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

               


Life in the Field
Barbara Stuart excavating in the royal tomb
Barbara Stuart excavating in the “royal” Tomb 1		Excavating on the city wall Excavating on the city wall
Llyd Wells and his team Llyd Wells and his teamHans Curvers, Francis Mildner, and Sally Dunham set up the theodolite Hans Curvers, Francis Mildner, and Sally Dunham set up the theodolite
Alice Petty and Glenn Schwartz working in the royal tomb Alice Petty and Glenn Schwartz working
in the “royal” Tomb 1		Ron Winters discovers a Late Bronze period alabaster jar Ron Winters discovers a Late Bronze
period alabaster jar
John Nichols in a Middle Bronze period room with impressions of a circular reed (?) matting on the floor. John Nichols in a Middle Bronze period room
with impressions of a circular
reed(?)matting on the floor.		Matt Johnson with a ceramic vat (for beer-production?) from a Middle Bronze building. Matt Johnson with a ceramic vat
(for beer-production?)from
a Middle Bronze building.
Violaine Chauvet working in the sherd yard Violaine Chauvet working in the sherd yardBarbara Stuart and Naomi Miller doing flotation Barbara Stuart and Naomi Miller doing flotation
Jill Weber working on animal bone analysis Jill Weber working on animal bone analysisJaafar Fadlallah restoring pottery Jaafar Fadlallah restoring pottery

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