essay
Third-millennium BC charred plant remains from Tell Brak
Excavations at Tell Brak • 2 • Published In 2001 • Pages: 301-326
By: Charles, Michael, Bogaard, Amy, 1972.
Abstract
Charles and Bogaard present 'an analysis of charred plant remains dating from the late ED III through the post-Akkadian occupation of the site....[A]rhaeobotanical work at large urban sites in both north and south Mesopotamia has been limited but can potentially address ... questions relating to crop production and consumption ...[T]he evidence from Tell Brak can provide useful comparisions with contemporary sites elsewhere in the region ...' (p301). Their analysis demonstrates the cultivation of at least four cereal crops and two pulses. Some of the cereal crops may have been used as animal fodder. There isn't any clear evidence of climate change based on these samples.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeobotanist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2008
- Field Date
- 1978-1984
- Coverage Date
- 4400 BP-3950 BP (2400 BC-1950 BC)
- Coverage Place
- Tell Brak, Syria
- Notes
- Mike Charles and Amy Bogaard
- For bibliographical references see document 13: Oates
- LCCN
- 00303945
- LCSH
- Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian/Excavations (Archaeology) Iraq/Mitanni (Ancient kingdom)/Dayr al-Zawr (Syria) Antiquities