EARLY BRONZE AGE KARKEMISH IN CONTEXT: A VIEW FROM RECENT INVESTIGATIONS ON THE ACROPOLIS MOUND

SARA PIZZIMENTI, AGNESE VACCA

The Early Bronze Age occupation at Karkemish has long been debated in the archaeological literature with the main narrative based on a scarce amount of data coming from soundings carried out by the pioneering British Museum excavations at the beginning of the 20th century. The recent resumption of archaeological investigations at the site by the Turco-Italian Archaeological Expedition is providing fresh data to improve our knowledge on the earlier occupational levels of Karkemish. A deep sounding, excavated on the Acropolis, has revealed a long and seamless sequence of architectural levels spanning the mid to late 3rd millennium BC and beyond. This evidence allows us to speculate on the Early Bronze Age occupational history of the site and to review old interpretations in light of new contextual data.

Sara Pizzimenti is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Art History at the University of Pisa.

Agnese Vacca is Tenure-Track Researcher at the University of Milan.

Full Bibliographic Reference

Pizzimenti S., Vacca A., Early Bronze Age Karkemish in Context: a View from Recent Investigations on the Acropolis Mound, SMEA NS 10, 2024, 161-190.

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KEYWORDS

Karkemish; Early Bronze Age; Stratigraphy; Pottery; Connections

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