Our project was presented at the annual conference of the British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology BANEA. Arwa Kharobi presented a paper entitled Community archaeology in time of war: the Mozan/Urkesh project in northeastern Syria, written together with the Project Directors Giorgio and Marilyn Buccellati, and Federico Buccellati.
In light of Arwa Kharobi’s specific research interests, the presentation highlighted in particular the great care with which the expedition working at Urkesh has always treated the human remains discovered during the excavations: also in this case, the respect for local communities and the relationship of mutual trust established with the locals have made it possible to develop excavation strategies that have proved crucial to the success of the mission.
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