The Land of Carchemish (Syria) Project: The Sajur Triangle, by Peltenburg, E., Wilkinson, T.J., Ricci, A., Lawrence, D., McCarthy, A., Wilkinson, E., Newson, P., & Perini S. Matthews, R. and Curtis, J. (eds.) Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East 12 April – 16 April 2010, the British Museum and UCL, London., 2008
The Land of Carchemish (Syria) Project has carried out five seasons of fieldwork in the Sajur tri... more The Land of Carchemish (Syria) Project has carried out five seasons of fieldwork in the Sajur triangle region, from 2006 to 2010. In order to identify periods where results have added significantly to existing knowledge, we compare LCP site numbers and locations with those reported by Andrew Moore and the team of Paul Sanlaville who had surveyed the same region in the 1970s. One of the key advances to emerge is a significant shift from the pre-existing agro-pastoral tell-based communities of the Bronze Age and earlier periods towards a lengthy phase of settlement dispersal starting perhaps as early as the Iron Age. Other major advances are clearly evident in the Halaf, Late Chalcolithic-Uruk, Late Early Bronze and Middle Bronze Ages.
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Integrating intensive pedestrian survey, satellite imagery analysis and topographic mapping, the study identified
85 kurgans, six necropolises and nine sites from the Chalcolithic or medieval periods. The authors believe
this demonstrates the potential for further archaeological studies in the region.
in South Georgia in 2012, sought to evaluate the
archaeological potential of this strategic mountainous region
located at the crossroad of several networks of communication.
With a focus on the 4th and 3rd Millennium
BCE, the combination of satellite imagery analysis,
landscape observations, intensive surface collection,
and cleaning of an exposed modern disturbance provide
rich information on the Early and Late Bronze Age occupation
of Baraletis Gora/Amagleba as well as on regional
changes in landscape use. This newly acquired data offers
solid ground for future research in this high-altitude
environment.
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Integrating intensive pedestrian survey, satellite imagery analysis and topographic mapping, the study identified
85 kurgans, six necropolises and nine sites from the Chalcolithic or medieval periods. The authors believe
this demonstrates the potential for further archaeological studies in the region.
in South Georgia in 2012, sought to evaluate the
archaeological potential of this strategic mountainous region
located at the crossroad of several networks of communication.
With a focus on the 4th and 3rd Millennium
BCE, the combination of satellite imagery analysis,
landscape observations, intensive surface collection,
and cleaning of an exposed modern disturbance provide
rich information on the Early and Late Bronze Age occupation
of Baraletis Gora/Amagleba as well as on regional
changes in landscape use. This newly acquired data offers
solid ground for future research in this high-altitude
environment.
(please ask for full .pdf)
in the Southern Zagros Mountains from a long-term perspective. The integrative analysis
of data from different archives allows for identification of phases of drought in the region,
especially starting from the Sasanian period onwards. This investigation also shows that
specific imperial politics such as that of the Sasanian Kings Kawāḏ I and Ḵosrow I helped
to ensure that agricultural communities and practices were sufficiently resilient to these
changes. These politics were essentially based on tax reliefs for in-need farmers and
state investments on the micro-level. However, pastoral and multi-resources lifestyles
remained the ultimate resilience strategies in case of severe aridification.