Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) 25–29 April 2016, Vienna. Volume 2

The 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) was held in Vienna in April 2016, organized by the Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology (OREA), the Austrian Academy of Sciences with the support of the University of Vienna, a generous welcome by the City of Vienna, and the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs. More than 800 participants from 38 countries presented their latest research in 8 parallel sections and 28 workshops (to be published in separate volumes). Additionally, a poster section with more than 80 posters was organized - a number of them integrated here in the chapters relevant to the corresponding topics. The two-volume proceedings contain numerous contributions presented during the 10th ICAANE, giving an overview of current research, excavations and activities in Near Eastern archaeology. The first volume includes the Statement about the Threat to Cultural Heritage in the Near East and North Africa, signed in the course of the 10th ICAANE, as well as papers of the sections Transformation & Migration, Archaeology of Religion & Ritual, Images in Context and Islamic Archaeology. The second volume is dedicated to the main topics Prehistoric and Historical Landscapes & Settlement Patterns and Economy & Society, and is completed with Excavation Reports & Summaries. Cover Title Pages Imprint Contents PREHISTORIC AND HISTORICAL LANDSCAPES & SETTLEMENTPATTERNS (edited by R. Salisbury) R. Koliński: An Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Greater Zab Area of the Iraqi Kurdistan (UGZAR) 2012–2015 J.S. Baldi: Chalcolithic Settlements and Ceramics in the Rania Plain and Beyond: Some Results of the French Archaeological Mission at the Governorate of Sulaymaniyah R. Brancato: Settlement Patterns in the Upper Tigris River Region between the 4th and 1st Millennia BC J. Ferguson: Across Space and Time: Results of the Wadi ath-Thamad Project Regional Survey C. Coppini: The Land of Nineveh Archaeological Project: Preliminary Results from the Analysis of the Second Millennium BC Pottery C. Verdellet: The Foothill of Zagros during the Bronze Age: SGAS Preliminary Results J.-J. Herr: Neo-Assyrian Settlements in Rania, Peshdar and Bngird M. Labbaf-Khaniki: Long Wall of Asia: The Backbone of Asian Defensive Landscape C. del Cerro Linares: Landscape and Settlement Patterns on the Al Madam Plain (Sharjah, EAU) during the Iron Age C. Castel – G. Mouamar: Third Millenium BC Cities in the Arid Zone of Inner Syria: Settlement Landscape, Material Culture and Interregional Interactions S.A. Shobairi: Beyond the Palace: Some Perspective on Agriculture and Irrigation System in the Achaemenid Heartland S. Döpper – C. Schmidt: Settlement Continuity and Discontinuity in Northern Central-Oman J. Budka: The Urban Landscape of Upper Nubia (Northern Sudan) in the Second Millennium BC A. Politopoulos: Creating Imperial Capitals: From Aššur to Kār-Tukultī-Ninurta Y. Kanhoush: Tell Mishrifeh-Qatna (Syria), Area T: First Approach to a Middle Bronze Age Residential Area in the Upper Town M. Sharifi: Archaeological Excavations and Studies in the Zard River Basin, Ramhormoz, Khuzestan, Iran D.D. Boyer: Landscape Archaeology in the Jarash Valley in Northern Jordan: A Preliminary Analysis of Human Interaction in the Prehistoric and Historic Periods ECONOMY & SOCIETY (edited by F. Höflmayer) T. Adachi – S. Fujii: Shell Ornaments from the Bishri Cairn Fields: New Insights into the Middle Bronze Age Trade Network in Central Syria J.S. Baldi: Between Specialized Productions and Hierarchical Social Organizations: New Data from Upper Mesopotamia and the Northern Levant T. Bürge – P. M. Fischer: Ivory at the Transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age in Transjordan: Trade and Distribution S. Caramello: Physicians on the Move! The Role of Medicine in the Late Bronze Age International Gift Exchange E. Casadei: Linking the River and the Desert: The Early Bronze Age I Pottery Assemblage of the Wadi Zarqa Region P. Charvát: Oriental Subtleties: Counter-marking of Archaic Ur Seals Again A.C. Felici – A. Fusaro – A. Ibrahim – K. Lashari – N. Manassero – M. Piacentini – V. Piacentini Fiorani – A. Tilia: Banbhore, a Major Trade Centre on the Indus’ Delta: Notes on the Pakistani-Italian Excavations and Research A. García-Suárez: Re-evaluating the Socioeconomic Role of Small Built Environments at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey T. B.H. Helms: Fortress Communities of the 3rd Millennium BCE: The Example of Tell Chuera, NE Syria L. Hulin – S. German: Up from the Sea: Mariner Networks in Ports across the Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean F. Marchand: Use-wear Analysis of Bronze Age Lithics in Tell Arqa (Akkar Plain, North Lebanon) R. Matthews – A. Richardson – O. Maeda: ‘Behind all those Stones’: Activity and Society in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of the Eastern Fertile Crescent V. Oselini: The Cultural Influence of Mesopotamian States in the Upper and Middle Course of the Diyala River during the Mid-2nd Millennium BC W.J. Reade – K.L. Privat: Glass Vessels from Hellenistic Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates, Syria: An Indicator of Greek Influence in the East? Questions of Production G. Tucci: Workshops in the Southern Levant: The Case of Jewellers during the Late Bronze Age M. Yamafuji: Subsistence Systems in a Semi-Arid Zone: Late Early Bronze Age (EBA) Self-Sustenance of the Copper Production Centre in Faynan Region, Southern Jordan EXCAVATION REPORTS & SUMMARIES (edited by T. Bürge) D. Al Yaqoobi – M. Shepperson – J. MacGinnis: Excavations on the Fortifications of the Citadel of Erbil V.W. Avrutis: Southern Levantine Interregional Interactions as Reflected by the Finds from an Early Bronze Age I Burial Ground at Nesher-Ramla Quarry (el-Hirbe), Israel A. Chaaya: Results of the First Season of Excavation at the Medieval Castle of Gbail / Byblos A. D’Agostino – V. Orsi: The 2013–2015 Excavation Seasons at Usakli Höyük (Central Turkey) I. Gagoshidze – E. Rova: 2013–2015 Activities of the Georgian-Italian Shida Kartli Archaeological Project at Aradetis Orgora (Georgia) A. Golani – S. R. Wolff: The Late Bronze I and Iron Age I Remains at Tel Dover in the Jordan Valley, Israel V.R. Herrmann – D. Schloen: Zincirli Höyük, Ancient Sam’al: A Preliminary Report on the 2015 Excavation Season M. Işıklı: A Pioneer Site in Urartian Archaeology: Rusahinili Eiduru-kai. A summary of twenty-five years of excavations at Ayanis castle in Van, Turkey H. Koubková – Z. Wygnańska: Early Third Millennium BC Settlement in the Western Khabur Basin: Preliminary Results of the Pottery Analysis from the Khabur Basin Project Surveys M. Makinson – Z. Wygnańska: A Spatial and Functional Analysis of ‘Building 4’ at EBA III Tell Fadous-Kfarabida (Lebanon) M. Malekzadeh – A. Hasanpour – Z. Hashemi: Bronzes of Luristan in a Non-funerary Context: Sangtarashan, an Iron Age Site in Luristan (Iran) A. Polcaro – J.R. Muñiz: Dolmen 534: A Megalithic Tomb of the Early Bronze Age II in Jebel al-Mutawwaq, Jordan: Preliminary results of the 2014 Spanish-Italian expedition in Area C South G. Russo: The Iron Age Pottery from Tell Mishrifeh (Qaṭna): Preliminary Results from the German-Syrian Excavations T.E. Serifoglu – N. MacSweeney – C. Colantoni: Before the Flood: The Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey Project: The results of three seasons of survey in the Göksu river valley of Mersin Province, Turkey K. Shimogama: The Japanese Excavations at Tell Ali al-Hajj, Rumeilah, on the Euphrates: Settlement, Material Culture and Chronology T.B.B. Skuldbøl – C. Colantoni: Culture Contact and Early Urban Development in Mesopotamia: Is Garbage the Key to Understanding the ‘Uruk Expansion’ in the Zagros Foothills of Northeastern Iraq? A. Tenu: Excavations at Kunara (Iraqi Kurdistan): New Results The 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) was held in Vienna in April 2016, organized by the Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology (OREA), the Austrian Academy of Sciences with the support of the University of Vienna, a generous welcome by the City of Vienna, and the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs. More than 800 participants from 38 countries presented their latest research in 8 parallel sections and 28 workshops (to be published in separate volumes). Additionally, a poster section with more than 80 posters was organized? a number of them integrated here in the chapters relevant to the corresponding topics.0The two-volume proceedings contain numerous contributions presented during the 10th ICAANE, giving an overview of current research, excavations and activities in Near Eastern archaeology. The first volume includes the?Statement about the Threat to Cultural Heritage in the Near East and North Africa?, signed in the course of the 10th ICAANE, as well as papers of the sections Transformation & Migration, Archaeology of Religion & Ritual, Images in Context and Islamic Archaeology. The second volume is dedicated to the main topics Prehistoric and Historical Landscapes & Settlement Patterns and Economy & Society, and is completed with Excavation Reports & Summaries Volume 1. Transformation & migration ; Archaeology of religion & ritual ; Images in context : agency, audiences & perception ; Islamic archaeology volume 2. Prehistoric and historical landscapes & settlement patterns ; Economy & society ; Excavation reports & summarie.