The Tell es-Sweyhat regional archaeological project

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The Tell es-Sweyhat project encompasses an in-depth investigation of small site archaeology to form an idea of the political, economic, and demographic environment of early Bronze Age city states. Following systematic coverage of the flood plain in 1973-74, the 1993 archaeological surveys targeted the jebel (plateaus) and other select sites for a study of rain-fed agriculture and pastoral farming. Excavations at Tell Hajji Ibrahim illustrate the initial stages of a period of shifting from pastoralism to rain-fed agriculture in the 3rd millennium B.C..

Syria, Civilization, Ancient, Ancient civilization

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Serendipity

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Archaeological discovery about the earliest known ceramic spindle whorls from the Near East area of easy-to-form biconical shape provides a new insight into ancient textile production. A large assemblage of such whorls comes from Hajji Firuz, a 7th-millennium BC Neolithic site in Iran that was excavated by the Museum in the 1970 and the findings indicate that the best shape and weight for a spindle whorl depends on the kind of fiber to be spun.

Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing, Public affairs, Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing, All Other Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing, Ceramic Materials, Stone, Clay & Glass Products, Pottery and Related Products, Nonmetallic mineral products, not elsewhere classified, Misc. Nonmetallic Mineral Products, Misc Nonmetallic Mineral Products, China, Glass & Ceramics, Nonmetal Mineral Products, Social aspects, Discovery and exploration, Ceramics, Neolithic period

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Returning to Iran

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Penn museum has a long and auspicious history of involvement in the archaeology of Iran and American fieldwork in Iran has come to a stand still since the Islamic revolution in 1979. The Iranian center for archaeological research has now granted permission to carry on archaeological survey and for the museum to return to Northwest Iran.

Services information, Services, Archaeological surveying, Historical museums, Iranian Revolution, 1978-1979

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