C. Mee: Rhodes in the Bronze Age. An Archaeological Survey. Pp. vi+150; 8 tables, 41 plates, 3 maps and plans. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1982. Paper, £24.

1984 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-147
Author(s):  
Sinclair Hood
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
The Bronze Age

Copper Mining at Mount Gabriel, Co. Cork: Bronze Age Bonanza or Post-Famine Fiasco?

1983 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Stephen Briggs
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Copper Mining ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Mining Sites ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Bronze Age

The background to discoveries of early mining sites in southwest Ireland is examined. Particular attention is devoted to the workings at Mount Gabriel, currently believed to date from the Bronze Age. Working principally from historical sources it is concluded that the site was exploited in shallow workings and trial pits between c. 1852 and 1862. Theories concerning the output of these and other Irish mines are discussed. Palaeoenvironmental and archaeological survey as well as documentary research are recommended to help solve the many outstanding problems.

Urartian Irrigation Works.

1972 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 179-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Burney
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Near East ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Ancient Near East ◽  
Eastern Anatolia ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
The Bronze Age

If there is one aspect of life in the ancient Near East which may be taken as a common factor between lands and cities so far removed in space and time as Sumer and Urartu, Eridu and Van, it is irrigation. This is a subject crying out for more research, especially on the ground. Here too is a link between Seton Lloyd's excavations at Eridu and in the Diyala region, his publication of Sennacherib's acqueduct and his later interest in Urartu. The writer can claim first-hand knowledge only of the last. Without Seton Lloyd's encouragement in the Institute at Ankara and likewise during the weeks spent as an assistant during the first season's excavations at Beycesultan, the writer would scarcely have set out on his first archaeological survey in northern Anatolia, followed by that in the Pontic region of Tokat and Amasya (1955). These two surveys were but the prelude to those of 1956 and 1957 in eastern Anatolia. These, undertaken initially in the expectation of discovering mounds of the Bronze Age and earlier periods, became instead largely a revelation of the great number of Urartian sites, including numerous fortresses recognizable as such from their surface remains.

Preliminary findings from the 2010 archaeological survey in Lake Dian Basin, Yunnan

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
The United States ◽  
Han Dynasty ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Survey Team ◽  
The Bronze Age

AbstractIn 2010, a joint archaeological survey team organized by the scholars from China, the United States and Canada conducted archaeological survey in the southern and western parts of the Lake Dian Basin. The surveyed areas involved three towns, which were Kunyang in Jinning County and Haikou and Biji in Xishan District, Kunming City, covering areas of about 74sq km. The survey methods included onsite survey, core observation and hand coring test. The survey discovered two microlithic sites, 21 sites of the Bronze Age, five sites containing remains of both the Bronze Age and the Han Dynasty and one site of the Han Dynasty.

Rhodes in the Bronze Age: An Archaeological Survey

Phoenix ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Sara A. Immerwahr ◽  
Christopher Mee
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
The Bronze Age

TECHNOLOGICAL AND PROVENANCE ANALYSIS OF AN EARLY AND MIDDLE CYCLADIC POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE FROM THERASIA, GREECE

2018 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia Kordatzaki ◽  
Kostas Sbonias ◽  
Emeri Farinetti ◽  
Iris Tzachili
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Surface Treatments ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Provenance Analysis ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Variable Surface ◽  
The Bronze Age

During the archaeological survey research project ‘Island Cultures in a Diachronic Perspective: the case of Therasia’, large amounts of pottery were recorded throughout the island of Therasia, ranging in date from the Bronze Age to modern times. Focusing on the prehistoric period, pottery of the Early Cycladic and late Middle Cycladic periods was recovered at Panaghia Koimisis, which is situated on the southern part of the island. This paper presents the petrographic data and results of the analysis carried out on pottery samples which are representative of variable surface treatments and different macro-fabrics of these two prehistoric periods. Tackling issues of provenance and technology, the current scientific analysis attests the coexistence of Theran and off-Theran pottery fabrics already at Panaghia Koimisis in the Early Cycladic period. The majority of the pottery fabrics at Panaghia Koimisis were identified as Theran and the analysis demonstrates intensive contacts between the southern parts of Thera and Therasia throughout the Early and late Middle Cycladic phases. Moreover, adding support to previous studies, this research indicates a wide Cycladic pottery network, in which the site participated as a consumer. During the late Middle Cycladic period major changes in the Theran production are documented, including the disappearance of the earlier pottery recipe, which had been prevalent at Panaghia Koimisis.

scholarly journals Diachronic Frontiers: Landscape Archaeology in Highland Albania

2006 ◽  
pp. 231-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Schon ◽  
Michael L. Galaty
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Landscape Archaeology ◽  
Peripheral Zone ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Mountain Valley ◽  
Broad Array ◽  
Tribal Societies ◽  
The Bronze Age

The modern practice of archaeological survey—regional, intensive, diachronic, and interdisciplinary—is well-suited to the study of frontiers. In this paper we provide the example of the Shala Valley Project, which studies the northern Albanian mountain valley of Shala, home to the Shala tribe. Northern Albania is the only place in Europe where tribal societies survived into the 20th century. We attribute their survival to the frontier position of northern Albania, wherein tribal chiefs controlled access to and through valley systems. Shala provides a classic example of a “refuge” society, perched within a strongly contested peripheral zone. The tribe actively and creatively resisted state incorporation during both the Ottoman (Early Modern) and Modern periods. The northern Albanian frontier may have formed much earlier, though, perhaps as early as the Bronze Age. We bring a broad array of evidence to bear on this question, drawn from the ethno-historical, excavation, and of course, survey-archaeological records.

scholarly journals Remote sensing, landscape and archaeology tracing ancient tracks and roads between Palmyra and the Euphrates in Syria

2015 ◽  
Vol II-5/W3 ◽  
pp. 279-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Silver ◽  
M. Törmä ◽  
K. Silver ◽  
J. Okkonen ◽  
M. Nuñez
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Second Century ◽  
Water Harvesting ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Communication Framework ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
The Bronze Age ◽  
The Silk Road

The present paper concentrates on the use of remote sensing by satellite imagery for detecting ancient tracks and roads in the area between Palmyra and the Euphrates in Syria. The Syrian desert was traversed by caravans already in the Bronze Age, and during the Greco-Roman period the traffic increased with the Silk Road and trade as well as with military missions annexing the areas into empires. SYGIS - the Finnish archaeological survey and mapping project traced, recorded and documented ancient sites and roads in the region of Jebel Bishri in Central Syria in 2000-2010 before the outbreak of the civil war in Syria. Captured data of ancient roads and bridge points bring new light to the study of ancient communication framework in the area. Archaeological research carried out by the project on the ground confirmed the authenticity of many road alignments, new military and water harvesting sites as well as civilian settlements, showing that the desert-steppe area was actively used and developed probably from the second century AD. The studies further demonstrated that the area between Palmyra and the Euphrates was militarily more organised already in the second and third centuries AD than earlier believed. Chronologically, the start of this coincided with the “golden age” of the Palmyrene caravans in the second century AD. Topography and landscape were integral parts of the construction of graves/tumuli as sign-posts guiding in the desert, as well as roads and all kinds of settlements whether military or civilian.

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