Syro-Hittite Monumental Art and the Archaeology of Performance

History and Nature of Iron Age Cities in the Northeastern Sea of Galilee Region: A Preliminary Overview

“…According to the Keio University's excavation results from Area H, the Iron Age IB city was constructed on virgin soil (Str. KIV; Sugimoto 2010; forthcoming; 2011;see also B. Mazar et al 1964;Tsukimoto et al 2009). Having already been established, this city possessed solid city walls and a public building.…”

“…14)suggested four stages of city gate development in Anatolia and northern Syria. He indicated that gates with rooms (his third and fourth types) appeared after the destruction of the Hittite empire at the end of the thirteenth century BC, and most examples are from Neo-Hittite, Aramaean, and Assyrian cities.20 Concerning the orthostats, seeOrthmann 1971 andGilibert 2011.…”

Memory and its Demolition: Ancestors, Animals and Sacrifice at Umm el-Marra, Syria

“…Considering the relatively small open area and its controlled access point, it is likely that those in charge of the early Middle Bronze Age acropolis aimed to demonstrate their privileged access to the supernatural and to the powers and knowledge it could provide (Inomata & Coben 2006;Demarest 2004, 205-7;Gilibert 2011). While communicating elite ideologies to large groups of people can be effective tool, as in the case of 'theater states' (Geertz 1980), the gathering of large crowds can also be dangerous, as crowd emotions can turn in undesirable directions.…”

Architectural Assemblages: The Northwest Complex at Zincirli

“…The related discourse has focused on the architectural features that can define the Hilani type. More recently, discussions have focused anew on how these complexes functioned (Gilibert 2011; 2013; Harmanşah 2013, 150–51; Osborne 2012; Pucci 2008a). This paper uses assemblage theory to move the discourse away from its focus on what architecture is to what it can do.…”