Reading rubbish : using object assemblages to reconstruct activities, modes of deposition and abandonment at the Late Bronze Age dunnu of Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria / by Victor Klinkenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klinkenberg, Victor, author.

Series:

Uitgaven van het Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten te Leiden ; 1571-5728 129.

Consolidating Empire Project ; v. 2.

PIHANS. Uitgaven van het Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten te Leiden, 1571-5728 ; CXXIX

Consolidating Empire Project ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bronze age.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Sabi Abyad, Tall (Syria)--Antiquities.

Sabi Abyad, Tall (Syria).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Syria--Sabi Abyad, Tall.

Bronze age--Syria--Sabi Abyad, Tall.

Syria.

Physical Description:

xvi, 252 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 2016.

Summary:

Around the year 1230 BC Assyrian forces conquered the area of modern North Syria. To consolidate power in the region, and to make use of its agricultural potential, numerous farming settlements were founded. One such settlement, a so-called dunnu, has been discovered and excavated at Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria. The settlement was relatively large and appears to have been heavily fortified. This study investigates the activities carried out in the settlement, and its function, through analysis of the objects found in the various rooms and courtyards. The mode of their deposition is subject to rigorous investigation: were these objects discarded as garbage, or were they left behind during rapid abandonment following some catastrophe? This approach has resulted in a re-evaluation of the nature and use of the Tell Sabi Abyad dunnu, and has aided in altering the understanding of how the Assyrian Empire consolidated its power in newly conquered areas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789062583409

9062583407

OCLC:

967148881

Publisher Number:

9789062583409