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OIP 143, 2019
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Rivista di studi fenici, 2020
This paper presents and analyses the imported goods in the large village of Chatal Höyük, located... more This paper presents and analyses the imported goods in the large village of Chatal Höyük, located on the north-eastern corner of the Mediterranean, at the eastern fringes of the Amuq plain, over a period of 600 years: from the Iron Age I to the end of Iron Age III (1150-550 BC). The aim of this contribution is to identify and discuss how the presence and absence of Cypriot and Phoenician materials, as well as their variability compared to materials from other areas (Egypt and Assyria), may reveal specific patterns in the trade networks in the NE Mediterranean and within the Amuq plain itself. The detailed analyses of the imports and of their contexts show that connections with Cyprus, although transforming during the Iron Age, were the steadiest, whereas the import of Egyptian and Assyrian materials was directly related to specific economic and historical changes. Moreover, even though Iron Age trade in the Northern Levant (from the 9th century BC) is usually connected to the well-known Phoenician and Cypriot networks in the Mediterranean, the low presence of Phoenician materials at Chatal Höyük may point towards a different intraregional trade organization. This picture fits well within the political and social history of the Iron Age Amuq and, in part, mirrors the political relations between the area and its neighbouring countries.
Studia Asiana, 2023
Ongoing study of the pottery assemblage and its surrounding context in Area 4 at the site of Alal... more Ongoing study of the pottery assemblage and its surrounding context in Area 4 at the site of Alalakh has again brought to light a phenomenon that is considered typical for the Iron Age I Levant: the construction of pits/silo installations in open areas. This phenomenon has been interpreted as a sign of ruralisation or insecure economic conditions, a possible marker for the political instability in the area during the 13th-12th centuries BCE. This article examines the similarities and differences between the examples from the Iron Age I in the 'Amuq and contemporary sites in the Levant, and also considers later similar installations from the Iron Age II. Keeping in mind the functions usually ascribed to these structures, this study also analyses the so-called 'Anatolian' tradition of grain storage in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in order to address the role of these installations in understanding possible food control strategies and their possible impact in the Levant. 1. Pits, grain storage pits and silos Pits are one of the most common features in the archaeological records and are very often viewed as a disturbance/destruction of previous archaeological deposits, rather than as the remnants of human activity. Terminology employed in pit and pitting activity varies; here the neutral term 'pit' refers to negative installations of any size that may represent the bottom of a standing installation, an underground feature that does not protrude from the surface level, or an open cavity used to carry out specific activities that may involve fire and water. Once dismissed from their original function and left empty, all pits become 'trash-pits,' the most commonly employed term for defining their function in excavation reports. This article concentrates on the pit complexes in the ' Amuq (Fig. 1) specific to the transitional period from the Late Bronze Age to the Iron Age. Since the focus of this article is food control, i.e. food storage, only installations/buildings created exclusively for storage, namely to host large quantities of food over a long period of time, will be taken into consideration; this study will not analyse storerooms inside other buildings, short-or medium-term storage, nor consequently the ceramic containers related to these spaces. Underground grain storage pits will be described following the now well-known terminology established by Borowski and common in the Levant (Borowski 1987): 'grain pit' indicates any installation with a capacity of up to 3000 l, considered storage for the average household, while the term 'silo' describes larger features that may pertain to collective consumption (Alonso, Bouby 2017). Both grain pits and silos are underground structures that can reach a depth of 2-3 m and are sealed at the surface level to avoid protrusions, thereby making them inaccessible from the floor. 1 These features are designed
Studia Eblaitica
referee. We accept papers which fulfill the ethic requirements as detailed in the home page of Ha... more referee. We accept papers which fulfill the ethic requirements as detailed in the home page of Harrassowitz Verlag. The journal is included in the Italian list of Class A scientific publications.
International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLVIII-M-2-2023 29th CIPA Symposium “Documenting, Understanding, Preserving Cultural Heritage: Humanities and Digital Technologies for Shaping the Future”, 25–30 June 2023, Florence, Italy, 2023
The archaeological area of Amrit (350 ha) is located on the Syrian coastal region of Tartus and i... more The archaeological area of Amrit (350 ha) is located on the Syrian coastal region of Tartus and is known since the 18th century CE, due to its imposing archaeological remains dated to the first millennium BCE and to the Roman period. It was listed in the UNESCO tentative list in 2005. Since 2022, the University of Firenze (SAGAS) in collaboration with the CNR-ISPC and the DGAM-Syria, conducts a project that aims towards the documentation, restoration, public display, and community involvement of the archaeological site of Amrit, after more than 10 years of conflict and a still ongoing economic and social instability. Aim of this paper is to present the first results of the 3D survey at the site carried out in September 2022.
Asia Anteriore antica, Feb 28, 2024
Excavations at the site of Kınık Höyük have brought to light over the past twelve years several o... more Excavations at the site of Kınık Höyük have brought to light over the past twelve years several occupational phases dated to the first Millennium BCE both on the acropolis and in the lower town, especially for the Middle Iron Age and the Hellenistic period. Since 2021 the University of Firenze joined the University of Pavia (Italy), NYU-ISAW (USA) and Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir (Turkey) in the excavations at the site of Kınık Höyük, and since 2022 the same university took over in the management of the project. This article is a preliminary report on recent excavations area D2-3, located in the lower town, where archaeologists could identify six phases of occupation and two large primary contexts dated to the beginning of the Middle Iron Age, that provide new insights on every-day assemblages and inventories produced locally and the architectural and archaeological context they are related to. The most interesting element in terms of urban layout and structure is related to the construction of the massive defensive fortification of the lower town, that seems to be related so far to the earliest occupation of the Iron Age lower town, i.e. possibly at the end of the Early Iron Age. A selection of the materials and a detailed report on deposits and architecture provides the reader with the archaeological data collected mainly in the campaign 2022 and 2021 in the lower town excavations, while a general overview on the urban fortification of the acropolis allows a general picture of the whole settlement defensive system and space organisation.
Lo spazio pubblico, lo spazio privato Kamusal alan, özel alan, 2022
Dinamiche storiche e spaziali sull'höyük di Misis in età romana e tardoantica. Grazia Semeraro Ph... more Dinamiche storiche e spaziali sull'höyük di Misis in età romana e tardoantica. Grazia Semeraro Phrygia Hierapolisi: Roma ve Bizans Dönemleri'nde kentsel peyzajlarda mekanların biçimi ve işlevi. Hierapolis di Frigia: forma e funzione degli spazi nei paesaggi urbani di età romana e bizantina.,
Digging the Archives., 2020
I do not intend to discuss the individual chapters in detail here, but I would like to briefly ex... more I do not intend to discuss the individual chapters in detail here, but I would like to briefly explain the common understanding that forms the basis of the theme and title of this volume. In our shared view, anyone who wants to attempt a history of the discipline today must first of all tackle the archival materials, understood in a broad and inclusive sense encompassing various types of document: not only public records but also documents that are private in nature, whether they be texts (letters, diaries, poetry, interviews, recordings, etc.) or images (drawings, photographs, film, etc.
Between Syria and the Highlands. Studies in Honor of Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati (SANEM, 3), S. Valentini, G. Guarducci (eds), 2019
This paper aims at providing a general overview on the Iron Age II and II Red Slip production in ... more This paper aims at providing a general overview on the Iron Age II and II Red Slip production in Northern Levant, with special reference to the ceramic assemblage from Tell Afis, Chatal Höyük and Zincirli, emphasizing common features and differences.
Formation, Organisation and Development of Iron Age Societies A Comparative View, 2020
The Amuq region, located at the crossroads between Cilicia, Anatolia, Syria and Mesopotamia has a... more The Amuq region, located at the crossroads between Cilicia, Anatolia, Syria and Mesopotamia has always
played a crucial role in understanding interaction and acculturation processes between different cultural groups. The archaeological
discoveries of the last twenty years in Aleppo, Tell Tayinat, and in the Amuq provided important elements
on the Iron Age I, proving that at least since the 11th century BC the region was the core of an independent policy; its
material culture, known from old and recent excavations at Tell Tayinat, Tell Atchana, Chatal Höyük, Sabuniye, and
Tell Judeidah, shows Anatolian, Mycenaean and north-Syrian (local) features mixed and melted to shape a new horizon
of material culture. This article provides a short summary on the historical evidence at our disposal and an overview
on the archaeology for the Iron Age I–II in the Amuq; it focuses on the processes of formation of a community, whose
material culture seems to be a balance between Late Bronze Age legacy and Iron Age innovations, and investigates the
geographical spread of this material in the neighbouring regions with a special focus on the Iron Age I and II, before
the Assyrian conquest of Tell Tayinat (738 BC).
Alalakh and its Neighbours, edited by K. Aslıhan Yener and Tara Ingman, 247-270. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement 55. Leuven: Peeters., 2020
Although archaeological results at Alalakh/Tell Atchana supported until very recently the view th... more Although archaeological results at Alalakh/Tell Atchana supported until very recently the view that the site was inhabited until the end of the Bronze Age, recent excavations (2012-2014) carried out in two areas provided data to stress an Iron Age occupation of the site. The study and analysis of the local pottery produced on-site and found in these Iron Age contexts provides very important data on the occupation of the site during this period, pointing out changes and continuity in the morphology of local pottery and, most importantly, emphasising behaviours concerning preparation of food, its consumption and the social activities related to it. Through this study, it is possible to provide hypotheses concerning which social group was still occupying the site in a period of major political changes and external influences. This paper will present for the first time the ongoing study of this material and compare it with the local pottery production of the Late Bronze Age.
Stefano De Martino, Elena Devecchi, Anatolia between the 13th and the 12th Century b.C.E., pp. 327-360 LoGisma, 2020
Questa pubblicazione è stata realizzata con il contributo della Università degli Studi di Torino ... more Questa pubblicazione è stata realizzata con il contributo della Università degli Studi di Torino -Dipartimento di Studi Storici Progetto DEMS_PRIN_2015_16_01 "L'Anatolia antica: politiche imperiali e culture locali tra XV e VII secolo a.C. Problemi di etnicità, assetti urbani e territoriali, tradizione e innovazione".
Testing the Canon of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology, edited by Amy Rebecca Gansell and Ann Taylor Shafer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020
The Iron I in the Levant: the View from the North, edited by Lynn Welton and Hanan Haraf. Archaeology and History of the Lebanon 50-51, 2019
Recent excavations at the site of Tell Atchana, ancient Alalakh, have confirmed that the site was... more Recent excavations at the site of Tell Atchana, ancient Alalakh, have confirmed that the site was in part occupied during the Iron Age, disproving thus the idea that the town was completely abandoned at the end of the Late Bronze Age. This article discusses the Iron Age occupation on the site, with a particular focus on Square 42.10 which provided a continuous sequence from the end of the Late Bronze Age to the Iron Age. It presents detailed information on its stratigraphy, and provides a morphological analysis of the pottery assemblage retrieved from the square to establish the relative chronological frame for the Iron Age occupation of the site. Furthermore, it considers the assemblage from a functional point of view to discuss any change or continuity in habits and actions evident from the transition from the Late Bronze Age (LBA) to the Iron Age (IA) and during the Iron Age. This article brings new light on the nature and the dynamics of the Iron Age I site's occupation.
SMEA NS 5, 2019, 85-184, 2019
Payne and Jorit Wintjes. The initiative to publish them in this SMEA issue aims at offering a dee... more Payne and Jorit Wintjes. The initiative to publish them in this SMEA issue aims at offering a deeper glimpse of the stratigraphic sequences and ceramic production of a wide region at the border between Anatolia and northern Syria, comprehending Cilicia, the Amuq and the Kara Su valley. In the early first millennium BC a group of independent political entities, which are usually called Syro-Anatolian, developed in the northeast area of the Mediterranean. By the end of the 8th century BC these new polities were all annexed to the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The contextual analysis of the material culture of four important Iron Age sites of this region, i.e. Misis, Sirkeli, Chatal and Zincirli, will significantly expand our knowledge of the period. It will also allow readers to contrast different historical narratives in which pottery is considered the principal instrument to reconstruct material practices based on the production and consumption of objects and goods, and to delineate the development of material cultures in a period which witnessed a peak of cross-cultural interactions in the eastern Mediterranean.
Pearls from the Past, 2019
In Pearls from the Past. Festschrift Pinnock, edited by Marta D'Andrea, Maria Gabriella Micale, D... more In Pearls from the Past. Festschrift Pinnock, edited by Marta D'Andrea, Maria Gabriella Micale, Davide Nadali, Sara Pizzimenti and Agnese Vacca, 795-811. Münster: Zaphon
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Authored Books by Marina Pucci
Articles by Marina Pucci
played a crucial role in understanding interaction and acculturation processes between different cultural groups. The archaeological
discoveries of the last twenty years in Aleppo, Tell Tayinat, and in the Amuq provided important elements
on the Iron Age I, proving that at least since the 11th century BC the region was the core of an independent policy; its
material culture, known from old and recent excavations at Tell Tayinat, Tell Atchana, Chatal Höyük, Sabuniye, and
Tell Judeidah, shows Anatolian, Mycenaean and north-Syrian (local) features mixed and melted to shape a new horizon
of material culture. This article provides a short summary on the historical evidence at our disposal and an overview
on the archaeology for the Iron Age I–II in the Amuq; it focuses on the processes of formation of a community, whose
material culture seems to be a balance between Late Bronze Age legacy and Iron Age innovations, and investigates the
geographical spread of this material in the neighbouring regions with a special focus on the Iron Age I and II, before
the Assyrian conquest of Tell Tayinat (738 BC).
played a crucial role in understanding interaction and acculturation processes between different cultural groups. The archaeological
discoveries of the last twenty years in Aleppo, Tell Tayinat, and in the Amuq provided important elements
on the Iron Age I, proving that at least since the 11th century BC the region was the core of an independent policy; its
material culture, known from old and recent excavations at Tell Tayinat, Tell Atchana, Chatal Höyük, Sabuniye, and
Tell Judeidah, shows Anatolian, Mycenaean and north-Syrian (local) features mixed and melted to shape a new horizon
of material culture. This article provides a short summary on the historical evidence at our disposal and an overview
on the archaeology for the Iron Age I–II in the Amuq; it focuses on the processes of formation of a community, whose
material culture seems to be a balance between Late Bronze Age legacy and Iron Age innovations, and investigates the
geographical spread of this material in the neighbouring regions with a special focus on the Iron Age I and II, before
the Assyrian conquest of Tell Tayinat (738 BC).
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