The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition. Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke (The Söderberg Expedition). Preliminary results

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 50-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Fischer ◽  
Teresa Bürge ◽  
Laerke Recht ◽  
Dominika Kofel ◽  
David Kaniewski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Large Vessel ◽  
The South ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Gold Jewellery ◽  
Geomagnetic Survey ◽  
Ceramic Vessels ◽  
The Bronze Age ◽  
Stone Structures ◽  
Three Phases

In the seventh season at the Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke excavations continued in City Quarter 1 (CQ1) where georadar indicated stone structures to the south of the area excavated in 2010–2012. Massive domestic structures, which belong to three phases of occupation (Strata 1–3), were exposed. Both the most recent Stratum 1, and Stratum 2 were destroyed in a conflagration. The three phases are preliminarily dated to the 13th and 12th centuries BC. Excavations were also carried out in Area A, roughly 600 m to the south-east of CQ1. Seven circular anomalies indicated by our geomagnetic survey were excavated. Two were pits of modern date, and three were identified as Late Cypriot wells. Another anomaly turned out to represent a rich Late Cypriot offering pit with figurines and more than 60 ceramic vessels. Amongst the Mycenaean vessels are several “chariot kraters” and a large vessel with the oversized image of a female robed in a splendidly adorned Minoan-style dress. The remaining anomaly probably represents a tomb of a very wealthy family so far containing, inter alia, 80 locally produced and imported vessels, gold jewellery, weapons, scarabs, and seals. The material in the offering pit and the tomb reflects far-reaching intercultural connections in the period from the 16th to the 13th centuries BC.

The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2015. Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke. Preliminary results

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 33-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Fischer ◽  
Teresa Bürge ◽  
Dominika Kofel
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Geomagnetic Survey ◽  
New City ◽  
Ground Penetrating ◽  
Large Compound ◽  
The Bronze Age

In 2015 the sixth season of the renewed excavations at the Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke continued in the compound which was ex­posed in Area 6W in 2013–2014. Further evidence of textile process­ing was found. The results of another ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey in 2014 indicated a new city quarter west of the former. Exca­vations were initiated there in 2015 and parts of the remains of a large compound were exposed. Two occupational phases, Strata 1 and 2, could be determined, both of which were destroyed in a conflagration. Further excavations were carried out in Area A, 550 m to the east of Area 6W and close to the mosque of Hala Sultan Tekke. In 2014 more than 80 circular anomalies were indicated by our geomagnetic survey supported by GPR. Twelve of them were excavated in 2015. Most of them turned out to be backfilled wells of which the fills mainly date from the 13th and 12th centuries BC (Late Cypriot IIC–IIIA). One of the excavated anomalies is interpreted as an offering pit. The preliminary date according to the pottery is roughly the 15th century BC (Late Cypriot IB).

A gold diadem from Aegina

1987 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 182-182
Author(s):  
Reynold Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
British Museum ◽  
The South ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Middle Helladic ◽  
Dead Man ◽  
The Bronze Age ◽  
Grave Goods

A recent discovery on the island of Aegina by Professor H. Walter (University of Salzburg) throws a new light on the origins of the so-called Aegina Treasure in the British Museum.In 1982 the Austrians were excavating the Bronze Age settlement on Cape Kolonna, to the north-west of Aegina town. Immediately to the east of the ruined Temple of Apollo, and close to the South Gate of the prehistoric Lower Town, they found an unrobbed shaft grave containing the burial of a warrior. The gravegoods (now exhibited in the splendid new Museum on the Kolonna site) included a bronze sword with a gold and ivory hilt, three bronze daggers, one with gold fittings, a bronze spear-head, arrowheads of obsidian, boar's tusks from a helmet, and fragments of a gold diadem (plate Va). The grave also contained Middle Minoan, Middle Cycladic, and Middle Helladic (Mattpainted) pottery. The pottery and the location of the grave in association with the ‘Ninth City’ combine to give a date for the burial of about 1700 BC; and the richness of the grave-goods would suggest that the dead man was a king.

The End of the Bronze Age in the South West Copaïc

Euphrosyne ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 7-21
Author(s):  
John M. Fossey
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
The South ◽  
South West ◽  
The Bronze Age

scholarly journals PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS OF THE NETWORK OF DEFENCE SETTLEMENTS FROM THE BRONZE AGE BETWEEN THE BIEBRZA AND NAREW (NE POLAND)

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Żurek ◽  
◽  
Tomasz Kalicki ◽  
Paweł Przepióra ◽  
Marcin Frączek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Ne Poland ◽  
Geophysical Surveys ◽  
The Bronze Age

About One Detail of the Funeral Rite of Ancient Qabala

2021 ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Jeyhun T. Eminli
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
The Body ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Specific Detail ◽  
Funeral Rite ◽  
Ceramic Vessels ◽  
The Bronze Age ◽  
Funeral Ceremony ◽  
Grave Goods

This article is devoted to the consideration and interpretation of a peculiar detail of the funeral rite observed at the cemeteries of ancient period in the historical region of Qabala - the capital of Caucasian Albania. Attention is focused on ceramic vessels with intentionally made holes, which were revealed in the burials among the grave goods. The vessels with holes were found in the ground burials of Uzuntala and Gushlar cemeteries of the 1st century BCE – 1st century CE, along with skeletons in a contracted position on their sides; as well as in the catacomb burial of Salbir, dating to the I-III centuries CE. In burials nos. 3–7 of Uzuntala, vessels of this type had holes in the center of their bases, and were placed upside down in the grave. In the catacomb burial of Salbir, 1st – 3rd centuries CE, two vases of the same type had large holes on the side of the body. The specific detail of the funeral rite, which is of a particular nature, has been episodically traced in the territory of Azerbaijan since the Bronze Age and continued to exist until the Late Antique period. It allows us to talk of the existence of a ritual that was carried out during the funeral ceremony and reflected some religious ideas associated with the funeral ideology. The authors of the paper suppose that these vessels should, according to prevailing beliefs, symbolize the “exodus of the soul” of the deceased and have no connection with the custom of damage to the inventory.

The Bronze and Iron Ages in Jerusalem

2018 ◽  
pp. 11-62
Author(s):  
Kay Prag
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
The South ◽  
Iron Age I ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Pastoral Economy ◽  
The Bronze Age

Most evidence for the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Post-Exilic settlement of Jerusalem came from Site A on the south-east ridge, and Kenyon unearthed and dated material of almost all these periods, but very little of the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age I. This settlement pattern is reflected to a lesser extent on other sites, but elsewhere occupation of the region appears to continue, in a more dispersed fashion, perhaps partly related to diversification of the inhabitants to a more pastoral economy. Whether the centrality of Jerusalem is linked to its being an ancient place of burial is considered. Other evidence from the archive relates to the reigns of David, Solomon and Nehemiah. Specific issues are addressed, such as the location of the principal administrative buildings and fortifications, the use of volute capitals, the importance of water supply and drainage, and the problem of residuality affecting archaeological dating in Iron Age Jerusalem, which places the emphasis on C14 dating.

scholarly journals Obsidian from the Bronze Age Village of San Vincenzo, Stromboli, Aeolian Islands: A Preliminary Investigation

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Tiziana Levi ◽  
Diego Calliari ◽  
Marta Arzarello ◽  
Valentina Cannavò ◽  
Andrea Di Renzoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Aeolian Islands ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Production Areas ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
The Bronze Age

AbstractWe present the preliminary results of the ongoing investigation of the obsidian from the Bronze Age village of San Vincenzo, Stromboli, Aeolian Islands, for the purpose of providing technological and typological characterization, and also provenance of the raw material, the latter with non-destructive p-XRF. Regarding provenance, the source of the raw material is likely to be neighbouring Lipari. It was transported to Stromboli and used mostly in a highly opportunistic manner and for the production of blade(let), non-bladelike tools (mainly scrapers) and micro bladelets. The obsidian distribution around the site shows concentration in both domestic and production areas.

Chinese Neolithic Burial Patterns: Problems of Method and Interpretation

Early China ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 1-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
The West ◽  
Burial Practices ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Ceramic Vessels ◽  
The Bronze Age

This paper reviews the interpretation of Chinese Neolithic burials by Chinese archaeologists, comparing their approaches to those of some processual and symbolic archaeologists of the West and also of western Marxist anthropologists. Descriptions of recent Chinese burial practices provide ethnoarchaeological comparison. The author concludes that there may have been a shift from “matrilineal” to “patrilineal” organization, but that this shift cannot be documented from archaeological data alone. Exploration of the spatial and symbolic aspects of the burials is advocated. The paper concludes with a pilot project devoted to the statistical discovery of sets of ceramic vessels used in rituals ancestral to those of the Bronze Age.

The Adaptation of the Seima-Turbino Tradition to the Bronze Age Cultures in the South of the West Siberian Plain

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-58
Author(s):  
V. I. Molodin ◽  
◽  
I. A. Durakov ◽  
L. N. Mylnikova ◽  
M. S. Nesterova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
West Siberian Plain ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
The Bronze Age
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