A Ceremonial Center for the Living and the Dead
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4960455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gloria London (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 216-225 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.5615/neareastarch.74.4.0216 |
| OpenAlex | W2485776995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
Tall al-‘Umayri finds reveal an intact Early Bronze I dolmen, a unique Late Bronze II temple or shrine, and a Late Bronze/Iron Age four-room building packed with collared-rim storage jars. A huge pit filled with animal bones and Late Bronze/Iron Age pottery holds the remains of feasts celebrated at a small nonurban site. People periodically visited this safe and sacred venue near a perennial water source to engage in social and possibly ceremonial events at temples or shrines. Mortuary remains and feasting suggest situations involving the marzea? social institution as known from Ugaritic, biblical, and other written sources
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Geography · Iron Age · Pottery · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |