Alalakh: An Account of the Excavations at Tell Atchana in the Hatay, 1937-1949

Excavation report of Tell Acana, ancient Alalakh, Amuq plain, Hatay province, Turkey. Archaeology, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, pottery, Levant I. (a) THE PRE-Al.ALAKH PERIODS 5 (b) THE ARCHAIC LEVELS, H ousES AND PALAcES 10 I I. THE TEMPLES, LEVELS XVI-0 33 Ill. THE pALACES OF LEVELS VII AND IV 91 IV. THE ToWN DEFENCES . 132 V. THE PRIVATE HousES 172 VI. T HE GRAVES 201 VII. (a) THE ARCHITECTURE 224 . (b) THE FRESCOES 228 VIII. (a) THE SToNE ScULPTURE 235 (b) THE TERRA- COTTAS 244 (c) A MoDEL LIVER FOR DIVINATION. By C . J. GADD 250 IX. (a) THE CYLINDER SEALS AND SEAL-IMPRESSIONS 258 (b) THE BEADs AND AMULETS . 268 (c) SPINDLE- WHORLS . 271 X. (a) GoLD AND SILVER OBJECTS 27 2 (b) METAL TooLS AND D oMESTic INsTRUMENTS 275 XI. (a) IvoRY OBJECTS 288 (b) STONE VASES 292 (c) GLAZED wARE AND GLASS 297 XII. THE P oTTERY (a) WARES IN SuccESSIVE L EVELS 3°3 (b) PoTTERY TYPES 320 (c) THE EARLY LocAL PAINTED PoTTERY (d) THE BLACK IMPRESSED wARE (e) THENuzuWARE (f) ZooMORPHIC VASES AND VASES WITH RELIEF oR INCISED DECORATION (g) WHITE SuP AND BAsE-RIN G WARES (h) L.M. Ill WARES XII I. CHRONOLOGY XIV. REsiDUARY CATALoGuE INDEX