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This study analyses the social and symbolic value of the material
culture, in particular the pottery production and the architecture,
and the social structure of the local communities of a broad area
encompassing Eastern Anatolia, the South Caucasus and North-western
Iran during the last phase of the Late Bronze Age and the Early
Iron Age. This broad area is known from the Assyrian texts as
'Nairi lands'. The second part of the study, furnishes a
reassessment of pottery production characteristics and theories, as
well as of the socio-economic structure and issues, tied to the
sedentary and mobile local communities of the Nairi lands. The
study brings into focus the characteristics, the extension and the
distribution of Grooved pottery, along with other pottery
typologies, by providing an accompanying online catalogue with
detailed descriptions and high-resolution images of the pots and
sherds obtained from public and private institutions in Turkey and
Armenia. Moreover, the socio-political organisation and subsistence
economy issues are addressed in order to advance a possible
reconstruction of the social structure of the Nairi lands
communities. Particular attention is devoted to the pastoral nomad
component and the role played within the Nairi phenomenon. The
study includes a very large corpus of text images and
high-resolution color images of the pottery of the area under
examination, gathered by the author in order to offer a reliable
tool and compendium.
Recent archaeological discoveries within the Upper Tigris region in
Southeastern Turkey offer a unique opportunity to understand the
dynamics of the Assyrian Empire borderlands. Within a few years
most of the region will be irreversibly submerged, due to the
construction of the Ilisu dam, the biggest hydroelectric power
plant project in Turkey. It is of paramount importance to
understand and record as much data as possible about the local
communities and the foreign connections that flowered in this area.
This volume presents the proceedings of the workshop 'Archeologia a
Firenze: Citta e territorio', organized by CAMNES, Centre for
Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, in collaboration
with the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana, in
April 2013. This event experienced an extraordinary participation
by experts in the field, and resulted also in a significant success
in terms of public archaeological awareness. Almost twenty years
after the exhibition 'Alle origini di Firenze' and the publication
of its Catalogo, which is considered a signal point in Florentine
archaeology, the workshop provided an opportunity for discussion
between all those who conducted research, protection and
enhancement of the archaeological heritage of Florence thanks to
the presentation of the most recent excavations. Moreover, the
origins of the city that took the leading role during the
Renaissance were discussed, finding in its roots the very reasons
for its glorious destiny. The sessions, organized in chronological
order - from prehistoric to medieval topics - were supplemented by
contributions concerned with conservation and enhancement of the
historic landscape whose reconstruction through research and
excavation activities constantly requires new discussions and often
additional reflections.
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