Karel Van Lerberghe

A report on technical analyses on material recovered from the site of Beydar. Individual contributions focus on archaeozoology, physical anthropology, molecular archaeology, palaeometallurgy, chemical analyses of ceramics, composition of basalt, pottery technology, animal husbandry, conservation of copper alloys, dactyloscopy and sealings, numismatics, survey and environmental investigations.

This volume contains 33 papers presented at the 42th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale held at the University of Leuven in July 1995. The main purpose of the conference on Languages and Cultures in Contact was to focus on contacts and exchanges between the various cultures in the Syro-Mesopotamian realm by re-evaluating the geographical limits of ‘Mesopotamian’ civilization to...