New Horizons in Ancient Syria
The View from ʾAtij
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4587338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michel Fortin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-24 |
| Publication date | 1998-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3210673 |
| OpenAlex | W2316335118 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Sensational discoveries made at sites of large cities of the third and second millennia BCE have drawn much attention to Syrian archaeology in recent years. But civilization is not based solely on cities-like the now-famous Ebla-but also on villages and the countryside. A new conceptual framework that attempts to embrace the multiple facets of cultural evolution in this region has contributed to intense activity in salvage zones where archaeologists race to excavate sites and survey landscapes before they disappear
Ancient history · Archaeology · Civilization · Geography · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Geology · Paleontology
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2013 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |