Settlement history and Urban planning at Zincirli Höyük, southern Turkey

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-80

  Casana, Jesse ^a   Herrmann, Jason T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient cities; Archaeo geophysics; Iron age; Magnetic gradiometry; Neo assyrian; Turkey; Urbanism

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IRON AGE; PUBLIC SPACE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

TURKEY;

EID: 77955696711     PISSN: 09527648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/jmea.v23i1.55     Document Type: Article

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