To the Euphrates and beyond: archaeological studies in honour of Maurits N. van Loon

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by  Akkermans, Peter M. M. G., Curvers, Hans H., Haex, Odette M. C., Loon, Maurits Nanning van

TO THE EUPHRATES AND BEYOND

TO THE EUPHRATES
ANDBEYOND
Archaeological s tudies in honour
ofM aurits N v an L oon
Edited b y
o'M.C.HAEX, H.H.CURVERS & P.M.M.G.AKKERMANS
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Contents

Foreword VII
Notes on the prehistoric environment of the Syrian Djezireh 1
Sytze B ottema
Landevaluation in prehistoric perspective: Some observations 17
JA.K. B oerma
A microwear analysis of sampled borers from Netiv Hagdud, a PPNA settlement
in the Jordan Valley 21
Jo hannes Bueller
Jebel Bishri and the Amorite homeland: The PPNB phase 29
J uris Z arins
Les debuts de la ceramique sur le Moyen-Euphrate (6500-5500) B.e. 53
Marie L e Miere
A lesser known figurine from the near eastern Neolithic 65
ErikLohof
Halaf mortuary practices: A survey 75
Peter MM.G. Akkermans
The Red Wash Ware ceramie assemblage in Syria: A review 89
Roger Leenders
An o rthographie peculiarity in the Akkadian letters ofTusratta 103
WH. van S oldt
TiSpak, his seal, and the dragon muslJussu 117
F.AM. Wiggermann
The battle of Qadesh: Some reconsiderations 135
MJ.deBruyn
Ein neuer Typus halbmondförmiger Axtklingen aus Nordsyrien 167
Friedrich L üth
The beginning of the thrid millennium in Syria 173
Hans H . Curvers
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An E arly Bronze ill pottery region between the Middle Euphrates and Habur:
New evidence from Tell Hammam et-Turkman 195
Laurens C . Thissen
Metal animal headed cups at Mari 213
Sally D unham
Ground plans and archaeologists: On similarities and comparisons 221
D.IW. M eijer
The Aussenstadt s ettlement of Munbaqa, Syria 237
T. de Feyter
Zur Datierung der altmonochromen W are von Tell Halaf 257
KarinBartl
The origins of the Aramaeans in Syria and northern Mesopotamia: Research
problems and potential strategies 275
Glenn M . Schwartz
Metal restoration in the field 293
Ron L eenheer
A bibliography of Maurits N. Van Loon up to 1988 301
OdetteHaex
Foreword

Planning this volume with studies in honour of Maurits N. Van Loon was a pleasant and
challenging task. When we began to enumerate all the possible contributors for this
celebratory volume, we realized that it would be impossible to include all his former and
present colleagues, his students, and his many other friends. Forced by practical consider­
ations to keep the size of the book within certain limits we have decided to restrict the
number of contributors to his former students and collaborators in the field. We are
painfully aware that this meant that some of Van Loon's very good friends could not be
invited to participate, and we can only hope that they will forgive us.
The contributions in this volume are offered as a tribute to one of the most productive,
versatile and stimulating Archaeologists today. So much is standard praise. Perhaps
Maurits Van Loon's unique and overriding quality, however, is a determination to expand
the archaeological discipline and to examine critically some of its most fundamental
assumptions. Whether collaborating with biologists, pedologists or chemists he con­
tinues a vigorous, wide-ranging search for new methods of study and new areas of
relevance. It is characteristic of the wide range of Van Loon's interests that the articles
presented here cover such a variety of fields with a wide chronological and geographical
range.
It is only fitting that the contributors to this volume all have been collaborators or
former students of Dr. Van Loon and that the initiative in conceiving and editing it has
remained entirely in their hands. Principal responsability for initiating it r ested with
Odette Haex, Peter M.M.G. Akkermans and Hans H.Curvers. We wish to express our
gratitude to the committee Vrienden-cadeau Maurits van Loon f or the financial support
in the genesis of this celebratory volume. Special thanks are expressed to the Stichting
Nederlands M useum voor A nthropologie en Praehistorie (Amsterdam), and the Allard
Pierson S tichting (Amsterdam).
Finally, the editors would like to thank Remko Jas who has helped to correct the first
prints.
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