The Fertile Desert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Al Khabour, Anas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities.

Syria--History--To 333 B.C.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2022.

Summary:

This book attempts to reconstruct the history of the Euphrates Valley between the mouths of the Balikh and the Khabour. Several surveys, archaeological expeditions, and interventions of the Syrian Directorate of Antiquities, have made a significant amount of data available which contribute to an improved overview of the region.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents Page

Acknowledgments

Preface

Prólogo y reflexión sobre esta obra

Chapter 1

Introduction

The study of human occupation along the Euphrates Valley, between Balikh and Khabour, until the time of Alexander the Great.

Surveys

Excavations

Methodology, hypothesis, and work plan

Research objectives

References

Figure 1. Location of Tell Biaa.

Figure 2. The excavations at the palace zone (photo by the author).

Figure 3. Small finds from Tell Biaa (photo by the author: Raqqa Museum).

Figure 4. Location of Tell Zeidan.

Figure 5. Pottery from Tell Zeidan (after Stein and Al Khabour 2008).

Figure 6. Stamp from the Late Chalcolithic II (after Stein and Al Khabour 2008).

Figure 7. Location of Tell Masri I.

Figure 8. Tell Masri I, seen from the top to the north (after Goto and Hasigawa 2007).

Figure 10. Tell Masri II, seen from the top to the north (after Goto and Hasigawa 2007).

Figure 9. Location of Tell Masri II.

Figure 11. Location of Tell Mazar.

Figure 12. Location of Tell Shennan.

Figure 13. General view of Tell Shanan (after Goto and Hasigawa 2007).

Figure 14. Location of Rabtat Abyad.

Figure 15. General view of Rabtat Abyad (photo by the author).

Figure 16. Collection of superficial sherds (after Goto and Hasigawa 2007).

Figure 17. Location of Maqbarat al Karama.

Figure 18. General view of Maqbarat al-Karama (photo by the author).

Figure 19. General view of Maqbarat al-Karama (photo by the author).

Figure 20. Location of Maqbarat al Karama.

Figure 21. General view of Maqbara Qadima (photo by the author).

Figure 22. General view of Maqbara Qadima (photo by the author).

Figure 23. Collection of superficial sherds (after Goto and Hasigawa 2007).

Figure 24. Location of Wadi Qutena.

Figure 25. Location of Jibli.

Figure 26. Location of Jibli 9F.

Figure 27. Location of Jibli 9E.

Figure 28. Location of Jibli 9D.

Figure 29. Tumulus tomb of Jibli 9D, view from the southeast (after Nishiaki 2009).

Figure 30. Location of Eadi Aain.

Figure 31. Tombs of Wadi Aain, view from the east (after Nishiaki 2009).

Figure 32. Location of Tell Hamadin.

Figure 33. Tell Hamadin, general view (after Goto and Hasigawa 2007).

Figure 34. Topographic plan of Tell Hamadin, general view (after Goto and Hasigawa 2007).

Figure 35. Location of Zor Shammar Foqani.

Figure 36. Location of Wadi Ubaid.

Figure 37. Location of Jabal Tbouq.

Figure 38. Location of cairn fields M-W of Bishri Mountains

Figure 39. Tumulus tomb of cairn fields (after Fuji and Adachi 2010).

Figure 40. Bromze pin from a tomb of cairn fields (after Fuji and Adachi 2010).

Figure 41. Pendant and beads from a tomb of cairn fields (after Fuji and Adachi 2010).

Figure 42. Location of Wadi Kharrar.

Figure 43. Wadi Kharrar, general view (after Nishiaki 2009).

Figure 44. Wadi Kharrar, lithic artifacts (after Nishiaki 2009).

Figure 45. Wadi Kharrar, Middle Paleolithic instruments (after Nishiaki 2009).

Figure 46. Location of Wadi Dabaa.

Figure 47. Cemetery of Wadi Dabaa (after Numoto and Kume 2010).

Figure 48. Pottery sherds from Wadi Dabaa (after Numoto and Kume 2010).

Figure 49. Location of Abu Hamad.

Figure 50. Cemetery of Abu Hamad (after Meyer 2010).

Figure 51. Pottery sherds from Abu Hamad (after Ohnuma and Al Khabour, 2008).

Figure 52. Location of Wadi Shabout.

Figure 53. Cemetery of Wadi Shabout (after Numoto and Kume 2010).

Figure 54. Pottery from Wadi Shabout (after Numoto and Kume 2010).

Figure 55. Location of Tell Ghanem al- Ali.

Figure 56. Pottery from Tell Ghanem al-Ali (after Al Khabour 2012).

Figure 57. Location of Wadi Jazla.

Figure 58. Cemetery of Wadi Jazla (after Numoto and Kume 2010).

Figure 59. Pottery sherds from Wadi Jazla (after Numoto and Kume 2010).

Figure 60. Location of Tell Mughla as-Saghir (Betha).

Figure 61. Location of Tell Mughla as-Saghir General view (after Goto and Hasigawa 2007).

Figure 62. Location of Tell Beilouni.

Figure 63. Tombs around Tell Beilouni (after Nishiaki 2010).

Figure 64. Location of Tell Sheikh Mousa.

Figure 65. General view (photo of the author).

Figure 66. Collection of superficial sherds (after Goto and Hasigawa 2007).

Figure 67. Location of Tell Sweda.

Figure 68. General view (after Goto and Hasigawa 2007).

Figure 69. Location of Tell Maqam.

Figure 70. Pottery from Tell Al- Maqam (after Kohlmeyer 1984: 114).

Figure 71. Location of Tell Saghir.

Figure 72. General view (after Goto and Hasigawa 2007).

Figure 73. Location of Tell Ahmar.

Figure 74. General view (after Goto and Hasigawa 2007).

Figure 75. Location of Tell Humeida.

Figure 76. General view (after Montero 2011)

Figure 77. Pottery from Tell Humeitha (after Montero 2011).

Figure 78. Location of Wadi Abu Shahri.

Figure 79. Location of Tell Qabr Abu al-Atiq.

Figure 80. General view of Tell Qabr Abu al-Atiq (after Montero et al. 2010).

Figure 81. Repertoire of Middle Assyrian pottery (after Montero et al. 2010).

Figure 82. Cuneiform tablets from Tell Qabr Abu al-Atiq (after Montero et al. 2010).

Figure 83. Location of Tell Qsubi.

Figure 84. General view of Tell Qsubi (photo by the author).

Figure 85. General view of Tell Qsubi (photo by the author).

Figure 86. Location of Qsubi tomb.

Figure 87. Location of Qleb al Hemma 13.1

Figure 88. Qleb al Hemma 13.1.

Figure 89. Location of Qleb al Hemma 13.3.

Figure 90. Location of Qleb al Hemma 13.3.

Figure 91. Location of Qleb al Hemma 13.4.

Figure 92. Location of Qleb al Hemma 13.5.

Figure 93. Location of Qleb al Hemma 13.6.

Figure 94. Qleb al Hemma 13.6.

Figure 95. Qleb al Hemma 13.7.

Figure 96. Qleb al Hemma 13.8.

Figure 97. Qleb al Hemma 13.8.

Figure 98. Qleb al Hemma 13.12.

Figure 99. Qleb al Hemma 13.12.

Figure 100. Qleb al Hemma 13.13.

Figure 101. Qleb al Hemma 13.13.

Figure 102. Qleb al Hemma 13.14.

Figure 103. Qleb al Hemma 13.14.

Figure 104. Qleb al Hemma 13.17.

Figure 105. Qleb al Hemma 13.17.

Figure 106. Qleb al Hemma 13.18.

Figure 107. Qleb al Hemma 13.27.

Figure 108. Qleb al Hemma 13.27.

Figure 109. Qleb al Hemma 13.30.

Figure 110. Qleb al Hemma 13.30.

Figure 111. Location of Tell Tebni.

Figure 112. General view of Tell Tebni (photo by the author).

Figure 113. General view (photo by the author).

Figure 114. Location of Tell Abu Makiya.

Figure 115. General view of Tell Abu Makiya (after Sanjuro et al. 2009).

Figure 116. Pottery from Tell Abu Makiya (after Sanjuro et al. 2009).

Figure 117. Location of Tell Abu Fahd.

Figure 118. General view of Tell Abu Fahd (after Montero 2009).

Figure 119. Excavation of the Syrian-Spanish expedition (after Montero 2009).

Figure 120. Location of Nadra.

Figure 121. Artefacts from the Neolithic PPNB (after Lonnqvist 2011: 157).

Figure 122. Location of Tell Tabus.

Figure 123. Artefacts from Tell Tabus (after Lonnqvist 2011).

Figure 124. Location of Tell Khraita.

Figure 125. Investigated zone to the south of Tell Khraita (after Lonnqvist 2011).

Figure 126. Lithic artefacts from Tell Khraita (after Lonnqvist 2011).

Figure 127. Location of Tell Ain Abu-Jemaa.

Figure 128. Location of Tell Ayyash.

Figure 129. Investigated zone of Tell Ayyash (after Lonnqvist 2011).

Figure 130. Artifacts from Tell Ayyash (after Lonnqvist 2011).

Figure 131. Location of Tell as-Sinn.

Figure 132. Flint arrowheads from Tell as-Sin (after Montero and Al-Shbib 2008).

Figure 133. Flint arrowheads from Tell as-Sin (after Montero and Al-Shbib 2008).

Figure 134. Location of Tell et-Tabie II.

Figure 135. Pottery from Tell et-TabiyeII (after Geyer and Monchambert 2003: 191).

Figure 136. Location of Tell Mohasan I.

Figure 137. Pottery from Tell Mohasan I (after Geyer and Monchambert 2003: 150).

Figure 138. Location of Tell es-Sabha I.

Figure 139. Pottery from Tell es-Sabha I (after Geyer and Monchambert 2003: 212).

Figure 140. Location of Tell es-Salu V.

Figure 141. Pottery from Tell es-Salu V (after Geyer and Monchambert 2003: 205).

Figure 142. Location of Tell Bueseire I.

Figure 143. Pottery from Tell Buseire I (after Geyer and Monchambert 2003: 186).

Figure 144. Location of Tell Safat ez-Zerr.

Figure 145. Pottery from Safat ez-Zerr (after Geyer and Monchambert 2003: 156).

Figure 146. Location of Tell Bouqras I.

Figure 147. Small finds from Tell Bouqras I (after Akkermans et al. 1983: 357).

Chapter 3

The occupation of the territory Description of the investigated sites

1. Tell Biaa (Tuttul)

Description of the investigated sites

2. Tell Zeidan

3. Wadi Ubeid

4. Jabal Tbouq

5. Cairn fields northwest of Mt Bishri

6. Wadi Kharrar

7. Cemetery of Wadi Dabaa

8. Cemetery of Abu Hamad

9. Wadi Shabout

10. Tell Ghanem al-Ali

11. Cemetery of Wadi Jazla

12. Tell Mugla as-Sagir (Tell Beitha)

13. Tell Beilouni

14. Tell Humeida

15. Tell Qabr Abu al-Atiq

16. Tell Qsubi -Tell Qalaa

16. Tomb of Qsubi

17. Qleb al Hemma

18. Tell et-Tibni

19. Tell Abu Fahd

20. Tell As-Sin

21. Tell Bouqras I

Chapter 4.

Figure 148. Location of Tell Biaa.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Al Khabour, Anas The Fertile Desert: a History of the Middle Euphrates Valley until the Arrival of Alexander

ISBN:

9781803271217

OCLC:

1319216139