During salvage excavations in the Hamrin basin (Central Iraq), archaeologists unexpectedly found a number of monumental circular constructions dating to the early 3rd millennium BC. The most prevalent theory about the function of these sites is that they were defensive outposts where the famous Lower Diyala cities had implanted some garrisons either to control the trade routes or to protect themselves from eastern invasions. However, a closer inspection of all the available information shows that there is not much evidence to support the hypotheses that have been put forward so far. An analysis of the sites, the material culture and the wider archaeological and historical context, indicates fi rst of all that there was an indigenous develop...
This paper attempts to contextualise the preliminary results of a survey (EHAS) and excavation (KUGA...
Fourteen montlis of excavation in the Djebel Hamrin area, along the Diyala river and some 150 km NE ...
In this article we discuss the archaeological landscapes of the Erbil plain during the Hellenistic p...
The aim of this paper is to outline some of the major features that characterize settlement patterns...
This study deals with a reassessment of the architectural features of two circular buildings, tell G...
Survey and excavation at Gird/Tell Helawa, a ca. 10-ha site located in the Erbil Plain, revealed an ...
The earliest historical records of Mesopotamian states of the last centuries of the third millennium...
Small polities of marginal borderland regions in the Near East were often pushed and pulled by their...
The earliest historical records of Mesopotamian states of the last centuries of the third millennium...
After defining the distinctive architectural remains left by the three major Mesopotamian cultures f...
Since the rise of the first urban centers, the Middle Euphrates has functioned as a routeway between...
The origin of food production is an important issue for archaeologists working in southwest Asia. Fo...
Recent excavations in Syria and northern Iraq allow for a preliminary examination of the socio-polit...
The 5th and 6th millennia in the Near East, falling “between the revolutions” represented by the eme...
Abstract: The density of the settlement in the Hamrin Basin between the Jemdet-Nasr period and the b...
This paper attempts to contextualise the preliminary results of a survey (EHAS) and excavation (KUGA...
Fourteen montlis of excavation in the Djebel Hamrin area, along the Diyala river and some 150 km NE ...
In this article we discuss the archaeological landscapes of the Erbil plain during the Hellenistic p...
The aim of this paper is to outline some of the major features that characterize settlement patterns...
This study deals with a reassessment of the architectural features of two circular buildings, tell G...
Survey and excavation at Gird/Tell Helawa, a ca. 10-ha site located in the Erbil Plain, revealed an ...
The earliest historical records of Mesopotamian states of the last centuries of the third millennium...
Small polities of marginal borderland regions in the Near East were often pushed and pulled by their...
The earliest historical records of Mesopotamian states of the last centuries of the third millennium...
After defining the distinctive architectural remains left by the three major Mesopotamian cultures f...
Since the rise of the first urban centers, the Middle Euphrates has functioned as a routeway between...
The origin of food production is an important issue for archaeologists working in southwest Asia. Fo...
Recent excavations in Syria and northern Iraq allow for a preliminary examination of the socio-polit...
The 5th and 6th millennia in the Near East, falling “between the revolutions” represented by the eme...
Abstract: The density of the settlement in the Hamrin Basin between the Jemdet-Nasr period and the b...
This paper attempts to contextualise the preliminary results of a survey (EHAS) and excavation (KUGA...
Fourteen montlis of excavation in the Djebel Hamrin area, along the Diyala river and some 150 km NE ...
In this article we discuss the archaeological landscapes of the Erbil plain during the Hellenistic p...