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Insediamenti fortificati del Vicino Oriente

La cittadella di ‘Urfa (Turchia)

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Abstract

This paper presents a summary of the results of an ongoing archaeological research on the citadel of Şanlıurfa, Turkey. It briefly discusses the history of fortification in the area and the present state of knowledge. It than illustrates the sequence of construction of the citadel on the basis of a stratigraphic analysis of the archaeological remains preserved above ground at the citadel, together with the study of historical photos and a re-examination of the written sources. This research is contributing to a better understanding of the evolution process that led to the development of a mature military architecture in the area and of the building techniques that were employed in this context


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Submitted: Sept. 14, 2017 | Published Nov. 8, 2017 | Language: it

Keywords Islamic fortification • Frontier • Military architecture • Citadel • Islamic building techniques • Islamic military architecture

Copyright © 2017 Cristina Tonghini. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/6969-189-8/SR-11-8


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