Urbanism on the margins: third millennium BC Al-Rawda in the arid zone of Syria

• Autores: Corinne Castel, Edgar Peltenburg
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 81, Nº 313, 2007, págs. 601-616
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Fertile Crescent of the Ancient Near East is well known for its early cities in irrigated farming regions. Here the authors describe the recent discovery and investigation of a planned, circular, mid/late�third millennium BC city beyond the limit of rain-fed cultivation in the arid zone of inner Syria. Founded on the initiative of an unknown power and served by pastoralists and cultivators, the research at Al-Rawda demonstrates how environmental constraints were overcome in order to establish and sustain new centres in demanding regions at a time of maximum urbanisation.