THOUGHTS ON THE FUNCTION OF ‘PUBLIC BUILDINGS’ IN THE EARLY BRONZE AGE SOUTHERN LEVANT

With his excavations at Jerablus Tahtani Eddie Peltenburg has greatly enhanced our understanding of the emergence and development of complex societies in the Northern Levant. Although in contemporary societies of the Southern Levant no elite tombs comparable with Tomb 302 at Jerablus Tahtani (Pelten...

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Published inThe Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near East Vol. 2; p. 46
Main Author Hermann Genz
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Oxbow Books 30.04.2010
Oxbow Books, Limited
Subjects
Alloys
Applied arts
Applied sciences
Archaeology
Architectural elements
Architecture
Arts
Bronze age
Bronzes
Buildings
Chalcolithic period
Civil engineering
Construction engineering
Copper alloys
Dwellings
Engineering
Excavations
Institutional buildings
Interior spaces
Materials science
Metallurgy
Middle & Near Eastern archaeology
Palaces
Prehistoric archaeology
Public buildings
Religious buildings
Residential buildings
Rooms
Social sciences
Stone age
Temples
Three age system
Wood buildings
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Summary:With his excavations at Jerablus Tahtani Eddie Peltenburg has greatly enhanced our understanding of the emergence and development of complex societies in the Northern Levant. Although in contemporary societies of the Southern Levant no elite tombs comparable with Tomb 302 at Jerablus Tahtani (Peltenburg 1999) are attested, the presence of a number of public buildings suggests that elites there played a somewhat different, but equally decisive role in the emergence of complexity. In the traditional view, the transition from the Early Bronze Age I to the Early Bronze Age II, dated toc. 3100 cal BC according to recent radiocarbon
ISBN:184217407X
9781842174074