Stratigraphy and Architecture of the Red House of Tall Schech Hamad / Dur-Katlimmu

作为一个精英住宅，“红房子”可能是在公元前612年之前的亚述帝国晚期建造的。这是目前唯一的考古材料记录上美索不达米亚，其使用期间福尔斯下降到时间后，亚述帝国崩溃。“红房子”被彻底发掘。它由90间客房组成，占地面积5176平方米。此外，还挖掘了建筑物和开放空间的相邻部分，使调查面积达到7，077平方米。根据项目的方法指导方针，挖掘的土壤根据其质地进行区分，并记录为土壤单元，即所谓的“Fundstellen”和装置。总共记录了近7500个单元，其中4976个是地面单元，2455个是安装。本文共分六章：第一章介绍了红屋遗址的概况，并对发掘和文献整理方法进行了广泛的论述;第二章追溯了红屋遗址的土积历史和被占领的发展过程;第三章介绍了红屋遗址的考古学特征，并对红屋遗址的考古学特征进行了分析。该记录允许区分1 - 4个使用阶段，其中第1-4阶段涵盖建筑物的主要用途，而第5- 1 - 4阶段代表非使用和再使用阶段。在分析中使用的一种创新的方法是专门开发的，称为长方体方法，允许将地球单位转换成一个三维的身体，使其数量的计算。第3章介绍了地球积累的细节，并包括地球单位（'Fundstellen'）在其空间背景下的分析，以及他们的解释。本章是第二章的基础，提供了对结论的控制和从记录到解释的可追溯性。第四章分析了“红房子”的建筑细节。第五章详细介绍了“红房子”中出土的文字记录。第六章总结了结论。文本卷包含386个图和38个表。该图则附有五十六幅图板，其中七幅为大型图则。两者都是为了保证从现场记录到解释的可追溯性。一个创新的计划是“Beilage 1”;它是对占领发展和建筑所有房间和外部部分积累历史的同步光学概述。另外两个大型计划（贝拉根6-7）图片的考古记录的杰出档案室发现的YV和WV，从而无效的批评，最近表示有关考古文件的文本档案（N。Postgate in Iraq LXXII，2010）.

Being an elite residence the ‚Red House‘ was probably constructed during the Late Assyrian Empire prior to 612 BC. It is presently the only archaeological-material record of Upper Mesopotamia whose period of use falls verifiably into the time after the collapse of the Assyrian Empire. The ‘Red House’ was excavated completely. It consists of 90 rooms covering an area of 5176 m². Adjoining parts of buildings and open spaces were excavated additionally making it a total of 7077 m² investigated. Following the methodic guide lines of the project the excavated earth was differentiated according its texture and documented as earth units, so called ‘Fundstellen’, and in installations. In total almost 7500 units were recorded out of which 4976 were earth units and 2455 installations. Having participated in the excavation in relevant positions the authors have a vivid memory of the archaeological record.The text volume is structured in six chapters:Chapter 1 offers an introduction to the subject and an extensive discourse on excavation and documentation methods.Chapter 2 traces the history of the earth deposits and the development of occupation of the ‘Red House’. The record allows differentiating 14 utilization phases out of which phases 1-4 cover the main use of the building while phases 5-14 represent phases of non usage and re-usage. An innovative method used in the analysis was specially developed, called the cuboid method, allowing to transfer the earth units into a three dimensional body enabling the calculation of its quantity.Chapter 3 presents the details of the earth accumulation and comprises the analysis of the earth units (‘Fundstellen’) in their spatial context as well as their interpretation. This chapter is the basis of chapter 2 offering control over the conclusions and traceability from the record to the interpretation.Chapter 4 analyses architectural details of the ‘Red House’.Chapter 5 is a detailed account of the written records excavated in the ‘Red House’.Chapter 6 sums up the conclusions.The text volume contains 386 figures and 38 tables; it is supplemented by a volume of 56 plates out of which 7 are large plans. Both are designed to guarantee the traceability from the field record to the interpretation. An innovative plan is ‘Beilage 1’; it is a synchronic-optical overview of the occupation development and of the history of accumulation of all the rooms and exterior parts of the building. Two other large plans (Beilagen 6-7) picture the archaeological record of the eminent archive found in rooms YV and WV, thus invalidating the critic that was recently expressed concerning the archaeological documentation of text archives (N. Postgate in Iraq LXXII, 2010).