Reassessing Early Urbanism in North-Eastern Mesopotamia

在Bassetki考古遗址（伊拉克杜胡克省古代马尔达曼）发现的新证据表明，在早期青铜器时代（EBA）后期所谓的第二次城市革命之前，城市化的指标就已经出现，从而挑战了古代美索不达米亚传统的城市化模式。我将评估mardaman挖掘数据，重点关注早期EBA建筑、物质文化、地层学和国内背景下的微地层学，采用基于多标量gis的方法。这种历时分析将表明随着遗址发展成为一个主要中心，组织结构的变化，并允许我重新评估当时美索不达米亚北部的城市化状态。

New evidence at the archaeological site of Bassetki (ancient Mardaman, Duhok province, Iraq) suggests thatindicators of urbanism predate the so-called second urban revolution in the later Early Bronze Age (EBA)thereby challenging conventional models of urbanisation in Ancient Mesopotamia. I will evaluate theMardaman excavation data with a focus on early EBA architecture, material culture, stratigraphy, andmicrostratigraphy from domestic contexts, taking a multi-scalar GIS-based approach. This diachronicanalysis will indicate changes in organisation as the site grew into a major centre and allow me to reassessthe state of urbanisation in Northern Mesopotamia at that time.