Alalakh

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Ivory cosmetic box in the form of a duck, Alalakh, Late Bronze Age

Alalakh (Tell Atchana)

Discovery

Excavation

Bibliography

• Bergoffen, Celia J. [2005], The Cypriot Bronze Age Pottery from Sir Leonard Woolley's Excavations at Alalakh (Tell Atchana), [Denkschriften der Gesamtakademie 31; Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean 5], Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2005. ISBN 370013245X

• Casana, Jesse [2009], "Alalakh and the Archaeological Landscape of Mukish: The Political Geography and Population of a Late Bronze Age Kingdom", BASOR 353 (2009), pp.7-37.

• Collon, Dominique [1975], The Seal Impressions from Tell Atchana/Alalakh, [Alter Orient und Altes Testament 27], Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker, 1975. ISBN 3766688960

• von Dassow, Eva [2005], "Archives of Alalaḫ IV in Archaeological Context", BASOR 338 (2005), pp.1-69.

• Fink, Amir Sumakaʾi [2008], "Levantine Standardized Luxury in the Late Bronze Age: Waste Management at Tell Atchana (Alalakh)", in Fantalkin, A. and Yasur-Landau, A. (eds), Bene Israel—Studies in the Archaeology of Israel and the Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages in Honour of Israel Finkelstein, [ CHANE 31], Leiden / Boston: Brill, 2008, pp.165-195, 279-287 (figs 1-12). ISBN 9789004152823

• Woolley, Leonard [1955], Alalakh: An Account of the Excavations at Tell Atchana in the Hatay, 1937-1949 (with sections by C. J. Gadd and R. D. Barnett), [Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London 18], London: Society of Antiquaries, 1955. [xi, 411 p., 131 p. of plates : ill., map, plans (4 fold.) ; 28 cm].

External links

• Tell Atchana - Alalakh.org - official site of the current excavations
• Archaeoboany at Tell Atchana - research project of Dr Simone Riehl at the University of Tübingen