mesopotamian urbanism: The Tell Brak suburban survey, 2003–2006
J Ur, P Karsgaard, J Oates - Iraq, 2011 - cambridge.org
The 2003–2006 Suburban Survey at Tell Brak investigated the spatial dimensions of the
city's urban origins and evolution via intensive systematic surface survey. This report places …
city's urban origins and evolution via intensive systematic surface survey. This report places …
The end of prehistory and the Uruk period
G Algaze - The Sumerian World, 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Ancient Mesopotamian civilization emerged in the alluvial lowlands of the Tigris–Euphrates
rivers in what is today southern Iraq in the fourth millennium BC, and it endured in …
rivers in what is today southern Iraq in the fourth millennium BC, and it endured in …
LANDSCAPE AND SETTLEMENT IN THE EASTERN UPPER IRAQI TIGRIS AND NAVKUR PLAINS: THE LAND OF NINEVEH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT …
DM Bonacossi, M Iamoni - Iraq, 2015 - cambridge.org
This paper presents a preliminary report on the first two seasons of work by The Land of
Nineveh Archaeological Project (LoNAP) of Udine University that aims to understand the …
Nineveh Archaeological Project (LoNAP) of Udine University that aims to understand the …
The lion, the king and the cage: Late Chalcolithic iconography and ideology in northern Mesopotamia
A McMahon - Iraq, 2009 - cambridge.org
Recent excavations at Tell Brak, Syria, have explored the site's early urban expansion,
including excavation of Late Chalcolithic mass graves in a small mound at the site's outer …
including excavation of Late Chalcolithic mass graves in a small mound at the site's outer …
[PDF][PDF] Late Chalcolithic Kurgans in Transcaucasia. The cemetery of Soyuq Bulaq (Azerbaijan)
B Lyonnet, T Akhundov, K Almamedov… - … Mitteilungen aus Iran …, 2008 - academia.edu
In 2005, a kurgan cemetery dating to the Late Chalcolithic period was discovered and
excavated at Soyuq Bulaq in Azerbaijan, on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. About twenty …
excavated at Soyuq Bulaq in Azerbaijan, on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. About twenty …
The growth of early social networks: New geochemical results of obsidian from the Ubaid to Chalcolithic Period in Syria, Iraq and the Gulf
Obsidian artifacts are geochemically traceable to their geological sources of origin. The
results of their analysis provide some of the most accurate testimonies of interaction …
results of their analysis provide some of the most accurate testimonies of interaction …