Modeling Collapse: Analysis Of The Bronze Age-iron Age Transition At Two Near Eastern Sites

Author

William Nutt

Graduation Semester and Year

2014

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Anthropology

Department

Sociology and Anthropology

First Advisor

Karl Petruso

Abstract

This project tests a three-step model for archaeological collapse, by analyzing assemblages from two museum collections, Alisar Hüyük and Tell el Fakhariyah. Focusing on three categories of artifacts, namely biological remains, tools and weapons, and objects of personal adornment, the model evaluates change over a brief time in order to investigate the transitional period during a collapse. As the sites used for this research were excavated during the first half of the twentieth century, the project assesses the possible utility of old museum collections in light of probable biases.

Disciplines

Anthropology | Social and Behavioral Sciences

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

Recommended Citation

Nutt, William, "Modeling Collapse: Analysis Of The Bronze Age-iron Age Transition At Two Near Eastern Sites" (2014). Sociology & Anthropology Theses. 6.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/sociologyanthropology_theses/6