Written in Stone, Written in Bone The Osteobiography of a Bronze Age Craftsman from Alalakh

Tell Atchana was first recorded as site number 136 by the Braidwoods’ archaeological survey of the fertile Amuq plain, once within the cultural sphere of ancient Syria, now in the modern nation of Turkey (Braidwood and Braidwood 1960). Shortly thereafter, Sir Leonard Woolley recognized that this mou...

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Published inThe Bioarchaeology of Individuals p. 193
Main Author Alexis T. Boutin
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University Press of Florida 22.04.2012
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Summary:Tell Atchana was first recorded as site number 136 by the Braidwoods’ archaeological survey of the fertile Amuq plain, once within the cultural sphere of ancient Syria, now in the modern nation of Turkey (Braidwood and Braidwood 1960). Shortly thereafter, Sir Leonard Woolley recognized that this mound on the Orontes River was strategically located at the crossroads of major trade routes (between Anatolia and the southern Levant, and between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates River valley), making it an ideal site to investigate cultural connections between Mesopotamia, the Minoans, and the Hittites (Woolley 1937). Eight excavation seasons between 1936 and
ISBN:9780813038070
0813038073
DOI:10.2307/j.ctvx06zht.18