ROUSSET Marie-Odile.
CHALCIS/QINNASRIN (SYRIA) From the Bronze Age to the Mamluk period. Qinnasrin II.
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| N° d'inventaire | 26472 |
| Format | 21 x 30 |
| Détails | 508 p., illustrated, paperback. |
| Publication | Lyon, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782356681676 |
The Syrian-French archaeological mission of Qinnasrin carried out its work from 2008 to 2010 on the site of al-'Iss (Northern Syria, Aleppo region), in the entire town and its immediate surroundings, thanks to funding from the Excavations Commission of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Max van Berchem Foundation, the CNRS and the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums of Syria.
Attested since the end of the 3rd millennium BC, Qinnasrin is an important road and military hub, overlooking a fertile plain, on the borders of the steppe and irrigated agricultural areas. Renamed Chalcis by the Greeks, it was, during the Roman era, the seat of a royalty and minted coins. It played an essential role in the fortification system of North Syria put in place by Justinian against the Persians, then during the conquest of North Syria by the armies of Islam. Closely linked to Aleppo, it declined, to its benefit, from the middle of the 10th century and fell into oblivion around the 14th century .
This book provides an overview and a synthesis of textual and archaeological sources. It presents the documentation compiled by pedestrian and geophysical surveys, the first archaeological excavations ever conducted on the site, the inventory of architectural blocks, and the collection of material. Several discoveries provide an account of the city's importance, both in the earliest periods and in the Greek, Roman, and Islamic eras. For the first time, a scenario of the city's morphological evolution and its transformations is proposed. This second volume in the series devoted to Qinnasrin provides a unique portrait of a remarkable and largely unknown site.
Attested since the end of the 3rd millennium BC, Qinnasrin is an important road and military hub, overlooking a fertile plain, on the borders of the steppe and irrigated agricultural areas. Renamed Chalcis by the Greeks, it was, during the Roman era, the seat of a royalty and minted coins. It played an essential role in the fortification system of North Syria put in place by Justinian against the Persians, then during the conquest of North Syria by the armies of Islam. Closely linked to Aleppo, it declined, to its benefit, from the middle of the 10th century and fell into oblivion around the 14th century .
This book provides an overview and a synthesis of textual and archaeological sources. It presents the documentation compiled by pedestrian and geophysical surveys, the first archaeological excavations ever conducted on the site, the inventory of architectural blocks, and the collection of material. Several discoveries provide an account of the city's importance, both in the earliest periods and in the Greek, Roman, and Islamic eras. For the first time, a scenario of the city's morphological evolution and its transformations is proposed. This second volume in the series devoted to Qinnasrin provides a unique portrait of a remarkable and largely unknown site.
Attested since the end of the 3rd millennium BC, Qinnasrin is an important road and military hub, overlooking a fertile plain, on the borders of the steppe and irrigated agricultural areas. Renamed Chalcis by the Greeks, it was, during the Roman era, the seat of a royalty and minted coins. It played an essential role in the fortification system of North Syria put in place by Justinian against the Persians, then during the conquest of North Syria by the armies of Islam. Closely linked to Aleppo, it declined, to its benefit, from the middle of the 10th century and fell into oblivion around the 14th century .
This book provides an overview and a synthesis of textual and archaeological sources. It presents the documentation compiled by pedestrian and geophysical surveys, the first archaeological excavations ever conducted on the site, the inventory of architectural blocks, and the collection of material. Several discoveries provide an account of the city's importance, both in the earliest periods and in the Greek, Roman, and Islamic eras. For the first time, a scenario of the city's morphological evolution and its transformations is proposed. This second volume in the series devoted to Qinnasrin provides a unique portrait of a remarkable and largely unknown site.