Bøker i Oriental Institute Publications-serien

After World War II, archaeological fieldwork was resumed in Iran in 1948. McCown chose the Ram Hormuz region, southeast of lowland Susiana and the region south and east of the provincial town of Ahvaz down to the Persian Gulf. He recorded 118 sites in the areas and eventually chose for excavation the large prehistoric mound complex Tall-e Geser.

Tell Hamoukar is one of the largest Bronze Age sites in northern Mesopotamia. Presents the results of three seasons of field survey and remote-sensing analysis at the site and region. This area is one of the best-preserved ancient landscapes of movement in the world. Appendices describe the 60 sites, surface assemblages and ceramic typology.

Remains of sculpture and fragments of an important inscription in the Old Phrygian language were found during excavations at the sixth century BC walled city on Kerkenes Mountain in Central Turkey. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs A Turkish summary is provided.