Proto-Urbanism in the Late 5th Millennium BC: Survey and Excavations at Khirbat al-Fakhar (Hamoukar), Northeast Syria

Excavation and systematic surface collection since 1999 have revealed the outlines of a unique site in Northern Mesopotamia. Khirbat al-Fakhar is an extensive settlement of 300 ha, primarily occupied during the LC 1-2 periods (ca 4400-3800 cal. BC). Systematic surface collection, satellite imagery analysis, and targeted excavation allow a preliminary characterization of its settlement, in particular the abundance of evidence for intensive obsidian manufacture. This unexpectedly large and early settlement presents problems of demography, nature of sedentism, permanence of occupation, and obsidian manufacture and trade. In this article we discuss these issues in the light of current accounts of the development of societal complexity and urbanism in the region and argue that Khirbat al-Fakhar had characteristics of both villages and cities, qualifying it as proto-urban.Anthropolog

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Fifth-millennium BC Obsidian Production and Consumption in Area TW, Tell Brak

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Archaeological and Cultural Impact Assessment for the Construction of the Hodeidah to Midi Road

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Volcanological and Archaeological Program for Obsidian Research (VAPOR) - Afar

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The Destruction of Yemen and Its Cultural Heritage

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Tashakkul al-tadaris janub al-bahr al-ahmar fil 'asr al-muta'akhkhir qabl al tarikh (in Arabic) [The formation of the southern Red Sea landscape in the late prehistoric period ]

International audienceTashakkul al-tadaris janub al-bahr al-ahmar fil 'asr al-muta'akhkhir qabl al tarikh (in Arabic) [The formation of the southern Red Sea landscape in the late prehistoric period