A century of photography and field archaeology in Mesopotamia 1852‒1945

Autore: Stefano Anastasio, with a contribution by Marta Binazzi
Anno edizione: 2026
Collana: Documenta Asiana, 15
Isbn: 978-88-5491-762-0
Issn: 1126-7321
Materie: Assiriologia, Archeologia
Formato: 21 x 29,7
Pagine: 268

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Sommario:

Introduction
Acknowledgments (p. 9)

The first century of archaeological photography in Mesopotamia
The first two decades (1850s‒1860s) (p. 15); From the 1870s to the end of the 19th century (p. 17); The 20th century until World War II (p. 19)

Behind the photographs: Taking a photograph during an archaeological expedition in the Middle East, 1840s‒1930s, by Marta Binazzi
Introduction: Why technology and materiality matter (p. 26); 1840s‒1850s: The first decades. Daguerreotypes, calotypes and paper negatives (p. 28); 1850s‒1870s: From paper negatives to collodion negatives (p. 35); 1880s‒1890s: Gelatin dry silver negatives, a new photographic practice (p. 39); 1900s‒1930s: The global spread of archaeology and the developments in camera and print technology (p. 45)

Key list of the expeditions and their photographic batches
Abu Habba (p. 58); Abu Hatab (p. 60); Abu Hurayra (p. 61); Abu Sharain (p. 62); Ain Sinu (p. 64); Al-Geraineh (p. 64); Al-Hadr (p. 64); Al-Hiba (p. 68); Al-Hira (p. 68); Al-Khan (p. 68); Al-Kufa (p. 69); Al-Qusayr (p. 69); Anah (p. 69); Aqar Quf (p. 71); Arslan Taş (p. 73); Arslantepe (p. 76); Babylon (p. 77); Baghuz (p. 84); Bakr Awa (p. 84); Balad Sinjar (p. 84); Balawat (p. 85); Bavian (p. 85); Belkıs (p. 87); Birs Nimrud (including Ibrahim al-Khalil) (p. 88); Bismaya (p. 92); Ctesiphon (including Taq-i Kisra) (p. 92); Dair (alias Der) (p. 99); Darband-i Gaur (p. 101); Deve Höyük (p. 101); Dibsi Faraj (p. 101); Dirb al-Shabak (p. 101); Fara (p. 102); Germayr (p. 103); Grai Resh (p. 103); Gu Kummet (p. 104); Gunduk (p. 104); Hajj Muhammed (p. 104); Halabiya (p. 104); Hammam et-Turkman (p. 106); Harran (p. 106); Hazar Merd (p. 107); Horum Höyük (p. 108); Ishan Bahriyat (p. 108); Ishchali (p. 109); Jabal al-Baydha (p. 109); Jamdat Nasr (p. 109); Jerwan (p. 110); Jirijib (p. 111); Kara Tepe (p. 111); Karkamış (alias Jerablus, Barak) (p. 111); Khafaja (p. 114); Kharab Sayyar (p. 115); Khorsabad (p. 115); Kudish Saghir (p. 118); Maltai (p. 118); Merji Khamis (p. 119); Meskene (p. 120); Nimrud (p. 122); Nineveh (Kuyunjik & Nebi Yunus) (p. 126); Nuffar (p. 131); Qalat Awena (p. 133); Qalat Jabar (p. 134); Qalat Sharqat (p. 134); Qara Quzaq (p. 138); Qasr Shamamuk (p. 139); Raqqa (p. 139); Salihiya (p. 140); Samarra (p. 144); Samsat (p. 148); Sharif Khan (p. 149); Sultantepe (p. 149); Tell Abd (p. 149); Tell Abr (p. 149); Tell Abu Hasan (p. 149); Tell Abu Maria (p. 150); Tell Afar (p. 150); Tell Agrab (p. 151); Tell Ahmar (p. 151); Tell Ailun (p. 152); Tell Ajaja (p. 153); Tell al-Fakhariya (p. 153); Tell al-Hamidiya (p. 154); Tell al Hawa (p. 154); Tell al-Laham (p. 154); Tell al-Rimah (p. 155); Tell al-Sadoum (p. 155); Tell al-Sahlan (p. 155); Tell al-Ubaid (p. 155); Tell Amarna (p. 157); Tell Arbid (p. 157); Tell Arpachiya (p. 157); Tell Ashara (p. 158); Tell Asmar (p. 158); Tell Aswad (p. 159); Tell Banat (p. 159); Tell Barghuthiat (p. 159); Tell Bia (p. 160); Tell Billa (p. 160); Tell Brak (p. 161); Tell Chagar Bazar (p. 161); Tell Dailam (p. 161); Tell Digdiga (p. 162); Tell Durahim (p. 162); Tell Ermen (p. 162); Tell Fray (p. 162); Tell Hajib (p. 163); Tell Halaf (p. 163); Tell Hamdun (p. 164); Tell Hammam (alias Ibn esh-Shebab) (p. 164); Tell Hariri (p. 164); Tell Harmal (p. 165); Tell Hassuna (p. 165); Tell Ibrahim (p. 165); Tell Jidla (p. 166); Tell Jokha (p. 166); Tell Khuera (p. 167); Tell Koshi (p. 167); Tell Mafash (p. 167); Tell Mahuz (p. 167); Tell Medina (p. 167); Tell Mozan (p. 168); Tell Mukayyar (p. 168); Tell Munbaqa (p. 172); Tell Muraybit (p. 172); Tell Qumluk (p. 172); Tell Senkere (p. 172); Tell Shaykh Hamad (p. 174); Tell Shaykh Hasan (p. 174); Tell Sifr (p. 174); Tell Taban (p. 175); Tell Taya (p. 175); Tell Ukhaimir (including Ingharra, Khazna, Tell Bandar) (p. 175); Tell Umayr (p. 177); Tell Uqair (p. 180); Tell Zaydan (p. 180); Tello (p. 180); Tepe Chenchi (p. 182); Tepe Gawra (p. 183); Tulul al-Aqar (p. 183); Tunainir (p. 184); Üçtepe (alias Kerh) (p. 184); Ukhaidir (p. 185); Umm al-Jir (alias Umm al-Jirab) (p. 186); Warka (p. 187); Wasit (p. 189); Yarim Tepe (p. 190); Yorghan Tepe (p. 190); Zalabiya (p. 191); Zarzi (p. 192); Zurghul (p. 192)

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Conclusions

Bibliographic references

List of abbreviations

Illustrations