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Jason A. Ur. The Evolution of Mesopotamian Cities
Jason A. Ur. The Evolution of Mesopotamian Cities
2022
Jason A. Ur. 2022. “Remote Sensing of Ancient Canal and Irrigation Systems”. In Irrigation in Early States: New Directions, edited by Stephanie Rost, Pp. 65-81. Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute
Jason A. Ur. 2022. “Remote Sensing of Ancient Canal and Irrigation Systems”. In Irrigation in Early States: New Directions, edited by Stephanie Rost, Pp. 65-81. Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute
One of the attractions of historical archaeology is the possibility to combine textual data with the archaeological record. In the world of Near Eastern archaeology, however, often the evidence of texts is taken to be the more reliable source, and...
2020
Jason A. Ur. 2020. “Space and Structure in Early Mesopotamian Cities”. In Landscapes of Pre-Industrial Cities, edited by Georges Farhat, Pp. 37-59. Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks
Jason A. Ur. 2020. “Space and Structure in Early Mesopotamian Cities”. In Landscapes of Pre-Industrial Cities, edited by Georges Farhat, Pp. 37-59. Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks
The study of preindustrial cities is in a phase of great dynamism. For a long time, early cities were viewed narrowly through the lenses of Classical and ancient Near Eastern urbanism. In archaeology, this situation emerged largely as a result of the...
2017
Jason A. Ur. 2017. “The Birth of Cities in Ancient West Asia”. In Ancient West Asian Civilization: Geoenvironment and Society in the Pre-Islamic Middle East, edited by Akira Tsuneki, Shigeo Yamada, and Kenichiro Hisada, Pp. 133-47. Singapore: Springer
Jason A. Ur. 2017. “The Birth of Cities in Ancient West Asia”. In Ancient West Asian Civilization: Geoenvironment and Society in the Pre-Islamic Middle East, edited by Akira Tsuneki, Shigeo Yamada, and Kenichiro Hisada, Pp. 133-47. Singapore: Springer
2015
Jason A. Ur. 2015. “Urban Adaptations to Climate Change in Northern Mesopotamia”. In Climate and Ancient Societies, edited by Susanne Kerner, Rachael Dann, and Pernille Bangsgaard Jensen, Pp. 69-95. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press
Jason A. Ur. 2015. “Urban Adaptations to Climate Change in Northern Mesopotamia”. In Climate and Ancient Societies, edited by Susanne Kerner, Rachael Dann, and Pernille Bangsgaard Jensen, Pp. 69-95. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press
2014
Jason A. Ur. 2014. “Urban Form at Tell Brak Across Three Millennia”. In Preludes to Urbanism: Studies in the Late Chalcolithic of Mesopotamia in Honour of Joan Oates, edited by Augusta McMahon and Harriet Crawford, Pp. 49-62. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and the British School of Archaeology in Iraq
Jason A. Ur. 2014. “Urban Form at Tell Brak Across Three Millennia”. In Preludes to Urbanism: Studies in the Late Chalcolithic of Mesopotamia in Honour of Joan Oates, edited by Augusta McMahon and Harriet Crawford, Pp. 49-62. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and the British School of Archaeology in Iraq
A common but implicitly held idea in Mesopotamian archaeology is that once urbanism appeared, Mesopotamia was thereafter an urban civilization. Despite various ups and downs through the millennia, which saw individual settlements wax and wane, the city...
2013
Bjoern Menze and Jason Ur. 2013. “Mapping Anthrosols in Multi-Spectral Images Using a Multi-Temporal Classification Strategy: An Approach to Settlement Survey at a Large Scale in the Upper Khabur Basin, Syria”. In Mapping Archaeological Landscapes from Space: In Observance of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, edited by Douglas Comer and Michael Harrower, Pp. 209-18. New York: Springer
Bjoern Menze and Jason Ur. 2013. “Mapping Anthrosols in Multi-Spectral Images Using a Multi-Temporal Classification Strategy: An Approach to Settlement Survey at a Large Scale in the Upper Khabur Basin, Syria”. In Mapping Archaeological Landscapes from Space: In Observance of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, edited by Douglas Comer and Michael Harrower, Pp. 209-18. New York: Springer
2012
Bjoern Menze and Jason Ur. 2012. “Mapping Patterns of Long-Term Settlement in Northern Mesopotamia at a Large Scale”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Bjoern Menze and Jason Ur. 2012. “Mapping Patterns of Long-Term Settlement in Northern Mesopotamia at a Large Scale”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The landscapes of the Near East show both the first settlements and the longest trajectories of settlement systems. Mounding is a characteristic property of these settlement sites, resulting from millennia of continuing settlement activity at...
Jason Ur. 2012. “Spatial Scale and Urban Evolution at Tell Brak and Hamoukar at the End of the 3rd Millennium BC”. In Looking North: The Socio-Economic Dynamics of the Northern Mesopotamian and Anatolian Regions During the Late Third and Early Second Millennium BC, edited by Nicola Laneri, Peter Pfälzner, and Stefano Valentini, Pp. 25-35. Tübingen University
Jason Ur. 2012. “Spatial Scale and Urban Evolution at Tell Brak and Hamoukar at the End of the 3rd Millennium BC”. In Looking North: The Socio-Economic Dynamics of the Northern Mesopotamian and Anatolian Regions During the Late Third and Early Second Millennium BC, edited by Nicola Laneri, Peter Pfälzner, and Stefano Valentini, Pp. 25-35. Tübingen University
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2011
Jason A. Ur, Philip Karsgaard, and Joan Oates. 2011. “The Spatial Dimensions of Early Mesopotamian Urbanism: The Tell Brak Suburban Survey, 2003-2006”. Iraq, 73, Pp. 1-19
Jason A. Ur, Philip Karsgaard, and Joan Oates. 2011. “The Spatial Dimensions of Early Mesopotamian Urbanism: The Tell Brak Suburban Survey, 2003-2006”. Iraq, 73, Pp. 1-19
The 2003–2006 Suburban Survey at Tell Brak investigated the spatial dimensions of the city’s urban origins and evolution via intensive systematic surface survey. This report places this research in the broader context of research on Near Eastern urban...
2010
Jason Ur. 2010. “Cycles of Civilization in Northern Mesopotamia, 4400-2000 BC”. Journal of Archaeological Research, 18, Pp. 387-431
Jason Ur. 2010. “Cycles of Civilization in Northern Mesopotamia, 4400-2000 BC”. Journal of Archaeological Research, 18, Pp. 387-431
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Wilkinson, Charles French, Jason Ur, and Miranda Semple. 2010. “The Geoarchaeology of Route Systems in Northern Syria”. Geoarchaeology, 25, Pp. 745-71
Wilkinson, Charles French, Jason Ur, and Miranda Semple. 2010. “The Geoarchaeology of Route Systems in Northern Syria”. Geoarchaeology, 25, Pp. 745-71
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