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The Johns Hopkins/University of Amsterdam Joint Expedition to Tell Umm el-Marra, Syria
Introduction
Region and Site
Urban Origins: The Early Bronze Age (ca. 2700-2000 BC)
Collapse: Middle Bronze I (ca. 2000-1800 BC)
Urban Regeneration: Middle Bronze II (ca. 1800-1600 BC)
Imperial Absorption: Late Bronze (ca. 1600-1200 BC)
Occupation after the Bronze Age
Conclusions and Acknowledgments
Life in the Field
Publications
News and Notes
News and Notes
On the occasion of World Animal Day, October 4, 2008, the Animal Protection Project in Syria (SPANA) designated the kunga as Syrian Animal of the Year. The kunga (see page 3) is the donkey-onager hybrid whose remains have been identified in the elite mortuary complex of Early Bronze Age Umm el-Marra.
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