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P. Sconzo
Tell Shiyukh Tahtani. New light on the Bronze Age sequence
This report briefly describes the latest results of the Italian rescue excavations at Shiyukh Tahtani on the Upper Syrian Euphrates. Fieldwork continued on the eastern slope of the mound, aiming to further investigate the Bronze Age levels. A main operation, halfway down the slope, focused upon the earliest MB I layers, where a group of burials was unearthed, mostly consisting of adult interments in oval pits and child pot burials. A most striking finding was the ‘Spinstress tomb’. At the foot of the slope, the exploration of a mud-brick compound, dating back to the early third millennium BC, continued. Here further remarkable evidence of massive domestic architecture in a fine Mesopotamian…
Nuove Ricerche a Castellazzo di Poggioreale. Campagne 2008-2009.
Resoconto preliminare di due campagne di scavo nel sito indigeno di Monte Castellazzo, Valle del Belice, Sicilia. Viene descritto un muraglione con scalinata di età medievale costruito lungo il costone 540. Sono anche descritte le varie fasi di vita di una capanna protostorica di VIII-VII secolo a.C. e di un edificio a pianta rettangolare di età arcaica fine VII-VI sec. a.C. Sono infine illustrati gli interessantissimi reperti di un deposito di fondazione, comprendenti ceramica "elima" e greca di importazione, pesi da telaio, metalli allo stato grezzo e altri fittili di notevole qualità.
Tell Shiyukh Tahtani, Syria Report of the 2006-09 Seasons
The Italian excavations at Shiyukh Tahtani have recently resumed, revealing a long occupation sequence on the mound’s eastern slope (Area CD). In Trench D23, on the summit, an Iron Age level II building contained a rich array of pottery, sheep knuckle bones, clay ‘bobbins’ and an unstratified Egyptian scarab of Menkheperre. An earlier massive building (LBA ?) was also excavated below the Iron Age II occupation. Halfway down the slope the lower level of a large burnt complex of Middle Bronze I date contained rich finds and various burials characterized by peculiar rituals. Finally, in a deep trench down below the slope, EB I-II remains included niched mud-brick architecture of fine Mesopo…
Tell Shiyukh Tahtani on the Euphrates. Highlights of the last excavation seasons
In recent years (2006-09) the University of Palermo Euphrates expedition has continued rescue excavations at Tell Shiyukh Tahtani (the “Lower Hill of Sheikhs”) as part of the Tishreen Dam Salvage Project. Located on the left bank of the River south of Jerablus, in the land that once was the Carchemish district, this small mound has revealed a long occupation sequence from around 3.000 B.C. to Byzantine and early Islamic times. During the last three seasons we mainly concentrated in the investigation of the eastern slope of the upper tell (Area CD), where a continuous Bronze Age occupation has been detected. Apart from the later levels (EB IV, Middle and Late Bronze Age), one of the main goa…
Tell Shiyukh Tahtani, Nord Siria. Relazione sull'attività della Missione Eufrate nell'anno 2008.
Survey and excavations in the Middle Euphrates Valley, Syria. 2008 Season.