Equids have shaped past Eurasian societies in many ways. This applies in particular to
domestic horses, donkeys, and their hybrids. Key to documenting modes of exploitation and …

At Umm el-Marra in western Syria, a sequence of Bronze Age ritual installations facilitates
the investigation of how Syrian elites employed memory, ancestor veneration, and animal …

Les productions artisanales de l'homme font partie des témoins culturels les plus pertinents
pour l'étude des périodes préhistoriques et protohistoriques, dans la mesure où elles sont …

Sacrifice is not simply an expression of religious beliefs. Its highly symbolic nature lends
itself to various kinds of manipulation by those carrying it out, who may use the ritual in …

This study provides the most comprehensive archaeological survey of deliberate donkey
burials in the ancient Near East. It comprises the updated results from a chapter of my …

The Umm el-Marra Project is investigating the genesis and early history of societal
complexity at a “second-tier” center of western Syria, focusing on the Early, Middle, and Late …

The discovery of 17,000 tablets at the mid-third millennium BC site of Ebla in Syria has
revolutionized the study of the ancient Near East. This is the first major English-language …

This paper discusses the role played by metal procurement and distribution in the intense
relationships established between mobile, pastoral communities of the northern and north …

Religion is a phenomenon that is inseparable from human society. It brings about a set of
emotional, ideological and practical elements that are pervasive in the social fabric of any …

The Arslantepe Royal Tomb : new funerary customs and political changes in the upper
Euphrates valley at the beginning of the thi Page 1 The excavations at Arslantepe have brought …