Functional Analysis of Space in Syro-Hittite Architecture BAR IS1738 (BAR International)

This work focuses on the analysis of the architecture in the Syro-Hittite centres that developed in northern Syria and south-eastern Turkey from the early Iron Age until the Assyrian conquest of the area. A circumwalled lower town and an upper fortified acropolis constituted the usual layout of these centres. These sites were excavated and most of the reports were published between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The scope of this study is to analyse the architecture of this period in relationship to all archaeological finds (decoration, inscriptions, objects and installations) as part of an organised space, with the purpose of understanding the spatial organisation of the towns and identify general patterns that may support the existence of a cultural 'koiíç'. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication WORD OF AUTHOR AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Contents Ch. I. Introduction: basis and aims of the research Ch. II. Research Methods Ch. III. Building periods at Zincirli Ch. IV. Functional Analysis of the Architecture at Zincirli Ch. V. Building Periods at Tell Halaf Ch. VI. Functional Analysis of the Architecture at Tell Halaf Ch. VII. Building Phases at Tell Tayinat Ch. VIII. Functional analysis at Tell Tayinat Ch. IX. General Analysis Biblography List of Tables List of Diagrams List of Plates Catalogue Plates Marina Pucci. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 178-188).