D. Parayre (ed.), Le fleuve rebelle Géographie historique du moyen Oronte d’Ebla à l’époque médiévale, Actes du colloque international tenu les 13 et 14 décembre 2012 à Nanterre (MAE) et à Paris (INHA), Syria Supplément IV (Beyrouth 2016), 159-182., 2016
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and the ancestors from a theoretical point of view, and, upon this basis, with regard to royal contexts of the 2nd millennium BC in ancient Syria. The main questions to be discussed in this respect are the following: when does a dead person become an ancestor? And how is this reflected in funerary rituals and grave contexts? And finally, can we detect the difference archaeologically?
2013 has proven the enormous archaeological potential
of the survey region with its interesting and diverse
geographic zones. The preliminary data on settlement
patterns suggest a first settlement in the Neolithic
period, a continuous albeit sparse occupation in the
Chalcolithic, an intensive Early Bronze Age occupation,
continuous settlement during the Middle and Late
Bronze Age, the latter represented by both the Mittani
and the Middle Assyrian pottery tradition, and a slight
decline of settlement intensity during the Iron Age.
The later periods, from Hellenistic through Parthian
and Sassanian to the Islamic periods, are equally well
attested. Future field-work will be aimed at intensifying
the archaeological survey in Zones B and C and also
in the other survey areas (Zones A, D-E). The GIS
mapping of the settlement system, as well as the
identification of available resources, ecological factors
and communication routes will hopefully contribute to a
better understanding of the impact of the Mesopotamian
empires upon the local cultures and societies through
time.
and the ancestors from a theoretical point of view, and, upon this basis, with regard to royal contexts of the 2nd millennium BC in ancient Syria. The main questions to be discussed in this respect are the following: when does a dead person become an ancestor? And how is this reflected in funerary rituals and grave contexts? And finally, can we detect the difference archaeologically?
2013 has proven the enormous archaeological potential
of the survey region with its interesting and diverse
geographic zones. The preliminary data on settlement
patterns suggest a first settlement in the Neolithic
period, a continuous albeit sparse occupation in the
Chalcolithic, an intensive Early Bronze Age occupation,
continuous settlement during the Middle and Late
Bronze Age, the latter represented by both the Mittani
and the Middle Assyrian pottery tradition, and a slight
decline of settlement intensity during the Iron Age.
The later periods, from Hellenistic through Parthian
and Sassanian to the Islamic periods, are equally well
attested. Future field-work will be aimed at intensifying
the archaeological survey in Zones B and C and also
in the other survey areas (Zones A, D-E). The GIS
mapping of the settlement system, as well as the
identification of available resources, ecological factors
and communication routes will hopefully contribute to a
better understanding of the impact of the Mesopotamian
empires upon the local cultures and societies through
time.