OVERVIEW / INTRODUCTION / ^09s
1: G. Buccellati, March 2002

Outline
The main sections (top bar)

1. Introductory sections

	Overview of the archaeo­logical site of Tell Mozan, ancient Urkesh, for the occasional visitor, with general background information about the history, the archaeology and the project
	Project informs the visitor about the organization that lays behind our archaeological endeavor, and the people that make it possible
	Website describes the conceptual goals and the design of urkesh.org, with a full site map and other technical details about the digital aspects of the website
	Education assists non-specialists, from children to lay persons, to gain a deeper insight into the discoveries at Urkesh

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2. Specialized synthesis

	Methodology is a scholarly section that deals with the operational aspects of the excavation and the follow-up research
	Setting presents the individual excavation units, and within them the sequences that can be identified in the ground
	Typology offers a thorough overview of the major individual finds, from architecture to objects, sorted by category
	Interpretation is a scholarly section that builds on the data and presents our own reconstruction of the Urkesh cultural universe

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3. Detailed documentation and dissemination

	Community includes events, activities and updates in the local Mozan community and state of the site.
	Preservation describes the principles that govern our approach to conservation and restoration viewed as an integral part of the publication process, and the concrete results obtained so far.
	Record gives the full documentary evidence for each of the excavation units
	e-Library offers a complete bibliography, with extensive abstracts and the full online version of books and articles by staff members

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	Search provides the standard tools and utilitites for working online within the web site
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