Archaeology of the bronze age, Hellenistic, and Roman remains at an ancient town on the Euphrates River; 2v.1885923333 Archaeology of the bronze age Bronze Age, period in the development of technology when metals were first used regularly in the manufacture of tools and weapons. Pure copper and bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, were used indiscriminately at first; this early period is sometimes called the , Hellenistic, and Roman remains at an ancient town on the Euphrates River Euphrates River Turkish Firat Nehri Arabic Nahr al Furat River, Middle East. The largest river in Southwest Asia, it rises in Turkey and flows southeast across Syria and through Iraq. ; 2v. Holland, Thomas A. Oriental Inst./U.of Chicago 2006 680+ pages $185.00 Hardcover Excavations at Tell Es-Sweyhat, Syria; v.2 DS94 Holland (Oriental Institute of the U. of Chicago) present the final report from his Oriental Institute concerning the archaeological and landscape investigations at the Bronze Age settlement of Tell es- Sewyhat, Syria, located on the upper Euphrates Rive rive v. rived, riv·en also rived, riv·ing, rives v.tr. 1. To rend or tear apart. 2. To break into pieces, as by a blow; cleave or split asunder. 3. at the northern end of the present Lake Assad, and includes material from excavations dating between 1973 and 1992. The material is presented in two parts, the first contains textual materials reporting on soundings and excavation in the lower town and its defensive rampart, excavations in the inner town, pottery assemblages, small finds, potters' marks, and incised incised /in·cised/ (in-sizd´) cut; made by cutting. pottery. The second part, a separate volume, contains all the graphic materials, including 340 plates and 335 figures illustrating site plans and, primarily, pottery and pottery shard finds. Three removable foldout fold·out n. 1. Printing A folded insert or section, as of a cover, whose full size exceeds that of the regular page. 2. A piece or part, as of furniture, that folds out or down from a closed position. maps of the site are also included. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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