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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Tell Shiyukh Tahtani, Syria Report of the 2006-09 Seasons
Gioacchino FalsoneP. Sconzosubject
Syria Early Bronze Age Middle Bronze Age Middle EuphratesSettore L-OR/05 - Archeologia E Storia Dell'Arte Del Vicino Oriente Anticodescription
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 Mesopotamian tradition as well as many pot burials of the Carchemish ‘champagne-cup culture’. All these finds enhance the knowledge about the Bronze and Iron Age civilization of the Syrian Euphrates.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-01 |