Mobility and connection among the Early Bronze Age Syrian elite

J 2023

Mobility and connection among the Early Bronze Age Syrian elite

STANTIS, Chris; Georgina S. COMPTON; Arwa KHAROBI; Nina MAARANEN; Geoff M. NOWELL et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Mobility and connection among the Early Bronze Age Syrian elite

Autoři

STANTIS, Chris; Georgina S. COMPTON; Arwa KHAROBI ; Nina MAARANEN; Geoff M. NOWELL; Colin MACPHERSON; Ernest K. BATEY a Glenn M. SCHWARTZ

Vydání

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Elsevier, 2023, 2352-409X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60102 Archaeology

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.500

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00131569

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Isotopes Analysis; Mobility; Mesoptamia; Funerary Practices; Human Osteology

Štítky

14314070, rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 13. 10. 2023 10:03, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

The archaeological site of Umm el-Marra (in the Jabbul plain, western Syria), is a large, fortified urban center. Excavations have uncovered ten tomb structures built during the Early Bronze Age (ca. 2600–2150 BCE) that possibly contain royalty as evidenced by lavish grave goods and paleopathological evidence suggesting sociocultural buffering from the harsh social and physical environments of agricultural urban centers in the Bronze Age Near East. Inside adjacent brick installations are animal (primarily equid) skeletons interpreted as interments, possibly sacrifices in some instances, as part of ceremonies honoring the entombed. The burial site was eventually re-used as evidenced by a monumental platform above the tombs, interpreted as use for ritual activities of ancestor veneration. This study analyzed 87Sr/86Sr and δ18O values from enamel of 13 individuals interred in these tombs, along with enamel and bone samples from animals found in and around the tomb structures. Six of 13 (43 %) individuals analyzed in these tombs are identified as non-locals. Although contemporaneous data in the northern Levant is scarce, we see much higher evidence of human movement at Umm el-Marra compared to others. Only elites are included in this study, but their relative mobility might imply that the ancient city established its position as a secondary center along major trade routes through intermarriage and connectivity. The concept of ‘social memory’ is evident, as the lives and deaths of these elites are integrated into this site where ancestor veneration is evidenced in centuries following interment.

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Citovat

STANTIS, Chris; Georgina S. COMPTON; Arwa KHAROBI; Nina MAARANEN; Geoff M. NOWELL; Colin MACPHERSON; Ernest K. BATEY a Glenn M. SCHWARTZ. Mobility and connection among the Early Bronze Age Syrian elite. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Elsevier, 2023, roč. 51, October 2023, s. 1-11. ISSN 2352-409X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104142.

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ER  -

STANTIS, Chris; Georgina S. COMPTON; Arwa KHAROBI; Nina MAARANEN; Geoff M. NOWELL; Colin MACPHERSON; Ernest K. BATEY a Glenn M. SCHWARTZ. Mobility and connection among the Early Bronze Age Syrian elite. \textit{Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports}. Elsevier, 2023, roč.~51, October 2023, s.~1-11. ISSN~2352-409X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104142.

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