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Annotated bibliography

September 2024

This page lists bibliographical entries mentioned in some of the digital books of the UGR, which are placed here and not added to the e-Library because they do not have a main topic clearly referring to Urkesh/Tell Mozan.

A brief summary of the content is provided after each bibliographical entry and in some cases wider abstracts are offered. In these abstracts, sized in paragraphs, some peculiar keywords or relevant passages are bolded to strees the topic of each section.

When a review of a publication is available, it is indicated within curly brackets, with the link to the review itself.

All bibliographical entries are contained in this single file, which is sorted alphabetically by the name of the author(s). Please refer to the left side bar as a jump-off point for the retrieval of given items.

A separate file lists the entries chronologically.

Another separate file lists the entries in an alphabetical order, with only the name of the author and a short mention of the title.

NOTES:

  • the “chain-like”/hyperlink symbol () at the left of each bibliographical entry provides, by hovering the mouse cursor over it, the hyperlink to that very entry;
  • to the right of each bibliographical entry, the reader will find a cross-reference link to the page where the entry is mentioned.

Total entries: 65.


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al-Maqdissi, Michel ; Nicolle Christophe ; Valérie Matoian

2007 Céramique de l’âge du bronze en Syrie. II: l’Euphrate et la région de Jézireh
Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique 180
Beyrouth: Institut français d’archéologie du Proche-Orient
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Bianchi, Alice

2012 “A Diachronic Case? Comparing Pottery Types of the Northern Khabur Triangle and the Upper Tigris Region at the End of the Third Millennium BC”
in Laneri, Nicola – Pfälzner, Peter – Valentini, Stefano (eds), Looking North.
The Socioeconomic Dynamics of the Northern Mesopotamian and Anatolian Regions during the Late Third and Early Second Millennium BC

SUN Suppl. D1,
Harrassowitz: Wiesbaden, pp. 155-162
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Biscione, R.

1989 “La ceramica del III millennio”
in Pecorella, Paolo Emilio and Salvini, Mirjo (ed.), Tell Barri/Kahat 1
Roma: CNR-ISMEO, pp. 45-54
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1998 “La sequenza del III millennio a Tell Barri/Kahat: l’area B”
in Pecorella, Paolo Emilio (ed.), Tell Barri/Kahat 2. Relazione sulle campagne 1980-1993 a Tell Barri/Kahat, nel bacino del Habur (Siria)
Roma: CNR-ISMEO, pp. 35-64
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Braidwood, Robert J. ; Braidwood Linda S.

1960 Excavations in the Plain of Antioch I: The Earlier Assemblages Phases A-J
OIP 61
Chicago: University of Chicago Press
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«Oriental Institute’s “Syrian-Hittite Expedition” carried on operations in the Amuq (the Plain of Antioch) from 1932 to 1938. As its original name implies, the expedition was expected to concern itself mainly with the archeology of the late, so-called “Hittite,” kingdoms that flourished in northern Syria especially in the early first millennium B.C. This is the second volume on the results of the Expedition’s work» (Publisher’s website).

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Bretschneider, Joachim ; Tim Cunningham

2007 “An Elite Akkadian Grave on the Acropolis at Tell Beydar”
in Lebeau, Marc and Suleiman, Antoine (eds), Tell Beydar. The 2000-2002 Seasons of Excavations, the 2003-2004 Seasons of Architectural Restoration: A Preliminary Report
Subartu 15
Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 98-158
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Bretschneider, Joachim ; Greta Jans

1997 “Spätfrüdynastische und akkadische Keramik der Hügelkuppe / Akropolis Feld F”
in Lebeau, Marc and Suleiman, Antoine (eds), Tell Beydar. Three Seasons of Excavations, 1992-1994: A Preliminary Report
Subartu 3
Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 135-144
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Brustolon, Anna ; Elena Rova

2007 “The Late Chalcolithic Period in the Tell Leilan Region: A Report on the Ceramic Material of the 1995 Survey”
KASKAL 4, pp. 1-42
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Cf. also Brustolon- Rova 2008 Leilan.

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2008 “The Late Chalcolithic Settlement in the Leilan Region of Northeastern Syria: A Preliminary Assessment”
in Córdoba Zoilo, J. - Molist, M. - Pérez Aparicio, C. - Rubio de Miguel, I. - Martínez Lillo, S. (eds), Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Madrid, April 3–8, 2006, Vol. 1
Madrid: Ediciones Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Centro Superior de Estudios sobre el Oriente Próximo y Egipto, pp. 357-381
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«The article summarises the results of the analysis of the 1995-collected 4th millennium B.C. ceramic assemblages from the Tell Leilan Regional survey. The fine periodisation adopted –based on well stratified ceramic sequences and recent comparative studies–, allows to follow settlement dynamics in detail. The first part of the period (LC 1-2) shows an increase in the number of village-sized settlements homogeneously distributed on the territory, followed, during the LC 3, by a phase of incipient nucleation, and, between the LC 3 and the LC 4, by the development of the first regional site-size hierarchy. The LC 4 phase is also marked by the appearance of southern Uruk ceramics in the area, possibly accompanied by a limited physical presence of foreigners. Most settlements appear to have been abandoned by the LC 5 period; and occupation remains sparse until the first centuries of the 3rd millennium» (Authors’ abstract).

Cf. also Brustolon- Rova 2007 Leilan.

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Buccellati, Federico

2021 “L’architettura palatina”
in Nadali, Davide and Pinnock, Frances (eds), Archeologia della Siria antica
Roma: Carocci
A6: glyptics

An introduction to palace architecture in pre-classical Syria.

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Collon, Dominique

1982 The Alalakh Cylinder Seals.
A new catalogue of the actual seals excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley at Tell Atchana,
and from neighbouring sites on the Syrian-Turkish border

BAR International Series 132
Oxford: BAR

An updated catalog of cylinder seals from Alalakh/Tell Atchana.

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1982 Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum.
Cylinder Seals II: Akkadian, Post Akkadian, Ur III Periods

London: British Museum Publications
A6.65

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Daszkiewicz, M. ; E. Bobryk ; G. Schneider

2000 “Water Permeability and Thermal Shock Resistance of 6th–3rd Millennium Cooking Pots from North Mesopotamia”
Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege: Kurzberichte (2000), pp. 98–101
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Delougaz, Pinhas

1952 Pottery from the Diyala Region
OIP 63
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press
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«The hitherto published archeological material excavated by the Oriental Institute of Chicago in the Diyala region is completed by a new very important work of P. Delougaz about pottery. By the term of the “Diyala region” is meant a small area east of the Diyala river, tributary of the Tigris near Baghdad. Here the Oriental Institute of Chicago undertook from 1930 to 1937 several consecutive campaigns at the four ancient sites of Khafajah, Tell Asmar, Tell Agrab, and Ishchali. The pottery discovered there by the Iraq Expedition of the Oriental Institute with the material unearthed during two seasons at Khafajah by the University Museum of Pennsylvania and American Schools of Oriental Research in 1937/38 is the subject of this publication. That the pottery from these four sites not far from each other is treated as a whole has the advantage of helping to trace the development of individual types much better than in dealing with insufficient material from one place only.» (publisher’s summary).

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Durand, Jean-Marie

1987 “L’organisation de l’espace dans le palais de Mari : le témoignage des textes”
in Lévy, Edmond (ed.), Le système palatial en Orient, en Grèce et à Rome. Actes du colloque de Strasbourg 19-22 juin 1985
Travaux du Centre de recherche sur le Proche-Orient et la Grèce antiques 9
Leiden: Brill, pp. 39-110
A6: glyptics

A presentation of the structure and the spatial organization of the royal palace at Mari, according to the textual evidence.

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Erkanal, H.

1988 “Girnavaz”
MDOG 120, pp. 139-152
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Falb, Ch.

2009 Untersuchungen an Keramikwaren des dritten Jahrtausends v. Chr. aus Nordsyrien
AVO 12
Münster: Ugarit-Verlag
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Gibson, McG. ; A. McMahon

1995 “Investigation of the Early Dynastic-Akkadian Transition: Report of the 18th and 19th Seasons of Excavation in Area WF”
Iraq 57, pp. 1-39
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Gut, R. ; J. Reade ; R.M. Boehmer

2001 “Ninive – Das späte 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr.”
in Meyer, Jan-Waalke – Novak, Mirko – Pruss, Alexander (eds), Beiträge zur Vorderasiatischen Archaölogie: Winfried Orthmann gewidmet
Frankfurt am Main: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Archaologisches Institut
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Hrouda, B.

1957 “Die Bemalte Keramik des zweiten Jahrtausends in Nordmesopotamien und Nordsyrien”
Istanbuler Forschungen 19
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Kibaroğlu, M. ; Ch. Falb ; M. Satır

2008 “On the Origin of the Northmesopotamian Metallic Ware: A New View from Sediment Geochemistry”
in Yalçın, Ü. (ed.), Anatolian Metal IV
Der Anschnitt, Beiheft 21, pp. 211-223
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Kibaroğlu, M.

2008 Petrographische und Geochemische Untersuchungen an archäologischer Keramik aus Nordost-Syrien, Südost-Anatolien und Ost-Georgien
Unpublished PhD Dissertation
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«Analytical methods of the Geosciences that have been steadily applied in the last decades in archaeological and historical investigations of ancient societies have yielded substantial contribution to answer various archaeological and historical questions. For this Ph.D. thesis research, two geological methods; petrographic (thin section analysis) and geochemical (X-ray fluorescence analyses) methods were applied to throw light on some archaeological questions related to a variety of selected ancient ceramics. The main goal of the study was to determine the provenance and production technology of three Early Bronze Age (ca. 2800-2000 BC.) ceramics (the so called Dark Rimmed Orange Bowl Ware (DROB-ware), Gray Ware, and North Mesopotamian metallic ware), from northeast Syria and southeast Anatolia and the Late Chalcolithic to the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 3500-1500 BC.) Kura-Araxes ware from Sos Höyük in eastern Anatolia.

In addition, five different Middle Bronze, Late Bronze/Early Iron Age (ca. 2000 to 800 BC.) ceramics (Gray Ware, Brown Ware, Black Burnished Ware, Brown Burnished Ware from Site Didi Gora and Early Iron Age Fine Brick ware from Udabno I in eastern Georgia), were investigated. A total of 174 ceramic samples were analyzed by X-ray fluorescence technique for determination of major and trace element composition. A total of 92 thin-sections of selected samples were prepared and their petrography and mineralogy examined. In addition, 63 geological samples (i.e. local clay samples from the study area) and 15 ceramic sherds of known origin, one recent pot fragment and tree ceramic waste products were also examined for geochemical and petrographic comparison. Dark Rimmend Orange Bowl-ware (DROB-ware): Petrographic and geochemical invest-tigations of the Dark Rimmend Orange Bowl-ware (dated ca. 2250-2000 B.C.) from northeast Syria and southeast Anatolia, suggest that they were manufactured from local clays exposed between Diyarbakir and Bismil in South East Anatolia and then traded to northeast Syria, and as far as south of Al-Hasakah. For their production, at least two different clay sources that occur in the mentioned area were used. At first the raw materials were lavigated. The vessels were made on a turntable, and then burned at a maximum temperature of 850°C under oxidizing atmospheric conditions. This aspect is marked by their typical orange color. The analytical data point to a standardization of the production of the Dark Rimmend Orange Bowl-ware. However, this conclusion needs to be verified by further archaeometric investigations. The Grey Ware: The archaeometric analysis suggest that the Gray Ware from northeast Syria (dated ca. 2600/2550-2000 BC.), that is characterized by burnished surface treatment was produced from local clay sources in northeast Syria. At least four different clay sources exposed in the vicinity of settlement areas were used. There are different procurement pat-terns of clay for production of Gray Ware. The fine variant of the Gray Ware was produced from a single clay source, whereas the coarse one was a product of different clay sources. The clay paste of the coarse variants of Gray Ware was sometimes tampered. The finished vessels were as a rule burned in reducing atmospheric conditions and at a maximum temperature of between 800-850°C. The analytical data show that the fineness of the ware, (grain size of inclusions) can be a criterion for the archaeological classification of the Gray Ware. The well burnished surface feature can also serve as a criterion of the archaeological classification. In contrary, the color of the ceramics that is a result of different burning conditions seems not to be a reliable criterion for their archaeological classification. North Mesopotamian metallic ware: The chemical analyses of the Early Bronze Age (ca. 2800-2200 B.C.) North Mesopotamian metallic ware show that this very interesting ceramic was produced from two very different clay materials, classified according to their CaO content as calcareous metallic ware and non-calcareous metallic ware. The analyses proved that the calcareous variant of the North Mesopotamian metallic ware was produced from local clays in northeast Syria. Geochemical analyses of the present work give first hand clues about the hitherto unknown location of the clay source of the non-calcareous variant of the North Mesopotamian metallic ware. The chemical properties of this group point out that the source rock of this special clay seems to be sedimentary rocks (like slate) that have acidic chemical affinity. Within the frame of this work, one clay sample collected from Uslu Köy situated in the area of so the called Pütürge-Massive, some 35 km south west of the Elazig; province in south east Anatolia, shows great similarity in its chemical composition to the non-calcareous Group of the North Mesopotamian metallic ware. Thus, for the first time giving clues that the clay source of this ceramic might be located in this region. This is at the least an evidence of the existence of clay deposits similar to the North Mesopotamian metallic ware in this region. But this result needs to be confirmed by extensive archaeometric investigations in the region. Kura-Araxes ware: Petrographic and geochemical investigations of the Kura-Araxes Ware (i.e. Proto Kura-Araxes ware, Black Burnished ware, Kura-Araxes ware, Dark Gritty ware and Drab ware) from Sos Höyük in eastern Anatolia (dated ca. 3500 to1500 B.C), revealed that they were produced from at least four different local clay sources in Sos Höyük and/or its vicinity. No specific clay source was preferentially used for a specific ceramic type or at a certain period. As a rule, the finished vessels were burned in reducing atmosphere at a temperature below 850°C. Archaometric data further show that there was no particular change in the production technology during the Late Chalcolithic to the Middle Bronze/Late Bronze Age in Sos Höyük. The production pattern (i.e. use of various clay sources, production technology) suggests that the wares were most probably produced for household use. The analytical data of the ceramic samples of the so called Martkopie-Bedeni Culture, the Bedeni ware, suggest that they were also locally produced. They show no different production technology from the Kura-Araxes ware. Although these results might indicate an adoption of the Martkopi-Bedeni ceramic tradition by the Kura-Araxes society, but it is more plausible that the Kura-Araxes and Martkopi-Bedeni population might have coexisted in Sos Höyük (and in the Pasinler region in eastern Anatolia in general). Ceramics from Didi Gora and Udabno I: Ceramics from eastern Georgia, from the Didi Gora and Udabno I settlements consist of Middle Bronze and Late Bronze/Iron Age (2000-800 BC.) Gray ware, Brown ware, Black Burnished ware, Brown Burnished ware and Early Iron Age Fine Brick ware. Analyses show that all selected ceramics were produced from different local clay materials in eastern Georgia. It comes out that, at least two different clay sources located between Pona and Bodbizchevi localities were used for ceramic production in Didi Gora. Here also no specific clay source was preferentially used for a specific ceramic type or during specific periods. The clay material was partly tampered with, most probably by the addition of sands from Alazani River during production. The finished vessels were usually burned in reducing atmospheric conditions and at temperatures between 700-850°C. The Fine Brick ware that clearly has different clay properties from Didi Gora ceramics were produced from other clay sources. Elemental composition of the clays exposed in Patardzeuli, Ikalto and Bodbiszchevi are close to the Fine Brick ware composition. But the clay samples form Bodbiszchevi show more similarity, especially in their Cr and Sr content, thus suggesting the clay from Bodbizchevi as the most probable source of Fine Brick ware raw material. Production technology of this ceramic type is very different than the Didi Gora. The raw material was levigated and clay paste was carefully prepared. The finished vessels were burned under oxidizing atmospheric conditions and at temperatures of below 850°C» (Author’s abstract).

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Kolińki, R.

2007 “The Upper Khabur Region in the Second Part of the Third Millennium BC”
AoF 34, pp. 342-369
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Kozbe, G.

2012 “Evidence for the Societal Complexity of the Upper Tigris Region during the Late Third Millennium and Early Second Millennium BC from Kavuşan Höyük”
in Laneri, Nicola – Pfälzner, Peter – Valentini, Stefano (eds), Looking North: The Socioeconomic Dynamics of the Northern Mesopotamian and Anatolian Regions during the Late Third and Early Second Millennium BC
SUN Suppl. D1
Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 149-153
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Kühne, H.

1976 Die Keramik aus Tell Chuēra und ihre Beziehung zu den Funden aus Syrien-Palästina, der Türkei und dem Iraq
Vorderasiatische Forschungen der Max Freiherr von Oppenheim-Stiftung Bd. 1
Berlin: Mann
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Laneri, Nicola ; Peter Pfälzner ; Stefano Valentini (eds)

2012 Looking North: The Socioeconomic Dynamics of the Northern Mesopotamian and Anatolian Regions during the Late Third and Early Second Millennium BC
SUN Suppl. D1
Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz
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Laneri, Nicola

2009 Biografia di un vaso. Tecniche di produzione del vasellame ceramico nel Vicino Oriente antico tra il V e il II millennio a.C.
Paestum: Fondazione Paestum
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Lebeau, M. ; A. Pruß ; M. Roaf ; E. Rova

2000 “Stratified Archaeological Evidence and Compared Periodizations in the Syrian Jezirah during the Third Millennium BC”
in Marro, Catherine and Hauptmann, Harald (eds), Chronologies des Pays du Caucase et de l’Euphrate aux Ive-IIIe millenaires. Actes du Colloque international organise par l’Institut francais d’etudes anatoliennes d’Istanbul (IFEA) en collaboration avec l’Universite d’Istanbul (IU), le Deutsches archaologisches institut (DAI) et le British institute of archaeology at Ankara (BIAA)
Istanbul-Paris: Institut francais d’etudes anatoliennes d’Istanbul-De Boccard, pp. 167-192
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Mahmoud, Yasmine

2021 Anthropomorphic figurines, statuettes and jewelry from Urkesh. An archaeological and historical study
Unpublished PhD dissertation
University of Pavia, Italy
Prof. Giorgio Buccellati, Thesis Supervisor

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Mallowan, Max E.L.

1937 “Excavations at Tall Chagar Bazar and an Archaeological Survey of the Ḫabur Region. Second.Campaign, 1936”
Iraq 4, pp. 91–177
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Marro, C. ; H. Hauptmann (eds)

2000 Chronologies des pays du Caucase et de l’Euphrate aux 4.-3. millenaires : actes du Colloque international organise par l’Institut francais d’etudes anatoliennes d’Istanbul (IFEA) en collaboration avec l’Universite d’Istanbul (IU), le Deutsches archaologisches institut (DAI) et le British institute of archaeology at Ankara (BIAA)
Varia Anatolica 11
Istanbul-Paris: Institut français d’études anatoliennes d’Istanbul-De Boccard, pp. 167-192
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Matthews, R. ; W. Matthews ; H. McDonald

1994 “Excavations at Tell Brak”
Iraq 56, pp. 177-194
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Matthews, Roger

2003 “Issues and Approaches”
in Matthews, Roger et al. (eds), Exploring an Upper Mesopotamian Regional Center, 1994-1996
Excavations at Tell Brak 4
Cambridge-London: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research-British School of Archaeology in Iraq
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Mazzoni, Stefania

1985 “Frontières céramiques et le Haut Euphrate au Bronze Ancien IV”
MARI 4, pp. 561-577
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McMahon, Augusta ; Önhan Tunca ; Abd el-Massih Baghdo

2001 “New Excavations at Chagar Bazar, 1999-2000”
Iraq 63, pp. 201/222
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McMahon, Augusta ; P. Quenet

2007 “Late Third Millennium BC Pottery Assemblage from Chagar Bazar (Area D, Phase II)”
in Tunca, Önhan – McMahon, Augusta – Baghdo, Abd el-Massih (eds), Chagar Bazar (Syrie) II. Les vestiges « post-akkadiens » du chantier D et études diverses
Publications de la Mission archéologique de l’Université de Liège en Syrie, APHAO. Association pour la promotion de l’Histoire et de L’Archéologie Orientales. Chagar Bazar (Syrie) 2
Louvain: Peeters, pp. 69-242
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Oates, D ; J. Oates ; E. McDonald

2001 Excavations at Tell Brak. Vol. 2: Nagar in the III millennium BC
London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq
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Oates, J.

1982 “Some late Early Dynastic III pottery from Tell Brak”
Iraq 44, pp. 205-219
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1985 “Tell Brak and Chronology: the Third Millennium”
MARI 4, pp. 137-144
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2001 “The Third-millennium Pottery”
in Oates, J. and McDonald, E. (eds), Excavations at Tell Brak. Vol. 2: Nagar in the Third Millennium BC
Cambridge-London: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research - British School of Archaeology in Iraq, pp. 151-194
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Oates, J. ; H. McDonald

1987 Excavations at Tell Brak. The Mitanni and Old Babylonian Periods
Cambridge-London: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research - British School of Archaeology in Iraq
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Oguchi, H.

1997 “A Reassessment of the Distribution of Khabur Ware: An Approach from an Aspect of its Main Phase”
Al-Rafindan 18, pp. 195-224
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2001 “The Origins of Khabur Ware: A Tentative Note”
in Oates, J. and McDonald, E. (eds), Excavations at Tell Brak. Vol. 2: Nagar in the Third Millennium BC
Cambridge-London: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research - British School of Archaeology in Iraq, pp. 151-194
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Orsi, V.

2008 “La produzione ceramica di Tell Barri tra la fine del III e l’inizio del II millennio a.C.”
in Benoit, R. Pierobon (ed.), Tell Barri: storia di un insediamento antico fra Oriente e Occidente, Napoli, 220-233
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2008 “Between Continuity and Transformation: The Late 3rd Millennium BC Ceramic Sequence from Tell Barri (Syria)”
in Córdoba, J. – Molist, M. – Pérez, C. – Rubio, I. – Martínez, S. (eds), Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Madrid, April 3-8, 2006, Vol. II,
Madrid: UAM, pp. 699-714
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2010 “The Passage from the Early Bronze to the Middle Bronze Age in the Jezirah: A Parallel between Tell Mozan and Tell Barri Ceramic Sequences “
in Matthiae, P. – Pinnock, F. – Nigro, L. – Marchetti, N. (eds), Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. 5 May – 10 May 2009, ‘Sapienza’, Università di Roma. Vol. 1: Near Eastern Archaeology in the Past, Present and Future: Heritage and Identity, Ethnoarchaeological and Interdisciplinary Approach, Results and Perspectives. Visual Expression and Craft Production in the Definition of Social Relations and Status
Wiesbaden :Harrassowitz, pp. 863-881.
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Orthmann, W. ; E. Rova

1991 Gräber des 3. Jahrtausends v. Chr. im syrischen Euphrattal. 2. Ausgrabungen in Wreide
Schriften zur Vorderasiatischen Archäologie Bd. 2
Bonn: Habelt
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Özfiırat, A.

2012 “Üçtepe and Diyarbakır Area During the Early Middle Bronze Age”
in Laneri, Nicola – Pfälzner, Peter – Valentini, Stefano (eds), Looking North: The Socioeconomic Dynamics of the Northern Mesopotamian and Anatolian Regions during the Late Third and Early Second Millennium BC
SUN Suppl. D1
Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 117-126
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Pfälzner, P.

1995 Mittanische und Mittelassyrische Keramik. Eine chronologische funktionnale und produktionsokonomische analise
BATSH
Berlin: Harrassowitz
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2007 “The Late Bronze Age Ceramic Traditions of the Syrian Jazirah”
in al-Maqdissi, M. - Matoian, V.; Nicolle, C. (eds), Ceramique de l’Age du Bronze en Syrie, II. L’Euphrate et la region de Jezireh
Beyrouth: Institut français d’archéologie du Proche-Orient
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Porter, A.

2002 “The Late Bronze Age Ceramic Traditions of the Syrian Jazirah”
in al-Maqdissi, M. - Matoian, V. - Nicolle, C. (eds), Ceramique de l’Age du Bronze en Syrie, II. L’Euphrate et la region de Jezireh
Beyrouth: Institut français d’archéologie du Proche-Orient
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Reiche, Andrzej ; Anna Smogorzewska

2013 “Ninevite 5 kitchen from Tell Arbid (Sector W)”
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 22 (Research 2010), pp. 371-386
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«A Ninevite 5-period presumed kitchen discovered in 2010 at the site of Tell Arbid in northeastern Syria is discussed from the point of view of specific cooking installations and objects used for cooking and food processing. The kitchen was furnished with two hearths, a storage bin, two jars sunk in the floor and large fragments of pottery vessels, which could have been used for cooking, processing and storing foodstuffs. Cooking pots are the most numerous, but big bowls, common ware jars, lids and a small shovel were also part of the kitchen accessories.

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Rova, Elena

1996 “Ceramic Provinces along the Middle and Upper Euphrates:
Late Chalcolithic - Early Middle Age, a Diachronic View”

Baghdader Mitteilungen 27, pp. 13-38
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2003 “The IIIrd Millennium Pottery Morphology.
The Typology Principles, the Coding System and Some Preliminary Results”

in Lebeau, Marc and Suleiman, Antoine (eds), Tell Beydar. The 1995-1999 Seasons of Excavations: A Preliminary Report
Subartu 10
Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 395-489
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2011 “Ceramic”
in Lebeau, Marc (ed.), Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East. Vol. 1: Jezirah
Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 49-127
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Schmidt, C.

2012 Ausgrabungen 1998-2001 in der Zentralen Oberstadt von Tall Mozan/Urkeš. Die Keramik der Früh-Ğazīra V bis Alt-Ğazīra II-Zeit
SUN A4
Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz
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Schneider, G. ; M. Daszkiewicz

2001 “Stone Ware and Ninevite 5: Notes on Composition and Technology of Pottery from Tell Brak”
in Oates, David - Oates, Joan - McDonald, Helen (eds), Excavations at Tell Brak. Vol. 2: Nagar in the III millennium BC
London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq, pp. 194-216
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Smogorzewska, Anna

2013 “Fenestrated pot stands in Ninevite 5 pottery tradition: New evidence from Tell Arbid (north–east Syria)”
Akkadica 134/2, pp. 187-199
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2014 “Ninevite 5 Kitchen Ware: Morphology and Technological Characteristic”
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 23, pp. 471-504
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2016 “The final stage of Ninevite 5 pottery: Morphological types, technology and diachronic analysis from Tell Arbid (north-east Syria)”
Iraq 78, pp. 175-214
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2018 Tell Arbit House and Household in a Changing Town, Excavations in Area D
Warsaw: Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw
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Stein, Diana L.

1984 Khabur Ware and Nuzi Ware: Their Origin, Relationship, and Significance
Assur 4/1
Malibu (CA): Undena
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Taniguchi, Y.

2003 “Ethnoarchaeological Research on a Modern Pottery Workshop in Qamishli, Syria”
Berytus 47, pp. 143-159
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«This study of a traditional pottery workshop in Qamishli, Syria, was undertaken in July 1999, within the framework of the Mozan/Urkesh Archaeological Project directed by Drs G Buccellati and M Kelly-Buccellati. The production at this workshop was entirely in the hands of the members of one family, the male potter making most of the ceramic containers while the women of the household built the traditional tannur or bread oven in the ancient coil method. It is suggested that the technical and social information gathered in the context of this and other living pottery workshops can be helpful in the study of ancient ceramic production techniques, as well as informative about gender issues related to the division of labour in a family production unit.» (Author’s abstract).

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Thissen, L.C.

1989 “An Early Bronze III Pottery Region between the Middle Euphrates and Habur. New Evidence from Tell Hammam at-Turkman”
in Haex, O.M.C., Curvens, H.H., Akkermans, Peter M.M.G. (eds), To the Euphrates and Beyond. Archaelogical Studies in Honor of Maurits N. Van Loon
Rotterdam-Brookfield: A.A. Balkema, pp. 195-211
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Tunca, Ö. ; M. Miftah

2007 “Chantier D. Phase II. Stratigraphie, Architecture, Installations”
in Tunca, Ö., McMahon, A., Baghdo, A. (eds), Chagar Bazar (Syrie) II. Les vestiges « post-akkadiens » du chantier D et études diverses
Louvain: Peeters, pp. 11-67
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