Excavations at Tell Nebi Mend, Syria
By: edited by Peter J. Parr
Series: Levant supplementary series -- vol. 16
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781782977865
Subjects: Material culture; History; Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities; Neolithic period; Social archaeology
Description: "The archaeological site of Tell Nebi Mend, a tell on the Homs plain in present-day Syria, is universally recognised as the location, first, of Qadesh (or Kadesh), where, in c. 1286 BC, the armies of Ramesses II of Egypt and Muwatalli II of Great Hatti fought the most famous battle of pre-classical antiquity, and, second, of Laodicea ad Libanum, founded most probably in the 3rd century BC as the capital of a district of the Seleucid empire. Collaborative excavations undertaken over 12 seasons aimed to fill a major gap in archaeological knowledge between the northern and southern Levant and to develop an understanding of the archaeology and early history of the Levantine Corridor independent of, and supplementing, that based on Palestinian and Biblical research"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical reference (pages 361-369).
Table of contents: title: v. 1; title: Part I. General introduction; title: The site and the excavations / Peter J. Parr; title: Part II. The pottery Neolithic occupation; title: Stratigraphy and chronology / Virginia Mathias and Peter J. Parr; title: Human burials / Virginia Mathias and Theya Molleson; title: The pottery / Virginia Mathias; title: The flint and obsidian artefacts / Lorraine Copeland; title: Miscellaneous objects, white ware and a textile impression / Virginia Mathias; title: Animal husbandry and domestication / Caroline Grigson; title: The charred plant remains / Katherine Smith and Lisa Moffett; title: Part III. The enclosure; title: The enclosure / Peter J. Parr.