Davide Nadali – Holly Pittman – Andrea Polcaro (Eds.)
Ancient Lagash
Current Research and Future Trajectories
Proceedings of the Workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016
Sara Pizzimenti
S. 51 - 66
Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Abstract:
Transitional phases are usually characterized by multiple transformations, such as social, economic, cultural or ethnic. They are generally difficult to analyze because of the numerous events or internal influences. The transitional phase from the Uruk Culture to the Early Dynastic one, throughout the Jemdet Nast period, is one of these difficult phases. So far, the Jemdet Nasr period is still a little-known period. In southern Mesopotamia, Jemdet Nasr evidence has been recovered at the site of Uruk, Ur, Girsu and Fara. The new archaeological activities at Tell Zurghul, with the discovery of a transitional Late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr phase and a Jemdet Nasr phase in Area A, have provided new data regarding the passage from the 4th to the 3rd millennium BC in southern Mesopotamia and, more precisely, in the Lagash region.
Southern Mesopotamia, Tell Zurghul, Nigin, Uruk, Jemdet Nasr, Lagash region
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2022/12/27 14:19:28
Object Identifier:
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Rights:All rights reserved.For questions regarding copyright and copies please contact us by email.The State of Lagash was one of the major political powers in the Sumerian world of the 3rd millennium BC, with archaeological attestations at least since the 5th millennium BC. Located in present-day southern Iraq, this State incorporated three main cities: Girsu (Tello), Lagash (Tell al-Hiba), and Nigin (Tell Zurghul). The volume presents the results of studies and excavations carried on in these sites until 2015, providing new data for their historical interpretation. The volume collects contributions to the research at al-Hiba, under the supervision of H. Pittman, a section dedicated to the first archaeological campaign undertaken at the site of Nigin under the direction of D. Nadali and A. Polcaro, and the research on the site of Girsu under the joint direction of S. Rey and F. Husain.
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Der Staat von Lagash im heutigen Südirak war im 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr. eine der wichtigsten politischen Mächte im Sumer, und ist archäologisch seit dem 5. Jahrtausend v. Chr. belegt. Dieser Staat bestand aus den drei Hauptstädten Girsu (Tello), Lagash (Tell al-Hiba) und Nigin (Tell Zurghul). Der vorliegende Sammelband präsentiert die Ergebnisse von Studien und Aus-grabungen, die bis 2015 an diesen Standorten durchgeführt wurden, und liefert neue Daten für die historische Interpretation. Darunter finden sich Beiträge zur Forschung in al-Hiba (unter dem Vorsitz von H. Pittman), ein Abschnitt über die erste archäologische Kampagne am Standort Nigin (unter der Leitung von D. Nadali und A. Polcaro) sowie zu Forschungen an der alten Stadt von Girsu (unter der Leitung von S. Rey und F. Husain).
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