The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project: a final report from the 1999 field season
- 23 December 2002
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Anatolian Studies
- Vol. 52, 19-74
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3643077
Abstract
During the summer of 1999 members of the Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP) conducted archaeological excavations and surveys at two sites in the upper Tigris river region of southeastern Turkey. This article presents the results of that research. At the site of Boztepe excavations yielded four Halaf period burials, all of which contained grave goods, and an Iron Age house dated by C14 to the Assyrian Imperial period. Intensive surveys at Talavaş Tepe and Boztepe have refined the chronology and size of both sites. Although the exposures of the Halaf period are very small, these data add important insights into Halaf mortuary practices, while evidence from both Boztepe and Talavaş Tepe supplements our understanding of the upper Tigris river region during the Iron Age.Keywords
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