List of figures, tables and plates / Abbreviations / Editor’s preface / Acknowledgements
1. Introduction (Uwe Finkbeiner/Paola Sconzo)
1.1 The excavations at Tell el-ʻAbd (P. Sconzo)
1.2 Structure of the volume (U. Finkbeiner)
PART I. Small Objects
2. Sealings (Candida Felli)
2.1 Catalogue
2.2 Summary
3. Anthropomorphic figurines (Ferhan Sakal)
3.1 Handmade figurines from the 3rd millennium B.C.
3.2 Figurines that were completely or partially made in the mould
3.3 Figurines that could not be assigned
3.4 Figurines that have not been treated
4. Animal figurines, model vehicles, rattles and architecture models (Alexander Pruss)
4.1 Animal Figurines
4.2 Model vehicles
4.3 Vehicle wheels and lentoid discs
4.4 Rattles
4.5 Architecture models
5. Bone objects (Hermann Genz)
5.1 Decorated bone tubes
5.2 Awls
5.3 Spatulae
5.4 Pins/rods
5.5 Spindle whorls
5.6 Conclusions
6. Metal objects (Aaron Schmitt)
6.1 Pins and needles
6.2 Weapons
6.3 Tools
6.4 Nails
6.5 Miscellaneous
7. Stone objects (Uwe Finkbeiner)
7.1 Containers, fragment of a spoon
7.2 Grinding stones and mortars
7.3 Pestles
7.4 Spindle whorls
7.5 Whetstone
7.6 Pivot stones
7.7 Weights
7.8 Gaming pieces, dice
7.9 Sling stones
7.10 Round discs with holes (loom weights or net sinkers)
7.11 Discs
7.12 Objects of various other shapes
8. Baked and unbaked objects of clay (Uwe Finkbeiner)
9. Jewellery (Uwe Finkbeiner)
9.1 Beads
9.2 Rings
9.3 Pendants
PART II. Environmental Studies
10. Archaeological and anthropological analysis of Burial 1 (Susanne Wilhelm)
11. The faunal remains of Tell el-ʻAbd. Subsistence in a Bronze Age setlement in Syria (Monika Doll)
11.1 Species composition
11.2 Domestic species
11.3 Wild species
11.4 Summary
11.5 Measurements
12. Resource management at Tell el-ʻAbd. E conomic specialization despite or because of environmental limitation? (Simone Riehl)
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Materials and methods
12.3 Results
12.4 Discussion
12.5 Conclusions
13. Charcoal remains from third millennium BC Tell el-ʻAbd (Katleen Deckers)
13.1 Introduction
13.2 The site and the samples
13.3 Methods
13.4 Discussion
13.5 Conclusion
14. On the Tell el-ʻAbd radiocarbon chronology (Katleen Deckers)
15. Conclusion. Tell el-ʻAbd through the ages (Uwe Finkbeiner)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
References
Appendices
Appendix A. Small objects by inventory-number
Appendix B. Small objects by square and locus
Catalogue and Plates
