Open Access Publications of "La Sapienza" Expedition to Palestine & Jordan

[First posted in AWOL 14 June 2010. Updated 5 February 2016]
Rome "La Sapienza" Studies on the Archaeology of Palestine & Transjordan

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L. Nigro, "The Copper Axes Hoard in the Early Bronze IIIb Palace of Batrawy, Jordan", in K. Rosińska-Balik, A. Ochał-Czarnowicz, M. Czarnowicz, J. Dębowska-Ludwin (eds.), Copper and Trade in the South-Eastern Mediterranean: Trade routes of the Near East in Antiquity (BAR IS 2753), Oxford 2015, pp. 77-83.

L. Nigro, "The Copper Routes and the Egyptian Connection in 3rd millennium BC Jordan seen from the caravan city of Khirbet al-Batrawy", in Vicino Oriente XVIII (2014), pp. 39-64.

L. Nigro, "The King's Cup and the Bear Skin. Royal Ostentation in the Early Bronze III "Palace of the Copper Axes" at Khirbet al-Batrawy", in Z. Kafafi - M. Maraqten (eds.), A Pioneer of Arabia. Studies in the Archaeology and Epigraphy of the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula in Honor of Moawiyah Ibrahim (ROSAPAT 10), Rome 2014, pp. 261-270.

L. Nigro, "Khirbet al-Batrawy. An Early Bronze Age city at the fringes of the desert", in Syria 90 (2013), pp. 189-209.

L. Nigro, "The City of the Copper Axes: Archaeological Research, Restoration and Training in the Early Bronze Age site of Khirbet al-Batrawy, Jordan", in B. Cassani (ed.), Sapienza in the Mediterranean Region. Agreement on Cultural and Scientific Cooperation: Programs and Projects, Rome 2013, pp. 113-115.

L. Nigro, "Urban origins in the Upper Wādī az-Zarqā' (Jordan): The City of Khirbat al-Batrāwī in the 3rd Millennium BC", in F. al-Hmoud (ed.), Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan XI, Amman 2013, pp. 489-506.

M. Sala, "A Stratified third Millennium BC Pottery Sequence from North-Central Jordan: The EB II-III Repertoire of Khirbat al-Batrāwī", in F. al-Hmoud (ed.), Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan XI, Amman 2013, pp. 585-612.

L. Nigro, "An EB IIIB (2500-2300 BC) gemstones necklace from the Palace of the Copper Axes at Khirbet al-Batrawy, Jordan", in VicinoOriente XVI (2012), pp. 227-243.

L. Nigro, M. Sala, "Preliminary Report on the Seventh (2011) Season of Excavation by "La Sapienza" University of Rome at Khirbat al-Batrāwī (Upper Wādīaz-Zarqā')", in ADAJ 56 (2012), pp. 45-54.

L. Nigro, "Khirbet al-Batrawy", in American Journal of Archaeology 116 (2012), pp. 705-706.

L. Nigro, "Khirbet al-Batrawy: Rise, Flourish and Collapse of an Early Bronze Age City in Jordan", in R. Matthews - J. Curtis (eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. 12 April – 16 April 2010, the British Museum and UCL, London, Wiesbaden 2012, Volume 1, pp. 609-628.