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Montanans on Dig in Middle East Solve Puzzle University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present University Relations 11-3-1983 Montanans on dig in Middle East solve puzzle University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/newsreleases Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations, "Montanans on dig in Middle East solve puzzle" (1983). University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present. 8365. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/newsreleases/8365 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Relations at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. I IX, 93 of Montana Office of University Relations • Missoula, Montana 59812 • (406) 243-2522 MEDIA RELEASE dwyer/vsl 11-3-83 dai1ies + Northridge, Coeur d'Alene, Nashville, Portland, w/pic MONTANANS ON DIG IN MIDDLE EAST SOLVE PUZZLE By Maribeth Dwyer University Relations University of Montana MISSOULA— A puzzle long pondered by students of antiquities has been solved by a University of Montana team working on an archaeological dig at Qarqur in northwestern Syria. The city is on the Orontes River, about 30 miles frpm the Mediterranean and 12 miles from the Turkish border. Along with teams from Kansas State University, Brigham Young University and the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, the UM group worked on excavation of the most prominent tell in the Orontes Valley. Tell is Arabic for a mound made up of debris from successive periods of occupation. A major objective of the excavation was to learn more about the occupation patterns in antiquity of the valley, which is located in an area that was under Assyrian control or influence from about 900 B.C. until its fall in 612 B.C. Another aim was to settle the question of whether Qarqur was the same as the Qar Qar mentioned in Assyrian records from the Iron Age. These records describe a battle fought at Qar Qar in 853 B.C., in the Iron Age, by the Assyrian King Shalmaneser III against an alliance of petty kings, including Ahab of Israel. The similarity of the names led scholars to speculate that the present Tell Qarqur is on the site of the ancient Qar Qar. This theory was shaken, but not ruled out, by a preliminary survey of the tell in 1979 when a surface scour turned up virtually no Iron-Age artifacts. (over) Montanans solve puzzle--add one The excavation was sponsored by the American Schools of Oriental Research, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa. The ASOR is a consortium of North American colleges, universities and theological seminaries that coordinates archaelogical work in the Middle East. ASOR sponsorship of a dig implies quality control, so Middle-Eastern governments are reluctant to permit excavations not endorsed by the ASOR. The Syrian government authorized the excavation of the tell at Qarqur for five years. The first season's digging began May 28, 1983, and ended July 7. Most of the participants stayed in Syria another two weeks, writing reports and collating data in Damascus, and sightseeing. John Lundquist, professor of anthropology at BYU, directed the project. Janes FI anagan, chairman of religious studies at UM,- was assistant director. UM was given responsibility for one of the four areas on the tell excavated last summer. Tom Lee, UM faculty affiliate in religious studies, was an area supervisor on the UM section, as was Paul McNutt, who received a master's degree in June 1983 in interdisciplinary studies, with specialization in religious studies, anthropology and art. Lee and McNutt were assisted by Keith Schultz, UM junior in religious studies and economics. Schultz is the son of John H. and Julia A. Schultz of Missoula. 'y party included Johnnie Moore, associate professor of geology, and geology graduate student Russ Axelrod. They did the preliminary topographical survey and map for the excavation and served as consultants on geological questions about rocks and soils. They found time for some study of the Great Rift System, an opportunity afforded few western geologists. All six members of the UM team used their free time to see antiquities that were off the tourist beat. They visited Ebla, the well-publicized location of (more) I Montanans solve puzzle--add two archaeological studies of the Early Bronze Age; Ugarit, a major Canaanite city on the Mediterranean coast during the second millenium (1600 B.C.-1200 B.C.); and the ruins of Palmyra in central Syria. Palmyra was a Roman buffer state between Persia and the Roman Empire during the first few centuries of the Christian Era. But the most exciting moment for the UM party came not on their time off but at work at the tell when they found a south gate to the ancient city of Qar Qar. The gate was from the late Iron Age (roughly 700-600 B.C.). Found near it was a small bronze bowl whose shape, color and other characteristics clearly identified it as a prototype of Assyrian pottery of that period. Other artifacts from the period were also uncovered. The question of whether Qarqur and Qar Qar were the same moved from conjecture to certainty. Six Montanans from halfway across the world had made the most significant discovery of the excavation. #.
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