Tell Arpachiyah
Coordinates: 36°29′N 42°57′E / 36.483°N 42.95°E Tell Arpachiyah (outside modern Mosul in Ninawa Governorate Iraq) was an Ancient Near East prehistoric site about 4 miles from Nineveh. The proper name of the site is Tepe Reshwa.
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[edit] History
The site was occupied in the Halaf and Ubaid periods. It appears to have been heavily involved in the manufacture of pottery. The pottery recovered there formed the basis of the internal chronology of the Halaf period.
[edit] Archaeology
Tell Arpachiyah is a small mound with a maximum diameter of 67 meters and a peak height of 5.5 meters. The full site has a diameter of around 125 meters. After being scouted by Reginald Campbell Thompson in 1928, it was excavated by Max Mallowan and John Cruikshank Rose of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, along with Agatha Christie in 1933. [1] Additional soundings were conducted in 1976 by a team led by Ismail Hijara. [2] [3]
Several Halaf strucutures were uncovered, including tholoi and the "Burnt House". An array of Halaf pottery and sealings were also found, along with some Ubaid burials.
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[edit] References
- Hijara, Ismail. The Halaf Period in Northern Mesopotamia, Nabu, 1997, ISBN 1-897750-06-4
- Stuart Campbell, The Burnt House at Arpachiyah: A Reexamination, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 318, pp. 1–40, 2000
- Peter M. M. G. Akkermans, Glenn M. Schwartz, The Archaeology of Syria: From Complex Hunter-gatherers to Early Urban Societies (c. 16,000-300 BC), Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 0521796660
- T. Davidson and H. McKerrell, The neutron activation analysis of Halaf and Ubaid pottery from Tell Arpachiyah and Tepe Gawra, Iraq, vol. 42, pp. 155–67, 1980
[edit] External links
- Halaf Bowl from Arpachiyah - British Museum
- Snake image on Pottery from Arpachiyah - British Museum
- Map of 1933 Excavation - British Museum
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