Jebel Aruda : Volume I: Excavation and Material Culture.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Driel+, Govert.

Contributor:

Driel-Murray, Carol van.

Series:

Papers on archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities

Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities ; v.28A

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Syria.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.).

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2023.

Summary:

Jebel Aruda, a prominent mountain ridge overlooking the Taqba 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 c.

Contents:

Intro

I

Preface

II

Foreword

III

Explanatory Notes to the Text and Illustrations, Conventions and Abbreviations

1 The grid

2 Registration of pottery and small finds

3 Sample registration

4 Pottery corpus

5 Sherd counts

6 Illustrations

7 Previous publications on the site and finds

8 Abbreviations in the text

The Site and its Exploration

1.1 The site and its setting

1.2 Access

1.3. Site configuration

1.4 The nature of the settlement

1.5 Periodization

1.6 Destruction and later activity

1.7 The Recent House

1.8 Excavation

The Temple Area

2.1 Outline of developments

2.2 The course of the excavation

2.3 The preparations for building and the area to the south of the temples

2.4 Phase I: The surroundings of the Red Temple (Fig. 2.7)

2.5 Phase I: The Red Temple

2.6. Phase II The Grey Temple (Fig. 2.17)

2.7 The second kitchen

2.8. Phase III: The Third Terrace

2.9 Later features: graves

2.10 Reconstructions (Figs 2.35-37)

The Site and the Temples: Aspects of Architecture and Urban Planning

D.E. Boas-Vedder

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Access and structure of the settlement

3.3 The layout of the buildings

3.4 The Red Temple and its surroundings, utility considerations

3.5 The Red Temple and its surroundings, artistic considerations

3.6 Problems

The Houses to the North of the Temples

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Public spaces (Plates II.4-8)

4.3 House NA (house inventory: Fig. 4.34 and Plates II.9-16)

4.4 House NB (house inventory: Fig. 4.35 and Plates II.16-17)

4.5 House NC (Fig. 4.13

house inventory: Fig. 4.36 and Plates II.18-27)

4.6 House ND/NE (house inventory: Fig. 4.37 and Plates II.27-29)

4.7. House NF (house inventory: Fig. 4.38 and Plates II.29-34)

4.8 House NG (house inventory: Fig. 4.39 and Plates II.34-46)

4.9 House NH (house inventory: Fig. 4.40 and Plates II.46-54)

4.10 Conclusion

4.11 Northern houses room inventory diagrams (Figs. 33-40)

The Saddle with Houses SI, SII and SIII

5.1 General aspects

5.2 House SI (house inventory: Fig. 7.12 and Plates II.56-78)

5.3 House SII (Fig. 5.2

house inventory: Fig. 7.11 and Plates II.79-92)

5.4 House SIII (house inventory: Fig. 7.13 and Plates II.93-117)

The Area at the Foot of the High Terrace: Houses SIVA, SIVB, SVIII and the Kitchen Area SIVC

6.1. General aspects

6.2 House SIVA (house inventory: Fig. 7.14a and Plates II.117-120)

6.3 House SIVB (house inventory: Fig. 7.14b and Plates II.120-136)

6.4 The Kitchen area SIVC (house inventory: Fig. 7.15 and Plates II.136-139)

6.5 House SVIII (house inventory: Fig. 7.15 and Plates II.140-146)

6.6 The pits (Plates II.188-205)

The High Terrace: Houses SVA, SVB, SVI and SVII

7.1 General aspects

7.2 House SVB (house inventory: Fig. 7.17 and Plates II.147-153)

Notes:

7.3 House SVA (house inventory: Fig. 7.16 and Plates II.154-171)

Other Format:

Print version: Van Driel+, Govert Jebel Aruda: an Uruk Period Temple and Settlement in Syria

ISBN:

9464261722

9789464261721

OCLC:

1390922652

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.