Dear Colleague,
It is my pleasure to invite you to the nineteenth meeting of the Harvard History and Archaeology of Ancient Near Eastern Societies Workshop. Our speaker is Arnulf Hausleiter, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung, and currently visiting research scholar at ISAW.
The meeting takes place on Wednesday, February 3rd at 5:15 pm in HSM 201.
As always, a reception will follow the talk.
Kind regards,
Gojko Barjamovic
Lecturer on Assyriology
HARVARD HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN SOCIETIES WORKSHOP
presents a lecture by:
Arnulf Hausleiter
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung
The urban area of ancient Arbil
Excavations and Survey 2009 - 2015
Wednesday February 3rd at 5:15 pm
Semitic Museum, Room 201 ~~ 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Little is known about the urban area of ancient Arbil, counted among the few cities in the world with a continuous occupation from prehistory to modern times. At least since the Bronze Age, Arbil is known as important religious and economic center at the crossroads between Southern and Northern Mesopotamia and Iran. Recent fieldwork west of the famous Citadel revealed settlement remains ranging from the later Neo-Assyrian period (8th–7th centuries BC) reaching beyond the end of the Assyrian Empire at 612 BC. In addition to the 2009-2012 excavations, the first phase of a surface survey in the lower town has been completed, aimed at reconstructing ancient topography and environment of the Assyrian town as well as settlement patterns and occupation history of the urban area of Arbil
LOCATION:6 Divinity Ave, #201, Cambridge MA STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20160203T221500Z DTEND:20160203T233000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR