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Introduction
For a brief overview of the contents of the clips, see the Synopsis.
Video clips are used in a documentary mode to highlight, through motion, moments that illustrate specific aspects of the record.
They are recorded as visuals along with the still photographs, and thus in principle they can be referred to as “views.” However, given their special nature, their relative infrequency, and their largely sitewide relevance, they are not normally included in the standard UGR formalization. Rick Hauser, a member of the senior staff and a filmmaker, has prepared an introductory essay that explains our approach to the crafting of films (and the posting of “videos”, as some are customarily called) for the Urkesh website. Click here to continue your exploration of these ideas.
The clips are listed here with a brief indication of their content, and they are then invoked wherever desirable within the Urkesh website or the UGR.
The distinction between film and video clips relates to whether the clip has been edited or not.
The primary list assigns numbers in the sequential order in which they have been posted.
The topical list sorts the video clips in relationship to their content.
For each clip, a separate file is invoked that gives a more detailed description of the clip and then allows to start viewing it.
Do note the links in each section. They provide either more information about the event or related information that may be helpful in interpretation. It is rare that such occurrences are documented with live footage; thus the importance of these links.
Please note: some of the clips are quite large and may require some time to load.
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Documentary Feature Film
Unwrapping Urkesh is a collaborative film document that features many of the Urkesh staff and crew. It was commissioned by Radiotelevisione svizzera and originally broadcast in Europe. Segments are featured where appropriate on this website.
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Topical list
CONSERVATION | site preservation | VC6 VC18 |
Walls as Containers Western Staircase |
glyptics | VC36 | Conservation with Sofia Bonetti | |
THE ELEMENTS | rain | VC7 | Rain Water Eddy in C2 |
sandstorm |
VC1 VC2 VC3 VC8 |
Sandstorm over the Excavations Sandstorm Approaching the Expedition House In the Eye of the Storm by the Expedition House In the Eye of the Storm by J5 |
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summer downpour | VC23 |
flood | |
EXCAVATIONS | tools |
VC13 VC15 VC4 VC31 |
J2 Dirt Removal J6 Fieldwork Using a Jackhammer in J3 Dirt Removal |
deposition |
VC14 VC16 | Brickfall as Marker Meeting of Centuries |
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burials |
VC22 | A Song for the Dead |
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interpretation |
VC25 | Mystery Room |
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camera view |
VC39 | Palace Courtyard |
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ANTHROPOLOGY | butcher |
VC9 VC10 VC11 |
Bull being Slaughtered Part I Bull being Slaughtered Part II Bull being Slaughtered Part III |
pottery | VC34 | M'saq's Kiln | |
DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS | CD version |
VC12 |
OH2 First Digital Publication |
OBJECTS | beads | VC17 | Meticulous Recovery |
figurines | VC19 | Animal Representation at Urkesh | |
obsidian | VC21 | Tracking Obsidian Sources (A16) | |
glyptics | VC33 | Miniscule Narrative on Sealings | |
pottery | VC27 VC28 VC29 |
Pottery as Text Ceramic Processing Ceramics Lab |
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INNOVATIONS | aerial photography |
VC20 VC26 |
Kite Photography Ingenious Inventions |
THE SITE | site tour |
VC24 VC30 VC32 VC35 |
Western Slope - Living space Walls J1 A16 Courtyard |
PRESENTATION | lectures |
VC37 VC38 |
Beirut lecture - excavations and preservation Pavia lecture - preservation |
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Primary list
- Sandstorm over the excavations
- Sandstorm approaching the Expedition House
- In the eye of the storm by the Expedition House
- Using a jackhammer in J3
- Walls as containers
- Rain water eddy in C2
- In the eye of the sandstorm by J5
- Bull being slaughtered Part I
- Bull being slaughtered Part II
- Bull being slaughtered Part III
- OH2 first digital publication
- J2 Dirt Removal
- J2 - Brickfall as Marker
- J6 Fieldwork
- Meeting of centuries
- Meticulous recovery: A15 bead necklace
- Conservation of Western Staircase with mortar
- Animal representations at Urkesh
- Using a kite for aerial photography at Urkesh
- Tracking obsidian to the source
- Burial - A song for the dead
- A flood
- Living space: a tour of the Western Slope
- Interpreting the spaces: Mystery Room
- Low and High tech: Ingenious Inventions
- Ceramics in graves: Pottery as Text
- Processing of pottery in the field - Ceramics
- Ceramics Lab
- Touring the palace - Walls
- Excavation methods - Dirt Removal
- J1 Raw Footage
- Urkesh Sealings: Miniscule narratives
- Building a modern kiln - M'saq's Kiln
- Touring the palace - A16 Courtyard
- Conservation with Sofia Bonnetti - Door Sealing
- Beirut lecture on Urkesh 4000-1300 B.C., Mozan 2011-2015 A.D.
- Pavia lecture on Past, Present, Future
- Palace Courtyard Camera Overhead View
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