Alalakh and Its Neighbours: Proceedings of the 15th Anniversary Symposium at the New Hatay Archaeology Museum, 10-12 June 2015 (Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement)

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This volume, Alalakh and its Neighbours, represents the results of the symposium held in honour of the fifteenth anniversary of renewed excavations at Tell Atchana (Alalakh). It brings together results of ongoing interdisciplinary research projects conducted by the large and diverse Tell Atchana team with reflections on Alalakh's connections to its wider social and geographical setting as discussed in the contributions of scholars working at nearby sites in Anatolia, Syria, and the Aegean. The papers here look both inward towards resolving lingering questions from Sir Leonard Woolley's original excavations at the site, as well as new questions that have come up in the renewed excavations concerning life at Alalakh, and outward toward the city's place in a regional context. Covering chronological issues, textual evidence, scientific analyses, and a wide range of material culture (including especially ceramics, metals, stone, and glass), this volume encompasses the recent results of work at this important second-millennium BC site. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ALALAKH IN THE PAST, ATCHANA IN THE PRESENT: SITUATING SITE AND CITY MAKING USE OF THE PAST: THE POSSIBILITIES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARCHIVES TEXTUAL RECORDS LINGUISTIC AND POLITICAL BORDERS IN THE PERIOD OF THE EBLA ARCHIVES THE HIEROGLYPHIC LUWIAN INSCRIPTIONS OF THE AMUQ THE JURISDICTION OF LEGAL TRANSACTIONS AT MIDDLE BRONZE AGE ALALAH COMPARATIVE MATERIAL CULTURE THE OSTENTATIOUS USE OF OBSIDIAN IN BRONZE AGE MESOPOTAMIA, ANATOLIA AND THE NORTHERN LEVANT A GLASS PRODUCTION CENTRE IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA? BÜKLÜKALE IN RELATION TO ALALAKH AND MESOPOTAMIA CARNELIAN, AGATE, AMBER AND OTHER GEMSTONES: PRODUCTION AND EXCHANGE IN LATE BRONZE AGE ALALAKH RECONSIDERING THE ALALAKH FRESCOES WITHIN THEIR LEVANTINE CONTEXT SYMBOLIC MESSAGING AND INCISED SIGNS ON BRONZE: A CACHE OF MIDDLE – LATE BRONZE I WEAPONS FROM ALALAKH CERAMIC STUDIES ALALAKH AND THE AEGEAN: FIVE CENTURIES OF SHIFTING BUT ENDURING CONTACTS 12TH CENTURY BC PAINTED POTTERY AT ALALAKH: LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOREIGN CONTACT DRINKING IN IRON AGE ATCHANA ALALAKH AND ITS NEIGHBOURS OYLUM HÖYÜK AND ALALAKH: CULTURAL RELATIONS IN THE SECOND MILLENNIUM BC THE SACRED MOUNTAIN OF UGARIT AND ALALAḪ? MOUNT KASION AND RELATED ISSUES THE DAWN AND DEMISE OF IMPERIAL IMPACT – TELL ATCHANA VS. ARSLANTEPE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE HITTITE EXPANSION AND DISSOLUTION TELL AFIS AND ITS PLAIN: A ROUTE TO THE AMUQ AND THE MEDITERRANEAN THE TWO SIDES OF THE AMANUS: CILICIA AND THE AMUQ: A COMPARATIVE CHRONOLOGY SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS AT ALALAKH MORTUARY PRACTICES AND GIS MODELLING AT TELL ATCHANA, ALALAKH SPEISS’ING THINGS UP: IRON ARSENIDE IN A SECONDARY PRODUCTION CONTEXT AT TELL ATCHANA A GENERAL OUTLOOK ON THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ALALAKH AND CYPRUS IN THE MIDDLE AND LATE BRONZE AGES: TEXTUAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND COME AND HEAR MY STORY: THE ‘WELL-LADY’ OF ALALAKH CHEMICAL CHARACTERISATION OF MYCENAEAN POTTERY FROM ALALAKH VIA ICP-MS SUMMARY FIFTEEN YEARS OF RENEWED RESEARCH AT TELL ATCHANA: SOME FINAL THOUGHTS1