Observations on the Prehistory of the Balikh valley, Syria, during the 7th to 4th Millennium BC

• Autores: Lorraine Copeland
• Localización: Paléorient, ISSN 0153-9345, Vol. 5, Nº. 1, 1979, págs. 251-275
• Idioma: francés
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  • The interest for prehistory of the Balikh Valley, north-central Syria, lies in its position, almost mid-way between the Levant and Mesopotamia. Interesting links, both to the east and the west, can be deduced from flint, obsidian and ceramic material collected from early tells during a survey in 1978. Two of these seem to refer to an early pottery Neolithic dating to the end of the 7th Mil.

    (hence, pre Amuq A) and known in the Euphrates and Balikh Valleys from Bouqras and Aswad. The Halaf and Ubaid sites can be dated, based on the stratifled pottery sequence at Tell Aqab, to various phases of the Halaf and Ubaid cultures.