The intensification of fieldwork in northern Mesopotamia, the upper region of the Tigris-
Euphrates basin, has revealed two cycles of expansion and reduction in social complexity …

Long-term excavations at Arslantepe, Malatya (Turkey), have revealed the development, in
the fourth millennium BC, of a precocious palatial system with a monumental building …

In the 5th and 4th millennia BC, complex societies developed in Eastern Anatolia, Northern
(Upper) Mesopotamia, and Southern (Lower) Mesopotamia. This paper examines the …

Excavation and systematic surface collection since 1999 have revealed the outlines of a
unique site in Northern Mesopotamia. Khirbat al-Fakhar is an extensive settlement of 300 …

This paper summarises the main achievements obtained in the course of 50 years of
excavations at Arslantepe (and particularly in the past three decades) relating to the …

Cities generate challenges as well as confer advantages on their inhabitants. Recent
excavations and surveys in northern Mesopotamia have revealed extensive settlements with …

Few archaeologists can be unaware of the remarkable discoveries made in the late fourth
millennium BC precincts of Ami and Eanna at the ancient city of Uruk in southern …

The 2003–2006 Suburban Survey at Tell Brak investigated the spatial dimensions of the
city's urban origins and evolution via intensive systematic surface survey. This report places …

This work synthesizes and critically evaluates the results of field surveys conducted over the
last 20 years in southern (lower) and northern (upper) Mesopotamia, with emphasis placed …

A model describing the layout of Early Bronze Age Mesopotamian states is synthesized
using a range of off-site and on-site data from Syria, Iraq, and Turkey. These allow the …