Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the 12 April – 16 April 2010, the and UCL, London

Volume 3 Fieldwork & Recent Research Posters

Edited by Roger Matthews and John Curtis with the collaboration of Michael Seymour, Alexandra Fletcher, Alison Gascoigne, Claudia Glatz, St John Simpson, Helen Taylor, Jonathan Tubb and Rupert Chapman

2012 Harrassowitz Verlag · Wiesbaden

ISBN 978-3-447-06686-0 Contents

Fo r e w o r d o f t h e Ed i t o r s ...... x i Pr o g r a m m e o f t h e Co n g r e s s ...... x i i i

VOLUME THREE

Fi e l d w o r k & Re c e n t Re s e a r c h

Ca r o l e McCa r t n e y Excavations at Ayia Varvara Asprokremnos ...... 3 In n a Ma t e i c i u c o v á , Ma r e k Vl a c h , Ja k u b Ma t o u š e k , Pe t e r Mi l o , To m á š Te n c e r Surface Survey and Geophysical Prospection in the Micro-region of Arbid, NE : A Preliminary Report ...... 17 Je a n -Da n i e l Fo r e s t , Ré g i s Va l l e t , Jo h n n y Sa m u e l e Ba l d i tell Feres al Sharqi: A 5th-4th Millennium Site in the Drainage Basin...... 33 Ma r i n a Pu t u r i d z e , El e n a Ro v a the Joint Shida Kartli Archaeological Project: Aims and Results of the First Field Season (Autumn 2009) ...... 51 Fa r h a d Gu l i y e v , Yo s h i h i r o Ni s h i a k i excavations at the Neolithic settlement of Göytepe, the Middle Kura Valley, Azerbaijan, 2008–2009 ...... 71 Be r t i l l e Ly o n n e t , Fa r h a d Gu l i y e v Recent Research on the Chalcolithic Period in Western Azerbaijan ...... 85 Br a d l e y J. Pa r k e r In the Shadow of Ararat: Preliminary Results from Intensive Surveys in Naxçivan, Azerbaijan ...... 99 Ch r i s t i a n Ko n r a d Pi l l e r Landscape Archaeology South of the Caspian Sea: Some New Insights.....119 Ma k o t o Ar i m u r a , Bo r i s Ga s p a r y a n , Ch r i s t i n e Ch a t a i g n e r Prehistoric Sites in Northwest Armenia: Kmlo-2 and Tsaghkahovit ...... 135 El e n a Ro v a A New Group of Seal Impressions from Tell Beydar ...... 151 Gi o a cc h i n o Fa l s o n e , Pa o l a Sc o n z o tell Shiyukh Tahtani, Syria Report of the 2006-09 Seasons ...... 167 VI Contents

Ed g a r Pe l t e n b u r g , To n y J. Wi l k i n s o n , An d r e a Ri cc i , Da n La w r e n c e , An d r e w McCa r t h y , El e a n o r B. Wi l k i n s o n , Pa u l Ne w s o n , Si l v i a Pe r i n i The Land of (Syria) Project: The Sajur Triangle ...... 191 Fr a n c e s c a Ba ff i excavations at Tell Tuqan: New Results ...... 205 Mo n i c a Da Ro s Late II Residential Architecture at Qatna ...... 223 Si l v i a Pe r i n i Frequency and Distribution of Ceramic Functional Categories at Tell Ahmar (Syria) during the Middle Bronze Age Ii (c. 1800-1600 Bc) ...... 235 Li s a -Ma r i e Sh i l l i t o Daily Activities, Resource Use and Diet at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, – Micro-Stratigraphic and Biomolecular Evidence from Middens ...... 249 Mo h s e n Ze i d i , Si m o n e Ri e h l ,Ha n n e s Na p i e r a l a , Ni c h o l a s J. Co n a r d Chogha Golan: A PPN Site in the Foothills of the Zagros Mountains, Ilam Province, Iran (Report on the First Season of Excavation in 2009) ...... 259 Ah m a d Az a d i , En r i c o As c a l o n e , Lu c a Pe y r o n e l the First Season (2009) of Archaeological Research by the Iranian- Italian Joint Expedition at Qaleh Kutchek, Halil Valley (Jiroft, Kerman Province, SE Iran) ...... 277 Th o m a s Zi m m e r m a n n Lapanu – Let (It) Glow! – Recent Archaeometric Analyses of Hattian and Hittite Metalwork ...... 303 Ti m o t h y Ma t n e y , Di r k Wi c k e , Jo h n Ma c Gi n n i s , Ke m a l e tt i n Kö r o ğ l u Uncovering a Provincial Capital of the Assyrian Empire: the Ziyaret Tepe Archaeological Expedition 1997-2010 ...... 313 Se r e n a Ma r i a Ce cc h i n i , Fa b r i z i o Ve n t u r i A Sounding at Arslan Tash. Re-visiting the ‘Bâtiment aux ivoires’ ...... 325 Co r r a d o Al v a r o Malatya-. Reconstruction of the Architectural Remains According to Recent Excavations ...... 343 Pa u l Bo o n , Ma r t i n e d e Vr i e s -Me l e i n A New Look at Cylinder Seals – Digitization of 5 Seals from the De Liagre Böhl Collection, Leiden, The Netherlands ...... 357 D’a r n e O’Ne i l l south Arabian Figurines: A Preliminary Overview the Awam Cemetery Repertoire, Marib Oasis, Yemen ...... 373 Ol o f Pe d e r s é n Ancient Near East on Google Earth: Problems, Preliminary Results, and Prospects ...... 385 Contents VII

Po s t e r s

Ou l a Al Mh d i Al To u n s i Les Temples et les Bâtiments Interprétés comme des Temples au Levant (Bronze Récent et âge du Fer I-II) ...... 397 An n a An g u i s s o l a , Le o n a r d o Bo c h i cc h i o , An t o n i o Ca l a b r ò , Si l v a n a Co s t a Challenging Local Traditions: The South-Western Necropolis at in ...... 417 Em i l i e Ba d e l Revisiting Sialk I and II from Ghirshman’s Excavations in the 30s ...... 437 Do m i n i q u e Be y e r , Ju l i e Pa t r i e r Les Fouilles de Zeyve Höyük – Porsuk, l’ancienne hittite? ...... 455 Co s t a n z a Co pp i n i Changes and Evolutions of Khabur Ware during the Middle and Late Bronze Age: the Case of Drinking Vessels ...... 465 La u r a Co r d e r a , Al e s s i a Fa s s o n e , En r i c o Fe r r a r i s , Si m o n e Na n n u cc i Kerameikos – A New Software for Archaeological Ceramic Materials 473 He l e n Cr o s s m a n Contextual Analysis of Economic and Social Networks: the Circulation of Bronze Age Soft-stone Artefacts in Bahrain and Cyprus ...... 477 Su z a n n e Di b o The Diversity and Convergence of Planning in the Syro-Mesopotamian World in the 3rd Millennium ...... 485 Ag n è s Ga r c i a -Ve n t u r a From Engendering to Ungendering: Revisiting the Analyses of Ancient Near Eastern Scenes of Textile Production ...... 505 Fa b r i z i o Gi o v a n n e t t i A Revaluation of the Chronology of the Burnt Palace of Level V at Beycesultan ...... 517 An n a Gó m e z Ba c h , He l e n a Ca l v o De l Ca s t i l l o , Wa l t e r Cr u e l l s , Da v i d St r i v a y , Mi q u e l Mo l i s t Black, Red And White: Characterizing Neolithic Ceramic Productions in the Middle Euphrates Valley ...... 527 Sa n d r a He i n s c h , Wa l t e r Ku n t n e r open Access e-Library Cuneiform Tablets ...... 537 Sa n d r a He i n s c h , Wa l t e r Ku n t n e r , Ha y k Av e t i s y a n , Gi u s e pp e Na p o n i e l l o , Al e s s a n d r o Be z z i , Lu c a Be z z i WebGIS Database Armenia ...... 539 Ar n a u d Le f e b v r e , Ca t h e r i n e Ab a d i e -Re y n a l , Je a n -Sy l v a i n Ca i l l o u Contribution of Physical Anthropology in the Study of the Graves from -on-the-Euphrates (Turkey) ...... 543 VIII Contents

Gi o v a n n a Li b e r o t t i Architectural and Archaeometric Analyses of Buildings and Building Materials from Late Chalcolithic Arslantepe (Malatya, Turkey) ...... 579 Cr i s t i n a Mo n d i n Preliminary Remarks on the Late Red Slip Ware from /Kemerhisar ...... 593 Al i c e Mo u t o n , Ju l i e Pa t r i e r , Is a b e l l e Sa c h e t The ViGMA Project - Life and Death in Antiquity: Individual Rites of Passage in the Ancient Near East ...... 609 Gi u l i a An n a l i n d a Ne g l i a Interpreting the Urban Structures Underlying the Medina: Archaeology without Excavation ...... 617 Ge o r g Ne u m a n n The Ancient Near East Meets the Internet… Propylaeum – Virtual Library Classical Studies – Ancient Near Eastern Studies ...... 629 Ro cc o Pa l e r m o A Parthian Domestic Complex at Tell Barri ...... 637 Ra ff a e l l a Pa pp a l a r d o The Islamic Common Ware from Tell Barri: A Preliminary Study...... 647 Ja n Pe t r i k , An t o n í n Pr i c h y s t a l Petroarchaeological Investigation of the So-called ‘Other Stone Industry’ from Tell Arbid Abyad, Syria ...... 657 Ma t t i a Ra cc i d i Chariot Terracotta Models from Tell Arbid and Tell Barri. A Typological and Functional Analysis ...... 673 Sa n d r a Ro s e n d a h l Lithic Raw Material Sourcing by Satellite: A Case Study from Cyprus ...... 683 Ma u r a Sa l a An EB IVB (2200-2000 BC) Farmers’ Community at Khirbet al-Batrawy (North-Central Jordan) ...... 697 Ch e r r a Wy l l i e , Fr a n k Ho l e Personal Adornment in the Epi-Paleolithic of the Levant ...... 707