Tell Brak: en af verdens første byer
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Tell Brak : en af verdens første byer. / Skuldbøl, Tim Boaz Bruun; Marie Hald, Mette.
In: Denmark. Nationalmuseet. Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark, Vol. 2012, 13.11.2012, p. 8-17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Tell Brak
T2 - en af verdens første byer
AU - Skuldbøl, Tim Boaz Bruun
AU - Marie Hald, Mette
N1 - ENGLISH SUMMARY Tell Brak – one of the world’s first cities The excavations of the city mound Tell Brak in Syria (figs.1 and 2) show that we are dealing with a fully developed city as early as 6000 years ago. The article presents some of the many finds made on the tell which speak of the development of the city (fig.3). The complex organization of a city is reflected in finds of stamp seals and mass-produced pottery (fig.7), and the wealth of the city can be seen in the workshops, where beads of gold and semi-precious stone lie together with unworked obsidian (figs.4 and 6). The degree of organization in the city is probably best expressed by the huge masses of refuse that were transported from the city out to the refuse dumps. The article also deals with the challenge in prehistory of feeding the city’s fast-growing population in an agriculturally marginal area. Charred grain (figs.5 and 7) and the accompanying weeds give us important knowledge of Tell Brak’s agrarian economy over 1000 years. Barley, emmer wheat and flax were among the most important crops. Despite a period of drought around 3200 BC, the emmer wheat was grown in the fields with plentiful water, and must either have been artificially irrigated or imported from the north. Indications that straw rose in value can be explained by a growing need for buildings in the city, where houses were made of sun-dried mud brick (fig.8).
PY - 2012/11/13
Y1 - 2012/11/13
N2 - Arkæologiske udgravninger på byhøjen Tell Brak i Syrien har vist, at vi har at gøre med en fuldt udviklet storby allerede for 6.000 år siden. Denne artikel præsenterer nogle af de mange fund, der er gjort i byen fra denne tid, og kommer også ind på den indsats, der skulle til i oldtiden for at brødføde byens hastigt voksende befolkning.
AB - Arkæologiske udgravninger på byhøjen Tell Brak i Syrien har vist, at vi har at gøre med en fuldt udviklet storby allerede for 6.000 år siden. Denne artikel præsenterer nogle af de mange fund, der er gjort i byen fra denne tid, og kommer også ind på den indsats, der skulle til i oldtiden for at brødføde byens hastigt voksende befolkning.
KW - Det Humanistiske Fakultet
KW - Tell Brak
KW - Byer
KW - Urbanisering
KW - Agerbrug
KW - Affaldshåndtering
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
VL - 2012
SP - 8
EP - 17
JO - Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark
JF - Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark
SN - 0084-9308
ER -
ID: 41874284