EXCAVATIONS AT TELL UMM QSEIR
IN MIDDLE KHABUR VALLEY, NORTH SYRIA
Report of the 1996 Season
| Introduction | Akira TSUNEKI |
| Chapter
1. Environmental and
Archaeological Setting of the Middle Khabur Region |
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| 1. Landforms and Geology | Sadayuki AKAHANE |
| 2. Vegetation | Toru NAKAMURA |
| 3. Site and Stratigraphy | Yutaka MIYAKE |
| Chapter 2. Site and Stratigraphy | Akira TSUNEKI |
| Chapter 3. Phase 1: Halaf Period | |
| 1. Structures | Akira TSUNEKI |
| 2. Pottery | Yutaka MIYAKE |
| 3. Chipped and Ground Stone Artifacts | Makoto ARIMURA |
| 4. Other Objects | Akira TSUNEKI |
| Chapter 4. Phase 2-4: Later Periods | |
| 1. Structures | Akira TSUNEKI |
| 2. Pottery | Toru TOMITA |
| 3. Other Objects | Osamu MAEDA |
| Chapter 5. Discussion | |
| 1. Tholoi: Their Socio-Economic Aspects | Akira TSUNEKI |
| 2. New Light on the Middle Halaf
Period: Halaf Chronology Revised |
Yutaka MIYAKE |
| 3. Halaf Chipped Stone Industry of Tell Umm Qseir | Osamu MAEDA |
| 4. Late Chalcolithic Chronology in
Syria and Northern Mesopotamia |
Toru TOMITA |
| Concluding Remarks | Akira TSUNEKI |
| Bibliography | |
| Appendixes | |
| 1. Human Skeletal Remains | Hajime ISHIDA and Hirofumi MATSUMOTO |
| 2. Animal Bones | Toyohiro NISIMOTO |
| 3. AMS C14 Results | Hiroyuki KITAGAWA and J. van der PLICHT |
| 4. Domestic Life in Tnenir Village | Etsuko KURATA |
Edited by Akira TSUNEKI and Yutaka MIYAKE, 1998, TSUKUBA