Excavation at Bakr Awa 2010 and 2011

Miglus, P.A.; Bürger, U.; Mühl, S.; Fetner, R.; Sollee, Alexander Ericson (2013). Excavation at Bakr Awa 2010 and 2011. Iraq, 75, pp. 43-88. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S0021088900000413

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The site of Bakr Awa is situated in north-eastern Iraq, in the Plain of Shahrizor. Excavations were undertaken in 1960/61by the Iraqi Department of Antiquities and 2010/11 by the University of Heidelberg/Germany. Occupation layers from the beginning of the Early Bronze Age tothe Ottoman period were uncoveredin the lower city and on the citadel. Archaeological evidence from the secondmillennium B.C. shows the most intensive settlement activities and apparent prosperity at Bakr Awa. Several forms of pottery, small finds and architecture reflect dynamic processes of cultural and political transformation at this site located in an area of transition between northern and southern Mesopotamia and western Iran.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences > Near Eastern Archaeology
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences

UniBE Contributor:

Sollee, Alexander Ericson

Subjects:

900 History > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499)

ISSN:

0021-0889

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Alexander Ericson Sollee

Date Deposited:

11 Apr 2014 11:25

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:32

Publisher DOI:

10.1017/S0021088900000413

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.48368

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/48368

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