
H 290 x W 205 mm
464 pages
Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white
Published Jul 2016
ISBN
Paperback: 9781784913816
Digital: 9781784913823
Keywords
Syria; excavations; heritage; culture; archaeology
Edited by Y. Kanjou, A. Tsuneki, Akira Tsuneki
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This volume presents the long history of Syria through a jouney of the most important and recently-excavated archaeological sites. The sites cover over 1.8 million years and all regions in Syria; 110 academics have contributed information on 103 excavations for this volume
Introduction: The Significance of Syria in Human History ??? (Youssef Kanjou and Akira Tsuneki) ;
Chapter 1: Prehistory: 1. El Kowm Oasis (Homs) ??? (Reto Jagher, Dorota Wojtczak and Jean-Marie Le Tensorer) ;
2. Dederiyeh Cave (Afrin, Aleppo) ??? (Takeru Akazawa and Yoshihiro Nishiaki) ;
3. Wadi Mushkuna Rockshelter (Damascus) ??? (Nicholas J. Conard) ;
4. Baaz Rockshelter (Damascus) ??? (Nicholas J. Conard) ;
5. Kaus Kozah Cave (Damascus) ??? (Nicholas J. Conard) ;
6. Abu Hureyra (Raqqa) ??? (Andrew M. T. Moore) ;
7. Qarassa (Sweida) ??? (F. Braemer, J. J. Ibanez and X. Terradas) ;
8. Mureybet (Raqqa) ??? (Marie-Claire Cauvin and Danielle Stordeur) ;
9. Tell Qaramel (Aleppo) ??? (Youssef Kanjou) ;
10. Jerf el-Ahmar (Aleppo) ??? (Danielle Stordeur and George Willcox) ;
11. Dja???de el-Mughara (Aleppo) (Eric Coqueugniot) [Open Access: Download] ;
12. Tell Halula (Aleppo) ??? (Miquel Molist) ;
13. Tell Aswad (Damascus) ??? (Danielle Stordeur and Rima Khawam) ;
14. Tell el-Kerkh (Idlib) ??? (Akira Tsuneki) ;
15. Tell Sabi Abyad (Raqqa) ??? (Peter M. M. G. Akkermans) ;
16. Tell Seker el-Aheimar (Hassake) ??? (Yoshihiro Nishiaki) ;
17. Shir (Hama) ??? (Karin Bartl) ;
18. Tell Kosak Shamali (Aleppo) ??? (Yoshihiro Nishiaki) ;
19. Tell el-???Abr (Aleppo) ??? (Yayoi Yamazaki and Hamido Hammade) ;
20. Chagar Bazar (Hassake) ??? (Walter Cruells and Anna Gomez Bach) ;
21. Tell Zeidan (Raqqa) ??? (Anas Al Khabour) ;
22. Tell Feres (Hassake) ??? (R??gis Vallet and Johnny Samuele Baldi) ;
23. Tell Ziyadeh (Hassake) ??? (Frank Hole) ;
Chapter 2: Ancient Syria (Bronze and Iron Ages): 24. Tell Beydar / Nabada / Nabatium (Hassake) ??? (Marc Lebeau and ???Antoine Suleiman) ;
25. Tell Banat (Aleppo) ??? (Thomas L. McClellan and Anne Porter) ;
26. Tell Mozan/Urkesh (Hassake) ??? (Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati) ;
27. Tell Leilan (Hassake) ??? (Harvey Weiss) ;
28. Tell Sheikh Hamad/Dur-Katlimmu/Magdalu (Deir ez-Zor) ??? (Hartmut K??hne) ;
29. Umm el-Marra (Aleppo) ??? (Glenn M. Schwartz) ;
30. Tell Jerablus Tahtani (Aleppo) ??? (Edgar Peltenburg) ;
31. Tell Al-Rawda (Hama) - (Corinne Castel and Nazir Awad) ;
32. Tell Munb??qa (Raqqa) ??? (Dittmar Machule) ;
33. Tell el-Abd (Raqqa) ??? (Uwe Finkbeiner) ;
34. Tell Ali al-Hajj, Rumeilah (Aleppo) ??? (Kazuya Shimogama) ;
35. Mishrifeh / Qatna (Homs) ??? (Daniele Morandi Bonacossi) ;
36. Mishirfeh/Qatna, Syrian Excavations (Homs) ??? (Michel Al-Maqdissi and Massoud Badawi) ;
37. Tell Mastuma (Idlib) ??? (Hidetoshi Tsumoto) ;
38. Tell Sakka (Damascus) ??? (Ahmad Ferzat-Taraqji) ;
39. Tell Iris (Lattakia) ??? (Antoine Souleiman and Michel Al-Maqdissi) ;
40. Tell Toueini (Lattakia) ??? (Michel Al-Maqdissi, Massoud Badawi and Eva Ishaq) ;
41. Tell Sianu (Lattakia) ??? (Michel Al-Maqdissi) ;
42. Tell Taban (Hassake) ??? (Hirotoshi Numoto) ;
43. Tell Hammam el-Turkman (Raqqa) ??? (Diederik J.W. Meijer) ;
44. Tell Selenkahiye (Aleppo) ??? (Diederik J.W. Meijer) ;
45. Tell Mohammed Diyab (Hassake) ??? (Christophe Nicolle) ;
46. Tell Tuqan (Idlib) ??? (Francesca Baffi) ;
47. Khirbet Al-Umbashi, Khirbet Dabab and Hebariye (Sweida) ??? (Frank Braemer and Ahmed Taraqji) ;
48. Tell Masaikh and the Region around Terqa (Deir ez-Zor) ??? (Maria Grazia Masetti-Rouault) ;
49. Tell Ashara/ Terqa (Deir ez-Zor) ??? (Olivier Rouault) ;
50. Tell Bazi (Aleppo) ??? (Adelheid Otto and Berthold Einwag) ;
51. Tell Afis (Idlib) ??? (Stefania Mazzoni) ;
52. Tell Fekheriye (Hassake) ??? (Dominik Bonatz) ;
53. Mari (Deir ez-Zor) ?