Open AccessPreliminary report on human remains from Tell Masaikh and Tell Ashara. Season 2009*
Author(s) -
Jacek Tomczyk
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
studia ecologiae et bioethicae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-826X
pISSN - 1733-1218
DOI - 10.21697/seb.2013.11.1.07
Subject(s) - mesopotamia , bronze age , chalcolithic , glory , archaeology , ancient history , bronze , excavation , geography , history , middle east , settlement (finance) , physics , optics , world wide web , computer science , payment
The middle Euphrates valley (Syria) is a very interesting and important region for the history of Mesopotamia. The excavations are currently carried out at Tell Ashara and Tell Masaikh. The first site is primarily the remains of a Bronze Age (2700–1500 BC). At Tell Masaikh were discovered the remains of a settlement from the Chalcolithic (4500 BC), and the Middle Bronze Age, as well as a huge governor’s palace from the times of the Assyrian empire’s days of glory (800–650 BC). The paper is a summary of anthropological research conducted in 2009. We have been excavated 80 human skeletons (50 individuals from Tell Masikh, and 30 from Tell Ashara).