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Following an initial explosion of archaeological work in the region in the early part of the twentieth century at sites like Karatepe, Malatya, Karkamish, and Zincirli, Near Eastern archaeologists largely passed over the plentiful Iron Age sites of southeastern Turkey and northern Syria in favor of...

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Published inNear Eastern archaeology Vol. 72; no. 4; p. 0_2
Main Author Collins, Billie Jean
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago University of Chicago Press 01.12.2009
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Field study
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Summary:Following an initial explosion of archaeological work in the region in the early part of the twentieth century at sites like Karatepe, Malatya, Karkamish, and Zincirli, Near Eastern archaeologists largely passed over the plentiful Iron Age sites of southeastern Turkey and northern Syria in favor of more intellectually "lucrative" sites belonging to better-documented periods and peoples - the Assyrians, Israelites, and Hittites.
ISSN:1094-2076
2325-5404