Tell Rijim, Iraq: The Middle Bronze Age Layers - Eski Mosul Dam Salvage Project Excavations of the Polish Center of Archaeology, University of Warsaw . Archaeological Reports (BAR) International, 837)

Kolinski, Rafal

ISBN 10: 1841710423 / ISBN 13: 9781841710426

Published by Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports, 2000

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xi, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. Report on Polish excavations on Tell Rijim on the western bank of the Tigris. Middle Bronze Age layers are reported: architecture, with two houses, pottery kiln and various other structures; pottery is examined in detail with chapters on fabric, forms and decoration with a comprehensive catalogue; other small finds are described as well. The first structures date from the 18th century BC and belonged to an irregularly planned open village which, in 1600 BC underwent a decided transformation, with fortifications and a deep ravine, although the settlement itself remained small and was certainly not an administrative centre. It seems that the later settlement was a dimtu settlement, which, if true, would make Tell Rijim the oldest such settlement known from the archaeological record.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tell Rijim, Iraq: The Middle Bronze Age Layers - Eski Mosul Dam Salvage Project Excavations of the Polish Center of Archaeology, University of Warsaw . Archaeological Reports (BAR) International, 837)
• Publisher: Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841710423
• ISBN 13: 9781841710426
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
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Synopsis

Excavations at the site of Tell Rijim on the west bank of the Tigris began in the 1980s as part of the Eski Mosul Dam Salvage Project Excavations. This report publishes the archaeological evidence from Middle Bronze Age layers. The volume opens with general discussion of the local topography, a history of the settlement in the area, subsistence and agriculture. The bulk of the report is taken up by discussion of the Middle Bronze Age architecture (building materials and technologies, structures and architectural features), pottery evidence (vessel forms, production technologies, decoration, dating) and small finds.

About the Author

Rafal Kolinski