Recent excavations in the upper Tigris River valley have yielded an increasingnumber of archaeological data that have been helping archaeologists in the recon-struction of ancient histories in this specific region. Among these projects, theHirbemerdon Tepe Archaeological Project has focused its attention on a funda-mental phase of occupation — the Middle Bronze Age — that characterises thesite as well as numerous other settlements in the upper Tigris River valley. Thepresent article will emphasise the role played by Hirbemerdon Tepe, located alongthe western bank of the upper Tigris river valley in southeastern Turkey, at botha local and inter-regional level during the Middle Bronze Age period that showsan increase in long-distance commercial exchanges between Mesopotamian andAnatolian polities. More specifically, an in-depth analysis will be given to thelarge architectural complex discovered on the site’s High Mound and on a pre-liminary interpretation of the material culture found within it.

The Hirbemerdon Tepe Archaeological Project: The First Five Seasons of Archaeological Work at a Site in the Upper Tigris River Valley, SE Turkey

D'Agostino A;
2009-01-01

Abstract

Recent excavations in the upper Tigris River valley have yielded an increasingnumber of archaeological data that have been helping archaeologists in the recon-struction of ancient histories in this specific region. Among these projects, theHirbemerdon Tepe Archaeological Project has focused its attention on a funda-mental phase of occupation — the Middle Bronze Age — that characterises thesite as well as numerous other settlements in the upper Tigris River valley. Thepresent article will emphasise the role played by Hirbemerdon Tepe, located alongthe western bank of the upper Tigris river valley in southeastern Turkey, at botha local and inter-regional level during the Middle Bronze Age period that showsan increase in long-distance commercial exchanges between Mesopotamian andAnatolian polities. More specifically, an in-depth analysis will be given to thelarge architectural complex discovered on the site’s High Mound and on a pre-liminary interpretation of the material culture found within it.
2009
Laneri, N; Schwartz, M; Valentini, S; D'Agostino, A; Nannucci, S
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