Equipment for Horses from the Period IVB Level (ca. 1000-800 BCE) at Tepe Hasanlu, Iran

Equipment for Horses from the Period IVB Level (ca. 1000-800 BCE) at Tepe Hasanlu, Iran
Author: Maude de Schauensee
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781949057232

This book presents for the first time the complete corpus of equipment for horses excavated by The Hasanlu Project in the Iron II level at Hasanlu Tepe, Iran. The equipment is varied, extensive, and in a context sealed as buildings collapsed during the violent surprise attack and resulting fire that destroyed the town. The equipment, most still in its primary location ready for active use, make it of particular, if not unique, importance. It is also remarkable in the quantity recovered, its variety and richness, the functional types that could be identified (riding, draft, ceremonial), and the amount that could be reconstructed. Its life context gives new information about equipment and usage not otherwise available and allows suggestions for the layered importance of the horse as evidenced by the equipment. No other book presents equipment for horses in a similar context and quantity because the preservation at Hasanlu is unique for this part of the Near East in this time period. The equipment also provides new insight into space use in Hasanlu, one of the most important Iron Age sites in northwest Iran. Findspots yield information about building use and reuse, some as stables. These and architectural alterations provide unique information regarding changes to the town over time, some of which most likely reflect changes in the dynamics of the region.

Equipment for Horses from the Period IVB Level at Tepe Hasanlu, Iran

Equipment for Horses from the Period IVB Level at Tepe Hasanlu, Iran
Author: Maude De Schauensee
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2024-12-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1949057240

This book presents for the first time the complete corpus of equipment for horses excavated by The Hasanlu Project in the Iron II level at Hasanlu Tepe, Iran. The equipment is varied, extensive, and in a context sealed as buildings collapsed during the violent surprise attack and resulting fire that destroyed the town. The equipment, most still in its primary location ready for active use, make it of particular, if not unique, importance. It is also remarkable in the quantity recovered, its variety and richness, the functional types that could be identified (riding, draft, ceremonial), and the amount that could be reconstructed. Its life context gives new information about equipment and usage not otherwise available and allows suggestions for the layered importance of the horse as evidenced by the equipment. No other book presents equipment for horses in a similar context and quantity because the preservation at Hasanlu is unique for this part of the Near East in this time period. The equipment also provides new insight into space use in Hasanlu, one of the most important Iron Age sites in northwest Iran. Findspots yield information about building use and reuse, some as stables. These and architectural alterations provide unique information regarding changes to the town over time, some of which most likely reflect changes in the dynamics of the region.

Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran

Peoples and Crafts in Period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran
Author: Maude de Schauensee
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2012-12-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1934536385

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has had a long-standing interest in the archaeology of Iran. In 1956, Robert H. Dyson, Jr., began excavations south of Lake Urmia at the large mounded site of Hasanlu. Although the results of these excavations await final publication, the Hasanlu Special Studies series—of which this monograph is the fourth volume—describes and analyzes specific aspects of technology, style, and iconography. This volume describes a group of ongoing research projects, most of which provide new information on Iron Age technology. A theme that runs through these studies is the degree to which ancient workers varied the composition of their products to create desirable colors and textures. The book begins with a description of the wooden furniture fragments along with fittings and decorative elements for furniture. It presents the first detailed description of the charred textiles, and places these textiles in their archaeological contexts, suggesting the roles that textiles may have played in daily life. Later chapters assess the significance of Hasanlu in the history of glassmaking, describe the archaeometallurgy of the Hasanlu IVB bronzes, and present a catalog of the bladed weapons. Also, the book presents the evidence for deliberate violence against individuals as indicated by their skeletal injuries and the results of a project undertaken to determine whether DNA could be used to obtain a better understanding of the population history at Hasanlu.

Hasanlu V

Hasanlu V
Author: Michael D. Danti
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2013-07-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1934536628

Hasanlu V provides archaeologists with a new, more accurate chronology of Hasanlu, the largest and arguably the most important archaeological site in the Gadar River Valley of northwestern Iran. This revised chronology introduces Hasanlu Periods VIa, V, and IVc for the first time. Based on new findings, the report overturns current constructions of the origins of the archaeological culture in Hasanlu, which sought to link the Monochrome Burnished Ware Horizon (formerly known as the Early Western Grey Ware Horizon) to the migration of new peoples into western Iran in the later second millennium B.C. Hasanlu V shows instead that the Monochrome Burnished Ware Horizon developed gradually from indigenous traditions. This reappraisal has important implications for our understanding of Indo-Iranian migrations into the Zagros region.

East of Assyria

East of Assyria
Author: Robert H. Dyson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1989
Genre: Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN:

Expedition

Expedition
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1989
Genre: Anthropology
ISBN:

Archaeology of Iran in the Historical Period

Archaeology of Iran in the Historical Period
Author: Kamal-Aldin Niknami
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2020-05-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 303041776X

This collection of twenty-eight essays presents an up-to-date survey of pre-Islamic Iran, from the earliest dynasty of Illam to the end of Sasanian empire, encompassing a rich diversity of peoples and cultures. Historically, Iran served as a bridge between the earlier Near Eastern cultures and the later classical world of the Mediterranean, and had a profound influence on political, military, economic, and cultural aspects of the ancient world. Written by international scholars and drawing mainly on the field of practical archaeology, which traditionally has shared little in the way of theories and methods, the book provides crucial pieces to the puzzle of the national identity of Iranian cultures from a historical perspective. Revealing the wealth and splendor of ancient Iranian society – its rich archaeological data and sophisticated artistic craftsmanship – most of which has never before been presented outside of Iran, this beautifully illustrated book presents a range of studies addressing specific aspects of Iranian archaeology to show why the artistic masterpieces of ancient Iranians rank among the finest ever produced. Together, the authors analyze how archaeology can inform us about our cultural past, and what remains to still be discovered in this important region.

Tappeh Sialk

Tappeh Sialk
Author: Jebrael Nokandeh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2019
Genre: Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN: 9781916253803

Mesopotamian Civilization

Mesopotamian Civilization
Author: Daniel T. Potts
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780485930016

Likely to become a standard work for students of the ancient Near East, and for those interested in the high cultures of the region, this account is also a highly accessible repository of information valuable to archaeologists, anthropologists, etc

Chronologies in Old World Archaeology

Chronologies in Old World Archaeology
Author: Robert W. Ehrich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1113
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780226194479

Provides the chronological framework and reference materials necessary to investigate and interpret origins, relationships, and processes such as diffusion, migration, local evolution, change or survival, and the like covering the period from the earliest settlements down to a natural breaking point