The ARCANE ProjectThe ARCANE Project

AssociatedRegionalChronologies for theAncientNearEast and the Eastern Mediterranean

A project sponsored and financedby the European Science Foundation

2006-2011

Sponsored bySponsored byFonds 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.

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 InstitutionsPeople and Institutions

• 125 ‘Arcanians’• 81 institutions• 28 countries

• 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)

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.

Aims and GoalsAims and Goals

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 level2. Supra-regional level

3. General synchronization

1. Regional level2. Supra-regional level

3. General synchronization

Regional group

Team leaders

Topic coordinators

Regional group

Team leaders

Topic coordinators

TopicsTopics

1. Stratigraphy2. Ceramic3. Architecture4. City planning5. Small finds & figurines6. Metal7. Lithics8. Burials & funerary practices

1. Stratigraphy2. Ceramic3. Architecture4. City planning5. Small finds & figurines6. Metal7. Lithics8. Burials & funerary practices

Quality instead of QuantityQuality instead of Quantity

• Most reliable sequences• Largest excavated areas• Single-phase sites• Best inventories

• Most reliable sequences• Largest excavated areas• Single-phase sites• Best inventories

Downloadable DB filesDownloadable DB files

General Structure of the Relational DatabaseGeneral Structure of the Relational Database

INVENTORY

Site

Complex

Unit

Pottery Object

C14 / TL

Glyptic

Metal

Ware

ANALYTICAL TABLESANALYTICAL TABLES

GENERALDOCUMENTARY TABLES

GENERALDOCUMENTARY TABLES

Additional TABLES(Analytical)

Additional TABLES(Analytical)

SYNTHETICTABLES

SYNTHETICTABLES

Textualdata

Stone V.

MAPS

PHOTOS

PLANS &SECTIONS DRAWINGS

Bibliography

Regional

Periodizations

Regional

Periodizations

Regional

Assemblages

Regional

Assemblages

REGIONALTYPOLOGIES - Pottery - Objects

INDEXINDEX Synopsis

Downloadable Standalone Files for Data InputDownloadable Standalone Files for Data Input

Integrated UtilitiesIntegrated Utilities

Easy Shape Class determination from drawingfor open and closed shapesEasy Shape Class determination from drawingfor open and closed shapes

Volume calculation from drawingVolume calculation from drawing

ReferenceShape ClassChart

ReferenceShape ClassChart

1 - Data collecting phase1 - Data collecting phase

2 - Data processing at regional level2 - Data processing at regional level

3 - Data processing at inter-regional level 3 - Data processing at inter-regional level

4 - Final syntheses4 - Final syntheses

6 basic files(standalones)6 basic files

(standalones)

RelationalDatabase

RelationalDatabase

ExtendedRelationalDatabase

ExtendedRelationalDatabase

Additional files(standalones)

Additional files(standalones)

SynopsisSynopsis

Development of the Database System according to the main Phases of the ProjectDevelopment of the Database System according to the main Phases of the Project

RegionalSynthesesRegional

Syntheses

General PeriodizationsGeneral Periodizations General TypologiesGeneral Typologies

Regional Periodizations

Regional Typologies

SyntheticTables

SyntheticTables

ARCANE Project PhasesARCANE Project Phases Database SystemDatabase System

- Input of specialized and additional data- Input of specialized and additional data

- Semi-processed documents- Semi-processed documents

- Input of basic data (benchmarks)- Input of basic data (benchmarks)

General SynthesisGeneral Synthesis

Analytical TablesAnalytical Tables

WorkshopsWorkshops

• 30 regional and transversal workshops (2006-2008)• 5 steering committee meetings (2006-2010)• 5 inter-regional meetings (2008-2009)• 1 final conference (2010)

• 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 Temporary new periodization

cal. BCcal. BC JezirahJezirah Traditional 1Traditional 1 Traditional 2Traditional 2 Traditional 3Traditional 3 TigridianTigridian3050-29003050-2900 EJZ 0EJZ 0 Jemdet NasrJemdet Nasr EB IEB I ETG 1-2ETG 1-22900-27502900-2750 EJZ 1EJZ 1 Early Dyn. IEarly Dyn. I Ninivite 5Ninivite 5 EB IIEB II ETG 3ETG 32750-26002750-2600 EJZ 2EJZ 2 Early Dyn. IIEarly Dyn. II ETG 4ETG 42600-24502600-2450 EJZ 3aEJZ 3a Early Dyn. IIIaEarly Dyn. IIIa Metallic WareMetallic Ware EB IIIEB III ETG 5ETG 52450-23502450-2350 EJZ 3bEJZ 3b Early Dyn. IIIbEarly Dyn. IIIb EB III-IVaEB III-IVa ETG 6ETG 62350-22002350-2200 EJZ 4a-bEJZ 4a-b AkkadianAkkadian AkkadianAkkadian EB IVaEB IVa ETG 7ETG 72200-21002200-2100 EJZ 4cEJZ 4c Post-AkkadianPost-Akkadian EB IVbEB IVb ETG 8ETG 82100-20002100-2000 EJZ 5EJZ 5 Ur IIIUr III Ur IIIUr III ETG 9ETG 9

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art history: 10 pagesarchitecture-cit y planning: 20 pagesburials: 10 pages14C: 5 pagestables and periodizations: 15 pagesmaps: 10 pagesconclusion: 10 pages

- Publication Phase 1: R egional Chronologies (v ol. I to XII).

IIIrd Millennium

Ir an

edited by Abbas Alizadeh

ARCANE

AssociatedRegional Chronologiesfor the Ancient Near East

Brepols - 2009

Vol. XIRegional Chronologies

IIIrd Millennium

Centr al Mesopotamia

edited by Reinhard Dittmann

ARCANE

AssociatedRegional Chronologiesfor the Ancient Near East

Brepols - 2009

Vol. IXRegional Chronologies

IIIrd Millennium

Southern Mesopotamia

edited by Margarete v an Ess

ARCANE

AssociatedRegional Chronologiesfor the Ancient Near East

Brepols - 2006

Vol. XRegional Chronologies

IIIrd Millennium

Middle Euphrates

edited by Uwe Finkbeiner & Catherine Marro

ARCANE

AssociatedRegional Chronologiesfor the Ancient Near East

Brepols - 2009

Vol. VIRegional Chronologies

IIIrd Millennium

Eastern Anatolia

edited by Marcella Frangipane & Har ald Hauptmann

ARCANE

AssociatedRegional Chronologiesfor the Ancient Near East

Brepols - 2009

Vol. VRegional Chronologies

IIIrd Millennium

Jezir ah

edited by Marc Lebeau

ARCANE

AssociatedRegional Chronologiesfor the Ancient Near East

Brepols - 2009

Vol. VIIRegional Chronologies

IIIrd Millennium

Tigridian R egion

edited by Piotr Bielinski & Elena R ova

ARCANE

AssociatedRegional Chronologiesfor the Ancient Near East

Brepols - 2009

Vol. VIIIRegional Chronologies

IIIrd Millennium

Cyprus

edited b y Maria Iacovou & Edgar P eltenburg

ARCANE

AssociatedRegional Chronologiesfor the Ancient Near East

Brepols - 2009

Vol. IIIRegional Chronologies

IIIrd Millennium

Southern Lev ant

edited by Pierre de Miroschedji

ARCANE

AssociatedRegional Chronologiesfor the Ancient Near East

Brepols - 2006

Vol. IRegional Chronologies

IIIrd Millennium

Northern Lev ant

edited by Stefania Mazzoni & Jean-P aul Thalmann

ARCANE

AssociatedRegional Chronologiesfor the Ancient Near East

Brepols - 2009

Vol. IIRegional Chronologies

IIIrd Millennium

W estern & Centr al Anatolia

edited by Tur an Efe & Mehmet Celal Öz dogan

ARCANE

AssociatedRegional Chronologiesfor the Ancient Near East

Brepols - 2009

Vol. IVRegional Chronologies

IIIrd Millennium

Aegean

edited b y X & Y

ARCANE

AssociatedRegional Chronologiesfor the Ancient Near East

Brepols - 2009

Vol. XIIRegional Chronologies

Regional Chronologies (vol. I to XII)

each volume: ±350 pages

introduction: 5 pagesformer periodizations: 5 pages

stratigraphy: 25 pageskey sites: 10 pagesceramic: 120 pagesartefacts: 80 pageshistory-epigraphy: 5 pagesglyptic: 20 pages

Inter-regional Phase2 volumes

Inter-regional Phase2 volumes

General Synthesis1 volume

General Synthesis1 volume

Plan of Publications

Regional Phase

12 volumes

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).

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