G. D. Summers | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Excavations at Yanik Tepe were conducted by Charles A. Burney over three
seasons from 1960 to 1962. The site is located to the northeast of Lake
Urmia, some 20 km from Tabriz. This volume comprises the final report on
the long sequences of stratigraphy and architecture belonging to the
Early Trans-Caucasian (ETC) period which lasted from about 3000 BCE into
the early second millennium. It is argued that the ETC people who
founded the village came from a long tradition of settled farming. While
the first phase, ETC I, is characterised by round houses and the second,
ETC II, by agglutinative rectilinear building there is strong continuity
in the use of space and, particularly, of built-in kitchen ranges. The
descriptive text is enhanced by numerous photographs and line drawings.
A concluding chapter makes pertinent comment on chronology and the place
of Yanik Tepe within a wider setting. A foreword by Charles Burney
provides colourful background to his pioneering excavations.