Subsistence and Settlement in a Marginal Environment: Tell Es-Sweyhat, 1989-1995

by Richard Zettler and Patrick E. McGovern

The volume reports the results of four seasons of excavation at Tell es-Sweyhat, an Early Bronze Age urban center located on the margins of the dry-farming zone in Syria. A goal of the project has been to integrate traditional archaeological methods and the applied sciences. Results to date suggest that the site, though several kilometers from the Euphrates River, was well-situated for exploiting upland pastures. Geomagnetic mapping reveals details...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931707081
• ISBN13: 9781931707084
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum Publication
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 11.0"