Qach Rresh: A Neo- and Post-Assyrian (950-323 BCE) site on the Erbil Plain

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• Dr Kyra Kaercher (Montana State University - Northern)
• Tuesday 18 March 2025, 17:15-19:30
• McDonald Seminar Room, Department of Archaeology.

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The site of Qach Rresh, located about 15 km south of Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan is a rural site founded in the Neo-Assyrian Period (950-612 BCE ). After the collapse of the Assyrian Empire, this site seems to be abandoned and used as a trash dumping ground in the Post-Assyrian period (612-323 BCE ).  This site has been excavated since 2022 by the Rural Landscapes of Iron Age Imperial Mesopotamia Project. This paper presents the research into the Neo- and Post-Assyrian periods at this site, including new results of petrographic analysis of Post-Assyrian ceramics.

This talk is part of the Ancient Near East Seminar Series series.

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