The site of Sungir (alternatively Sounghir) lies east of the town of Vladimir, about 200 km northeast of Moscow. It is a large mid Upper Palaeolithic ('Eastern Gravettian' sensu lato) cultural accumulation on the left bank of the Kliazma river, of which some 1500 sq. m was excavated in several seasons between 1957 and 1964 (Bader 1965; 1967; 1978; 1998).The single burial (Grave 1/Sungir 1) was excavated in 1964. It is that ofan adult male in extended, supine position, with his head oriented to the northeast and hands placed over his pubis (Figure 1). The second grave was discovered in 1969 and contained two adolescents — one male (Sungir 2) and one (probably) female (Sungir 3) — both extended, supine and lying head to head (Figure 2). All three burials were covered in red ochre and Sungir 1 was possibly associated with fires in a manner intriguingly similar to the DVXVI male burialat Dolní Větonice, Moravia (Svoboda et al. 1996).
Chemical analysis of Proto-Hassuna and Archaic Hassuna pottery from three sites in the Djebel Sinjar confirms results already obtained concerning the circulation of pottery in the VIth millennium (1), in particular the relatively large quantity of imported pottery on each site, the variation in distance over which the pottery travelled (several kilometers to several hundred kilometers), the permanence of certain supply sources and the extent of diffusion zone of DFBW pottery. These new data also strengthen hypotheses that pottery craft specialization existed already in this period. These data, compared with earlier ones from Bouqras, suggest a model for pottery production and diffusion.
Une inscription grecque de Capitolias (Bayt Ras au nord-ouest de la Jordanie), connue par une documentation ancienne, commémore une construction. Elle permet également de s'interroger sur le territoire de la cité antique qui devait s'étendre vers l'ouest, mais être très limité au sud et à l'est, en particulier dans les environs de la moderne Irbid.
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