TY - JOUR

T1 - Tell Brak

T2 - en af verdens første byer

AU - Skuldbøl, Tim Boaz Bruun

AU - Marie Hald, Mette

N1 - ENGLISH SUMMARY Tell Brak – one of the world’s first cities The excavations of the city mound Tell Brak in Syria (figs.1 and 2) show that we are dealing with a fully developed city as early as 6000 years ago. The article presents some of the many finds made on the tell which speak of the development of the city (fig.3). The complex organization of a city is reflected in finds of stamp seals and mass-produced pottery (fig.7), and the wealth of the city can be seen in the workshops, where beads of gold and semi-precious stone lie together with unworked obsidian (figs.4 and 6). The degree of organization in the city is probably best expressed by the huge masses of refuse that were transported from the city out to the refuse dumps. The article also deals with the challenge in prehistory of feeding the city’s fast-growing population in an agriculturally marginal area. Charred grain (figs.5 and 7) and the accompanying weeds give us important knowledge of Tell Brak’s agrarian economy over 1000 years. Barley, emmer wheat and flax were among the most important crops. Despite a period of drought around 3200 BC, the emmer wheat was grown in the fields with plentiful water, and must either have been artificially irrigated or imported from the north. Indications that straw rose in value can be explained by a growing need for buildings in the city, where houses were made of sun-dried mud brick (fig.8).

PY - 2012/11/13

Y1 - 2012/11/13

N2 - Arkæologiske udgravninger på byhøjen Tell Brak i Syrien har vist, at vi har at gøre med en fuldt udviklet storby allerede for 6.000 år siden. Denne artikel præsenterer nogle af de mange fund, der er gjort i byen fra denne tid, og kommer også ind på den indsats, der skulle til i oldtiden for at brødføde byens hastigt voksende befolkning.

AB - Arkæologiske udgravninger på byhøjen Tell Brak i Syrien har vist, at vi har at gøre med en fuldt udviklet storby allerede for 6.000 år siden. Denne artikel præsenterer nogle af de mange fund, der er gjort i byen fra denne tid, og kommer også ind på den indsats, der skulle til i oldtiden for at brødføde byens hastigt voksende befolkning.

KW - Det Humanistiske Fakultet

KW - Tell Brak

KW - Byer

KW - Urbanisering

KW - Agerbrug

KW - Affaldshåndtering

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

VL - 2012

SP - 8

EP - 17

JO - Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark

JF - Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark

SN - 0084-9308

ER -