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JUNG Reinhard (Ed.) |

POPOV Hristo (Ed.)

Searching for Gold

Resources and Networks in the Bronze Age of the Eastern Balkans

This volume focusses on Bronze Age mining in the Balkan regions, presented in the regional and inter-regional context. The archaeological excavations on the Ada Tepe located in the Bulgarian Rhodopes are the point of departure, because not only did they bring to light one of the earliest known gold mines of Europe, but they also uncovered the mining areas, the work places and the adjacent settlement areas almost in their entirety – a singular case regarding gold mining sites of Bronze Age date....

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VINET Alice (Ed.) |

GUILBEAU Denis (Ed.) |

MILIĆ Bogdana (Ed.)

Strategies of Obsidian Procurement, Knapping and Use in the First Farming Societies

From the Caucasus to the Mediterranean

This edited volume gathers papers which follow innovative approaches in obsidian studies in order to revive the debate on procurement strategies, knapping and use of this raw material, which remains in some sites the predominant source of exotica. The geo-chronological frame of the book is intentionally broad, covering a span from the 8th to the 1st mill. BC and a large area from the Central Mediterranean to the Caucasus, including original data on obsidian from sites and geological sources in...

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ZAVADIL Michaela (Ed.)

Archäologie und Republik

Reflexionen zur Archäologie in Österreich in der Ersten und Zweiten Republik

Political, social and cultural conditions and changes also have an impact on the sciences and humanities. In the field of archaeology, little attention has been paid to these issues so far. Only recently has there been an increased focus on them, as well as on the study of the history of archaeology, with attention often focussing on the inter-war period and the Second World War. In contrast, the conference „Archäologie und Republik. Reflexionen zur Archäologie in Österreich in der Ersten und...

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CLUZAN Sophie (Ed.)

Votive Deposits in Early Dynastic Temples

Proceedings of the Workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016

Between 2900 and 2330 BCE, the Euphrates and Tiger alluvial plain was the site of kingdoms known to be the first to use writing in both an intensive and an extensive way and within different contexts, from practical to political, economic, religious or historical ones. Along with this decisive evolution, for the first time human settlements clearly witnessed the existence of hierarchical political and religious systems as parts of an interregional network. While we can find many examples of...

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GRASBÖCK Stefan |

BRATSCHI Tina |

HOREJS Barbara |

SCHWALL Christoph

Çukuriçi Höyük 5

Stratigraphie und Architektur der frühen Bronzezeit. Mit Beiträgen von Barbara Eichhorn †, Sirri Seren und Danilo Wolf

The fifth volume of the Çukuriçi Höyük series deals with the stratigraphy and architecture of Early Bronze Age settlements. In Early Bronze Age 1, a hitherto unique metalworking center for the region of western Anatolia is found at Çukuriçi Höyük. The large-scale excavations uncovered a densely built-up settlement area, which consisted of numerous buildings that can be accessed from squares and paths. In addition to the building materials used in the individual room units, this volume also...

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CVEČEK Sabina

Çukuriçi Höyük 4

Household Economics in the Early Bronze Age Aegean

"Çukuriçi Höyük 4. Household Economics in the Early Bronze Age Aegean" is a pioneering interdisciplinary account of households and socio-political organization in Aegean prehistory, written by a socio-cultural anthropologist embedded in a team of prehistoric archaeologists. Sabina Cveček applies methods of historical anthropology to address key issues in discussing households and socio-political organization at the dawn of the Bronze Age Aegean and beyond. By navigating through the “dwelling...

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NADALI Davide (Ed.) |

PITTMAN Holly (Ed.) |

POLCARO Andrea (Ed.)

Ancient Lagash: Current Research and Future Trajectories

Proceedings of the Workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016

This volume collects the papers presented in a workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna in 2016. The ancient state of Lagash, with the three main sites of Tello (ancient Girsu), al-Hiba (ancient Lagash) and Tell Zurghul (ancient Nigin), was once a central and powerful political institution of Sumerian history, at least in the 3rd millennium BC. Excavated in the past, between the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, with the pioneering works by Ernest de Sarzec at Girsu and a few...

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ALRAM-STERN Eva (Ed.) |

GALLIS Kostas (Ed.) |

TOUFEXIS Giorgos (Ed.)

Platia Magoula Zarkou. The Neolithic Period

Environment, Stratigraphy and Architecture, Chronology, Tools, Figurines and Ornaments

The publication presents the excavation of the Neolithic settlement strata of the tell Platia Magoula Zarkou, situated in the Peneios Plain in Western Thessaly (Greece). The tell is characterized by an uninterrupted settlement sequence which, according to the radiocarbon data, dates to the 6th millennium BC and includes the Middle Neolithic and early Late Neolithic of Greece. Geological and geophysical analyses situate the tell in its natural environment. They show that during the Neolithic...

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MEHOFER Mathias

Çukuriçi Höyük 3

Ein frühbronzezeitliches Metallhandwerkerzentrum in Westanatolien

This monograph focuses on the interdisciplinary examination of the metallurgical finds from Çukuriçi Höyük (western Turkey), which date from the Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (c. 3300–2700 BC). The exceptionally rich ensemble includes almost all parts of the technological chain (chaîne opératoire), from tools, casting moulds, furnaces, ores, raw metal and ingots to finished products, tin bronzes and precious metals (Au, Ag). On the one hand, these remains were classified according to...

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SILVER Minna (Ed.)

Challenges, Strategies and High-Tech Applications for Saving the Cultural Heritage of Syria

Proceedings of the Workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016

Syria has struggled and been divided by a civil war for over a decade. Human suffering and loss have been unprecedented in the area during the conflict. In this tragedy there are numerous problems that emerge in the loss of humanity and cultural identity. Cultural heritage is part of human identity and needs to be protected and preserved for the sake of the Syrians and the international community alike. Memories of places and artefacts, social connection and peace can be built on heritage that...

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BÜRGE Teresa

The Early Iron Age at Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan Valley

Tradition, Innovation and Intercultural Relations in the Eastern Mediterranean around 1100 BC. With contributions by D. Kofel and N. Gharaibe

The present monograph by Teresa Bürge deals with the material culture of the city of Tell Abu al-Kharaz in the northern part of the Jordan Valley. The basis and starting point is an extremely well-preserved domestic compound dating from the early Iron Age – one of the most controversial periods of the Eastern Mediterranean: it follows the political and economic collapse of the Late Bronze Age and results in a re-structuration of the political and social organization, which – due to the present...

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LUCIANI Marta (Ed.)

The Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula 2

Connecting the Evidence. Proceedings of the International Workshop held at the 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East in Vienna on April 25, 2016

The volume presents the proceedings of the second international workshop on the Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula. Following the first publication on the archaeology of Arabia (OREA 4), this second volume is devoted to connecting the evidence across the Arabian Peninsula and bridging the gap between traditionally distinct scholarly fields. Spanning a chronological range from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) to the Islamic period and encompassing regions from the south-eastern tip to the...

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Searching for Gold

Strategies of Obsidian Procurement, Knapping and Use in the First Farming Societies

Archäologie und Republik

Votive Deposits in Early Dynastic Temples

Çukuriçi Höyük 5

Çukuriçi Höyük 4

Ancient Lagash: Current Research and Future Trajectories

Platia Magoula Zarkou. The Neolithic Period

Çukuriçi Höyük 3

Challenges, Strategies and High-Tech Applications for Saving the Cultural Heritage of Syria

The Early Iron Age at Tell Abu al-Kharaz, Jordan Valley

The Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula 2