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Once There Was a Place: Settlement Archaeology at Chagar Bazar, 1999-2002

Once There Was a Place: Settlement Archaeology at Chagar Bazar, 1999-2002

2010

Author: Augusta McMahon with Carlo Colantoni, Julia Frane and Arkadiusz Soltysiak

Volume: 2010

Format: Paperback, 428p, 88 plates

ISBN: 9780903472272

Price: £25.00

This volume presents the research of the British team within the modern excavations at the northern Mesopotamian site of Chagar Bazar, resumed in 1999 after a 62-year hiatus since the excavations of Max Mallowan.  It incorporates settlement archaeology approaches and theoretical ideas of “place” in exploring the site and its internal and external landscapes.  The primary focus is the settlement during the early 2nd millennium BC (Old Babylonian Period, post-Samsi-Addu), its final ancient occupation. The authors have taken a contextual approach, integrating aspects of the settlement’s internal variations, including both community and private architecture, together with burial practices and symbolic and functional material culture.  While its political importance varied, Chagar Bazar’s persistence of occupation meant that it played a key role within the regional landscape as a meaningful landmark.
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