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This book presents for the first time the complete corpus of equipment for horses excavated by the Hasanlu Project in the Iron II level at Hasanlu Tepe, Iran.
The equipment is varied, extensive and in a context sealed as buildings collapsed during the violent surprise attack and resulting fire that destroyed the town. The equipment is remarkable in the quantity recovered, its variety and richness, the functional types that could be identified (riding, draft, ceremonial), and the amount that could be reconstructed. Its life context gives new information about equipment and usage not otherwise available and allows suggestions for the layered importance of the horse as evidenced by the equipment. No other book presents equipment for horses in a similar context and quantity; the preservation at Hasanlu is unique for this part of the Near East in this time period.
The equipment also provides new insight into space use in Hasanlu, one of the most important Iron Age sites in northwest Iran. Find-spots yield information about building use and reuse, some as stables. These and architectural alterations provide unique information regarding changes to the town over time, some of which most likely reflect changes in the dynamics of the region.
Jennifer Swerida is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Kennesaw State University and a Consulting Scholar of the Penn Museum. She is also Co-Director of the Bat Archaeological Project (Sultanate of Oman) and Assistant Director of the Nax.ivan Archaeological Project (Nax.ivan, Azerbaijan). Her research interests center on identity formation and alternative forms of social complexity in the Ancient Near East.
NOTES AND TERMINOLOGY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1 Introduction
2 Hasanlu in Period IVB: Stables, Horses, and Equipment
3 The Setting for Hasanlu in the 9th Century BCE
4 Typology
5 Contextual Catalogue
6 Conclusions
Bibliography
Author Biographies
Index