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C

Overview

The system

Thematic

1. Site overall

2. Structures
- AP: Tupkish palace
- BT: Temple terrace
- JP: Temple plaza

3. Topical
- TBH: Burial analysis
- TBO: Paleobotany
- TCR: Ceramics
- TEP: Epigraphy & Texts
- TFH: Human figurines
- TFA: Animal figurines
- TGL: Glyptics
- TGE: Glyptics (ED)
- TMT: Metals
- TSC: School Project
- TZO: Paleozoology

Excavation Areas

AA (Palace Area)

Excavation Units

Zone A
- A1: Palace sector AB
- A2: Palace NW
- A3: sounding
- A4: sounding
- A5: Palace sector AB
- A6: Palace kitchen
- A7: Palace NW
- A8: Palace staircase
- A9: Center-north
- A10: Kitchen of AK
- A11: Khabur houses
- A12: The ābi
- A13: Center-west
- A14: lower sacral area
- A15: Reception area
- A16: paved court (SW)
- A17: SE sector
- A18: Formal wing
- A19
- A20: Mittani serv. quarter
Zone B
- B1: Temple entrance
- B2: Temple central
- B3: north of Temple
- B4: west of Temple
- B5: southwest of Temple
- B6: trench connecting to Zone C
- B7: midway to Temple
Zone C
Zone J
Zone K
- K1: Citadel wall
Outer city
Special
- S6: path to Palace

The Urkesh Global Record (Version 1, Beta release)

The primacy of stratigraphy

Giorgio Buccellati – November 2024

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Stratigraphy and the rest

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Observation and interpretation

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“Wrong” observations

not really

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Impact on strategy

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