DAMAGED REPRESENTATION THE FIGURINES frOM BRONZE AGE TELL SABI ABYAD, SYRIA AND THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF DISREGArd Noah Wiener Cover photos both taken at Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria in 1992 (background image) and 2003 (figurine). The background image shows the 1992 field campaign’s excavation of the Late Bronze Age architecture, and the figurine in the center is object S03-810, a ‘stone spirit’ discussed extensively in this paper. Damaged Representation: The Figurines from Bronze Age Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria, and the Archaeology of Disregard. Noah Wiener Course: Master Research and Thesis Course Code: ARCH 1044WY Student Number: s1053795 Supervisor: Professor Dr. Peter Akkermans Specialization: Archaeology of the Ancient Near East University of Leiden, Faculty of Archaeology Leiden, November 2011 Noah Wiener
[email protected] Noah Wiener 114 Jefferson Rd. Princeton, NJ 08540 The United States of America (+1) 609-240-2669 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE 1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................5 1.1. A GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK .............................5 1.2. THE SITE AND HISTORY OF BRONZE AGE TELL SABI ABYAD..............................................6 1.3. OBJECTS EXAMINED ...............................................................................................................9 1.4. RESEARCH METHODS .............................................................................................................9 1.5. PREVIOUS