The Tell Abu Duwari Archaeological Project

伊丽莎白·斯通博士和她的同事们将继续他们的 考古发掘和绘图告诉阿布Duwari， 美索不达米亚的古代遗址，可以追溯到第二个千年 与当时大多数主要中心不同，这个主要中心 伊拉克的一个场地占地56公顷， 短时间 阿布·杜瓦里显然是在一次 大火和完全被遗弃。 因为文化材料 建筑遗迹只被一层薄薄的 砂，大规模水平开挖是可行的。 在两 实地工作的季节，该小组将完成他们的调查， 现场，表面刮了一大片，以获取信息 住宅布局，并进行密集挖掘，在一个大的 公共结构。 泥板将被破译并分析 在陶瓷、花卉和动物遗骸上进行。 虽然在近东进行了大量的研究， 人们对城市组织几乎一无所知。 这是因为 挖掘集中在分层较深的寺庙山， 以及重建所需的水平挖掘 城市是如何运作的还没有被研究过。 告诉阿布·杜瓦里 从大量潜在的猪舍中特意挑选出来 因为它提供了恢复这些信息的可能性。 这项研究应该提供深入了解的程度， 许多权力都集中在一起。 斯通博士认为， 已经传播到了许多宗教和民间 机构职能体系 这项研究还将提供关于 居民之间的地位差别程度以及 社区的社会组织和控制。 这项研究很重要，因为它将增加我们的 理解复杂的社会，比如我们自己的社会， 出现并保持。 因为它涉及到 在一段时间内，考古学处于一个独特的位置， 研究这些长期的过程。 并提供以下资料 与其他遗址相比，这次发掘将有助于我们 理解这一现象。

Dr. Elizabeth Stone and her colleagues will continue their archaeological excavation and mapping of Tell Abu Duwari, an ancient Mesopotamian site which dates to the second millennium B.C. Unlike most major centers of the time period, this major Iraqi site, scattered over 56 hectares, was occupied for only a short period of time. Abu Duwari was apparently destroyed in a conflagration and totally abandoned. Because cultural materials and architectural remains are covered by only a thin layer of sand, large scale horizontal excavation is feasible. During two field seasons of work, the team will complete their survey of the site, surface scrape a large area to gain information on residential layout, and conduct intensive excavation in one large public structure. Clay tablets will be deciphered and analyses conducted on ceramic, floral, and faunal remains. Although much research has been conducted in the Near east, almost nothing is known about city organization. This is because excavation has concentrated on deeply stratified temple mounts, and the kind of horizontal excavation necessary to reconstruct how cities function has not been undertaken. Tell Abu Duwari was purposely selected from among a large number of potential sties because it offered the possibility to recover such information. This research should provide insight into the degree to which much authority was centralized. Dr. Stone suggests that it may have been spread across a number of religious and civil institutions. The study will also yield information on the degree of status differentiation among inhabitants and the role of neighborhoods in social organization and control. This research is important because it will increase our understanding of how complex societies, such as our own, first emerge and are maintained. Because it deals with extended periods of time, archaeology is in a unique position to investigate such long term processes. Together with information from other sites, this excavation will contribute to our understanding of this phenomenon.