This article presents the results of a surface survey carried out at the site of Qala’at Halwanji in 2008. Qala’at Halwanji is located high on a cliff above the Sajour river in Northwestern Syria, and was occupied for brief periods in the late EB and MB II periods. The survey, which covered ca. 40 % of the 4 ha site, produced more than 12.000 ceramic sherds, and a few scores of objects, mostly from the MB II period, plausibly the 18th cent. BC, when the site apparently functioned as a fortress. The article provides a short introduction to the site, a typological overview of the ceramics, a catalogue of other objects collected, and some comments on the chronological, functional, and distributional patterns of the materials, also as they relate to the results of the test excavations carried out at the site 2008-9.
The 2008 Survey at Qala’at Halwanji (NW Syria)
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2023-01-01
Abstract
This article presents the results of a surface survey carried out at the site of Qala’at Halwanji in 2008. Qala’at Halwanji is located high on a cliff above the Sajour river in Northwestern Syria, and was occupied for brief periods in the late EB and MB II periods. The survey, which covered ca. 40 % of the 4 ha site, produced more than 12.000 ceramic sherds, and a few scores of objects, mostly from the MB II period, plausibly the 18th cent. BC, when the site apparently functioned as a fortress. The article provides a short introduction to the site, a typological overview of the ceramics, a catalogue of other objects collected, and some comments on the chronological, functional, and distributional patterns of the materials, also as they relate to the results of the test excavations carried out at the site 2008-9.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
