Terqa

An Electronic Library

Giorgio Buccellati (Editor) – January 2009
Christine Hoang (Assistant Editor) – 2009-2010

Introduction

We will include here the electronic version of the publications of the Joint Archaeological Expedition to Terqa, including audio-visual materials.

The Terqa Electronic Library is being produced in conjunction with the project to publish on paper the remaining final reports on the excavations, a project sponsored by the Shelby White – Leon Levy Program For Archaeological Publications of Harvard University.

A complete list of the titles to be included is given below, listed by series and within it by date. The website will include an online version of the audio-visual modules and of a video, which were early precursors of the multi-media presentations made possible only by relatively recent computer technology.

For a sample of how the indivudal files will be accessible in the website please refer to TPR 2.

The text opens in a separate window, it is bookmarked, and references are given to the Database (in this sample, only one such reference is given, on page 2).

Terqa Preliminary Reports

NOTE: many of the publications mentioned hereafter are accessible on the Undena Publications website.

TPR 1 PDF 2.3 MB	1977	Giorgio Buccellati Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati "General Introduction and the Stratigraphic Record of the First Two Seasons," Syro-Mesopotamian Studies 1, pp. 73-134.	Abstract: "New excavations at ancient Terqa (modern 'Ashara, in Syria) were carried out by American teams in 1975 and 1976, and are planned to continue for several years. Beginning a new type of modular preliminary reports, this fascicle concentrates on the substantive and methodological premises of the excavations and on the stratigraphic record of the two seasons of 1975 and 1976. With regard to our program of research, various hypotheses are formulated which will condition our work at the site in its early stages. With regard to stratigraphic analysis, special coverage is given to a third millennium monumental structure and to second millennium materials – a residential quarter and several burials."
TPR 2 PDF 4 MB	1977	Giorgio Buccellati A Cuneiform Tablet of the Early Second Millennium B.C.," Syro-Mesopotamian Studies 1, pp. 135-142.	Abstract: The single epigraphic find of the second season came from the surface, not far from one of the regular excavation units. It is a small administrative document of the same type as those from Mari dated to the period of the kunakku's. Its importance lies in the inherent implications of (1) close links with Mari at that period, (2) well established archival procedures at Terqa earlier than known heretofore, and (3) possibly a special linguistic affiliation for Terqa in the early periods.
TPR 3 PDF 4 MB	1977	Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati Linda Mount Williams "Object Typology of the Second Season: The Third and Second Millennia," Syro-Mesopotamian Studies 1, pp. 143-169.	Abstract: A typological analysis of 30 objects found during the second season, all dating to the third and second millennia, including a stamp seal; clay figurines; metal pins, weapons and tools; beads, rings and miscellaneous implements. A descriptive catalog provides a detailed entry for each item, most of which are also illustrated in line drawings and half-tones.
TPR 4 PDF 5.2 MB	1977	Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati William R. Shelby "A Typology of Ceramic Vessels of the Third and Second Millennia from the First Two Seasons," Syro-Mesopotamian Studies 1, pp. 171-236.	Abstract: A total of 64 vessel types (corresponding to 108 vessels) from the second and third millennia is here described and fully illustrated. The introduction gives a typological analysis of the Terqa corpus with pertinent comparative materials. The catalog is arranged according to a new taxonomic system which has been devised for a comprehensive catalog of Mesopotamian ceramics and which is presented here in its basic characteristics.
TPR 5 PDF 4.5 MB	1978	As'ad Mahmoud "Die Industrie der islamischen Keramik aus der zweiten Season," Syro-Mesopotamian Studies 1, pp. 95-114.	Abstract: A pottery kiln for glazing ceramics was found during the second season of excavations in 1976 at Terqa, modernday Ashara. It was situated to the south of the tell, just outside the perimeter of the ancient city. Numerous ceramic vessels, glazed and unglazed, were found in or near the kiln. All of these finds may be dated to the twelfth century A.D., in the Ayyubid period.
TPR 6 PDF 9.8 MB	1978	Giorgio Buccellati Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	"The Third Season: Introduction and the Stratigraphic Record, " Syro-Mesopotamian Studies 2, pp. 115-164.
TPR 7 PDF 4.5 MB	1979	Olivier Rouault	"Les documents epigraphiques de la troisieme saison," Syro-Mesopotamian Studies 2, pp. 165-180.
TPR 8 PDF 3.6 MB	1980	Linda Mount-Williams	"Object Typology of the Third Season: The Third and Second Millennia," Syro-Mesopotamian Studies 3, pp. 35-97.
TPR 10	1979	Giorgio Buccellati	"The Fourth Season: Introduction and the Stratigraphic Record," Syro-Mesopotamian Studies 3, pp. 169-200.
TPR 11 PDF 1.8 MB	1980	Nicholas M. Magalousis Arthur Flint Vance Gritton George E. Miller	"Sourcing Techniques for Ceramics and Soils at Terqa and Related Sites, " Syro-Mesopotamian Studies 3, pp. 169-200.
TPR 12 PDF 1.7 MB	1983	Giorgio Buccellati Olivier Rouault	"Digital Plotting of Archaeological Floor Plans, " Computer Aided Research in Near Eastern Studies.

Terqa Final Reports

TFR 1 PDF 1 MB	1984	Olivier Rouault	L'Archive de Puzurum Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Vol. 16
TFR 2	2011	Olivier Rouault	Terqa: les textes des saisons 5 à 9 Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Vol. 29
TFR 3	2020	Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati Mary Stancavage Gregory Areshian	Small Finds Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Vol. 30
TFR 4	2020	Giorgio Buccellati Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	(The Administrative Building and the Temple of Ninkarrak).
TFR 5	in preparation	Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	(Ceramics).

Other Publications

Newsletter PDF 10 MB	1977	Giorgio Buccellati Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	Letter from the Joint American Expedition to Terqa
Harvest PDF 1.5 MB	1977	Giorgio Buccellati Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	New Archaeological Harvests from Syria
ARTANES 2 PDF 11 MB	1978	Giorgio Buccellati Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	"Field Encoding Manual"
AfO 26 PDF 1 MB	1978	Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	"Tall As'hara - Terqa"
BM 10 PDF 1 MB	1979	Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	"The Evidence of Artifactual Evidence: Early Third Millennium Pottery at Terqa"
Jewels PDF 1 MB	1980	Giorgio Buccellati Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	"The Jewels of Nankarrak," Archaeology at UCLA, Volume 1, No. 21.
1978 PDF 1.5MB	1980	Stephen Reimer	Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin
Nature 295> PDF 0.5 MB	1982	Giorgio Buccellati	Asphalt in carbon-14-dated archaeological samples from Terqa, Syria
Terqa 7 PDF 1 MB	1982	Giorgio Buccellati Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	"Terqa 7," Archaeology at UCLA, Volume 2, No. 9.
Ninkarrak PDF 3 MB	1982	Renata M. Liggett	"Ancient Terqa and Its Temple of Ninkarrak: The Excavations of the Fifth and Sixth Seasons," Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin
Asphalt	1982	M. I. Venkatesan T. W. Linick H. E. Suess G. Buccellati	"Asphalt in Carbon-14-dated Arcaheological Samples from Terqa, Syria," Nature, 295/5849, pp. 1-3
Site PDF 1 MB	1983	Giorgio Buccellati	Terqa: An Introduction to the Site
Scribes PDF 1 MB	1983	Giorgio Buccellati Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati Mario Liverani	"The Scribes of Terqa," Archaeology at UCLA, Volume 2, No. 14.
Terqa 8 PDF .5 MB	1983	Giorgio Buccellati Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	"Terqa: The First Eight Seasons," Les Annales Archeologiques Arabes Syriennes.
TFR Intro PDF 1.5 MB	1984	Giorgio Buccellati	"Terqa: An Intorduction to the Final Reports"
Qraya PDF 5 MB	1984	Stephen Reimer	"Tell Qraya: A Summary of the 1984 Season"
5000 PDF 1 MB	1984	(anonymous)	"Uncovering 5000 Years of History"
Sealing PDF 0.5 MB	1986	Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	"Sealing Practices at Terqa," Bibliotheca Mesopotamica: Insight through Images, pp. 133-142.
AAAS 36-37 PDF 0.5 MB	1986-1987	Giorgio Buccellati	"On The Distribution of Epigraphic Finds at Terqa"
BASOR 270 PDF 4.3 MB	1988	Giorgio Buccellati	"Kingdom and Period of Khana"
OBO.SA 6 PDF 3.8 MB	1990	Giorgio Buccellati	"The Growth of Nomadism on the Middle Euphrates and the Khabur"
Rural PDF 8 MB	1990	Giorgio Buccellati	"The Rural Landscape of the Ancient Zor: The Terqa Evidence, " Techniques et Pratiques Hydro-Agricoles Traditionnelles en Domaine Irrigue, pp. 155-169.
Eblaitica 3 PDF 1.2 MB	1992	Giorgio Buccellati	"Ebla and the Amorites" in Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, pp. 83-104.
Art	1996	Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	"Terqa," in The Dictionary of Art, Vol. 31, p. 492
Oxford PDF .5 MB	1997	Giorgio Buccellati Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati	"Terqa" The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East, pp. 188-190.
Ceramics	in press	Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati William R. Shelby	"Middle Euphrates Ceramics in the Third and Second Millennia: A View from Terqa."

Monographs and articles

Cf. the related page on the Terqa website.

Buia
Chavalas
Kelly-Buccellati and Shelby
Podany
Tubb
Wilcke

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Meadows	1977	Joan Meighan and Giorgio Buccellati	By the Meadows of the Euphrates
Six Seasons	1984	Rick Hauser and Giorgio Buccellati	Terqa. The First Six Season