Excavations at Karkemish - III - The Survey of the Yunus Necropolis

Excavations at Karkemish - III - The Survey of the Yunus Necropolis 

Barbara Bolognani, Gabriele Giacosa, Federico Zaina 

OrientLab Series Maior, 6

2021

ISBN: 978-88-7849-164-9 (edizione cartacea)

ISBN: 978-88-7849-176-2 (edizione online)

pp. 196 b/n e colori

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments - Chapter 1. Earlier Investigations - 1.1 A summary of the results from the early excavations - 1.2 Location of the necropolis dug by the British Museum Expedition - Chapter 2. Survey Methodology - 2.1 Morphology of the survey area - 2.2 Survey strategy - 2.3 Recording methodology - 2.4 Long-term land-use and damages to the survey area - Chapter 3. Pottery and Small Finds - 3.1 The pottery assemblages- 3.2 Small finds - Chapter 4. The Iron Age Funerary Stone Fittings - 4.1 The funerary stelae - 4.2 The votive bases - 4.2.1 The libation aspect - 4.2.2 The statue/stele base function - 4.2.3 The votive bases and the use of the cemetery - 4.2.4 A tentative functional interpretation - Chapter 5. Chronology and Use of Space at Yunus through Time - 5.1 The chronology of Yunus - 5.2 Use of space at Yunus - 5.3 The relation of the necropolis with Karkemish - Abbreviations - References – Plates