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The ARCANE Project
Associated
Regional
Chronologies for the
Ancient
Near
East
and the Eastern
Mediterranean
A project sponsored and financed
by the European Science Foundation
2006-2011
Sponsored by
Fonds National de la Recherche
Scientifique, Belgium; Research
Promotion Foundation, Cyprus;
Statens Humanistike
Forsksningsråd, Denmark; Suomen
Akatemia/Finlands Akademi,
Finland; Centre national de la
recherche scientifique, France;
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,
Germany; Nederlandse Organisatie
voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek,
The Netherlands; Fundação para a
Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal;
Vetenskapsrådet, Sweden;
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur
Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen
Forschung, Switzerland; Scientific
and Technical Research Counsil of
Turkey; The British Academy,
United Kingdom.
People and Institutions
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125 ‘Arcanians’
81 institutions
28 countries
TIGRIDIAN REGIONAL GROUP
Elena Rova (Team Leader)
Topic coordinators:
Monica Arrivabeni (Pottery)
Monica Tonussi (Figurines and other small finds)
Massimo Maiocchi (Epigraphy and History)
JEZIRAH REGIONAL GROUP
Elena Rova (pottery topic coordinator)
Aims and Goals
The ultimate goal of the ARCANE project is to produce a reliable relative
and absolute chronology of the entire Near East and East Mediterranean
area based on the synchronization of regional chronologies for the 3rd
millennium BC.
Topical scope
The project intends to review:
• all aspects of the material culture;
• the artistic manifestations, the historical and epigraphic
records, and the various methods of dating.
Geographical scope
1. Regional level
2. Supra-regional level
3. General synchronization
Regional group
Team leaders
Topic coordinators
Topics
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Stratigraphy
Ceramic
Architecture
City planning
Small finds & figurines
Metal
Lithics
Burials & funerary practices
Quality instead of Quantity
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Most reliable sequences
Largest excavated areas
Single-phase sites
Best inventories
Downloadable DB files
General Structure of the Relational Database
ANALYTICAL TABLES
Site
REGIONAL
TYPOLOGIES
- Pottery
- Objects
C14 / TL
Complex
Regional
Periodizations
Stone V.
INVENTORY
Metal
Regional
Unit
Assemblages
Pottery
Object
Glyptic
Ware
MAPS
PLANS &
SECTIONS
PHOTOS
DRAWINGS
Bibliography
INDEX
GENERAL
DOCUMENTARY TABLES
Synopsis
Textual
data
Additional TABLES
(Analytical)
SYNTHETIC
TABLES
Downloadable Standalone Files for Data Input
Integrated Utilities
Easy Shape Class determination from drawing
for open and closed shapes
Volume calculation from drawing
Reference
Shape Class
Chart
Development of the Database System according to the main Phases of the Project
ARCANE Project Phases
Database System
1 - Data collecting phase
6 basic files
(standalones)
- Input of basic data (benchmarks)
Additional files
(standalones)
- Input of specialized and additional data
- Semi-processed documents
2 - Data processing at regional level
Analytical Tables
Relational
Database
Synopsis
Regional
Syntheses
Regional Periodizations
Regional Typologies
3 - Data processing at inter-regional level
4 - Final syntheses
General Synthesis
Synthetic
Tables
Extended
Relational
Database
General Periodizations
General Typologies
Workshops
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30 regional and transversal workshops (2006-2008)
5 steering committee meetings (2006-2010)
5 inter-regional meetings (2008-2009)
1 final conference (2010)
Temporary new periodization
cal. BC
Jezirah
Traditional 1
3050-2900
EJZ 0
Jemdet Nasr
2900-2750
EJZ 1
Early Dyn. I
2750-2600
EJZ 2
Early Dyn. II
2600-2450
EJZ 3a
Early Dyn. IIIa
2450-2350
EJZ 3b
Early Dyn. IIIb
2350-2200
EJZ 4a-b Akkadian
2200-2100
EJZ 4c
Post-Akkadian
2100-2000
EJZ 5
Ur III
Traditional 2
Ninivite 5
Traditional 3 Tigridian
EB I
ETG 1-2
EB II
ETG 3
ETG 4
Metallic Ware EB III
Akkadian
Ur III
ETG 5
EB III-IVa
ETG 6
EB IVa
ETG 7
EB IVb
ETG 8
ETG 9
Plan of Publications
Vol. I
Region al Ch ron ologies
Vol. II
Region al Ch ron ologies
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Vol. III
Region al Ch ron ologies
ARCANE
As sociat ed
Reg io nal Ch ronologies
for t he A ncient Near Eas t
ARCANE
As sociat ed
Reg io nal Ch ronologies
for t he A ncient Near Eas t
II Ir d Mille nnium
As sociat ed
Reg io nal Ch ronologies
for t he A ncient Near Eas t
II Ir d Mille nnium
Southern Lev ant
II Ir d Mille nnium
Nort hern Lev ant
ed it ed b y Pie rr e de Mirosc hed ji
ed it ed b y St efania Mazz
Brepols - 200 6
on i & J ean-P
Cyprus
au l Thalmann
ed it ed b y Maria I ac o
Brepols - 200 9
Vol. IV
Region al Ch ron ologies
Brepols - 200 9
Vol. V
Region al Ch ron ologies
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Vol. VI
Region al Ch ron ologies
ARCANE
As sociat ed
Reg io nal Ch ronologies
for t he A ncient Near Eas t
II Ir d Mille nnium
ed it ed b y Tur an E fe & Meh met C elal Öz
ARCANE
As sociat ed
Reg io nal Ch ronologies
for t he A ncient Near Eas t
As sociat ed
Reg io nal Ch ronologies
for t he A ncient Near Eas t
II Ir d Mille nnium
W estern & Centr al Anatolia
II Ir d Mille nnium
East ern Anatolia
dogan
ed it ed b y Marc ella Fr
Brepols - 200 9
Middle Euphr ates
an gipan e & Har ald Haupt man n
ed it ed b y Uw e Finkbein er & C at her ine Marr o
Brepols - 200 9
Vol. VII
Region al Ch ron ologies
Brepols - 200 9
Vol. VIII
Region al Ch ron ologies
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Vol. IX
Region al Ch ron ologies
ARCANE
As sociat ed
Reg io nal Ch ronologies
for t he A ncient Near Eas t
ARCANE
As sociat ed
Reg io nal Ch ronologies
for t he A ncient Near Eas t
II Ir d Mille nnium
As sociat ed
Reg io nal Ch ronologies
for t he A ncient Near Eas t
II Ir d Mille nnium
Jezir ah
ed it ed b y Pio tr Bielinski & E le na R
Brepols - 200 9
Centr al M esopotamia
ova
ed it ed b y R einh ar d Ditt mann
Brepols - 200 9
Vol. X
Region al Ch ron ologies
Brepols - 200 9
Vol. XI
Region al Ch ron ologies
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Vol. XII
Region al Ch ron ologies
ARCANE
As sociat ed
Reg io nal Ch ronologies
for t he A ncient Near Eas t
II Ir d Mille nnium
ed it ed b y Marg ar et e v
ARCANE
As sociat ed
Reg io nal Ch ronologies
for t he A ncient Near Eas t
Southern Mesopot amia
As sociat ed
Reg io nal Ch ronologies
for t he A ncient Near Eas t
II Ir d Mille nnium
II Ir d Mille nnium
ed it ed b y Ab bas Aliz ad eh
ed it ed b y X & Y
Ir an
an E ss
Brepols - 200 6
Aegean
Brepols - 200 9
Regi onal Ch ro nolo gies (v
ol. I to XII)
eac h volu me: ±350 p ages
introd ucti on: 5 pa ges
former pe ri odizatio ns: 5 p ages
Inter-regional Phase
2 volumes
II Ir d Mille nnium
Tigridian R egion
ed it ed b y Marc Lebeau
vou & E dgar P elt enb urg
stratig raphy: 25 p ages
key s ites : 10 pa ges
ce rami c: 120 page s
artefac ts: 80 page s
his tory-epig raphy: 5 pa ges
gly ptic : 2 0 pag es
Brepols - 200 9
art his tory: 10 p ages
arch itec ture-city pl anni ng: 20 p ages
buria ls: 10 page s
14C : 5 pa ges
tabl es a nd pe ri odizatio ns: 15 page s
map s: 10 p ages
co ncl usi on: 10 p ages
- Publication Phase 1: Regional Chronologies (vol. I to XII).
Regional Phase
12 volumes
General Synthesis
1 volume
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Table of Contents
Introduction (M. Lebeau),
Stratigraphy (Ph. Quenet),
Pottery (E. Rova),
Urbanisation & City Planning (J.-W. Meyer),
Architecture (P. Pfälzner),
Metal (A. Bianchi & K. Franke),
Figurines (A. Pruss),
Lithics & Stone Industry (J. Thomalsky),
Burials & Funerary practices (S. Calentini),
Glyptic (A. Mccarthy),
Radiocarbon (l. Ristvet),
History & Philology (W. Sallaberger),
Conclusion (M. Lebeau).
Information
http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/arcane/