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<big>'''Welcome to Aktanak'''</big>
 
<big>'''Welcome to Aktanak'''</big>
  
[[Aktanak]] is a repository of information of early [[stamp seals]] of the [[Middle East]] primarily focusing on artefacts from the [[Ubaid]] and earlier. It is still under construction and many elements will therefore not be complete.
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[[Aktanak]] is a repository of information of early [[stamp seals]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East Middle East] primarily focusing on [[Late Neolithic]] stamp seals. It was initially created to accompany the PhD of [http://www.shdenham.co.uk/?page_id=74 Simon Denham], an AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Award between the [http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ University of Manchester] and [http://www.britishmuseum.org/ The British Museum]. The thesis was awarded in October 2013. It is the process of being updated to accompany the publication of "Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic Stamp Seals in the British Museum", also by Simon Denham and published by the British Museum Press.
  
At present it covers {{#ask:[[ArtefactType::Stamp Seal]] |format=count}} stamp seals and {{#ask:[[ArtefactType::!Stamp Seal]] |format=count}} other objects, mostly sealings.
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At present it covers {{#ask:[[ArtefactType::Stamp Seal]] | format=count}} stamp seals and {{#ask:[[ArtefactType::!Stamp Seal]] |format=count}} other objects, mostly 'pendants' or sealings.
  
The information can be accessed through a number of methods depending on your interests, if you wish to look specifically at the artefacts from an individual site please go to [[Regions]] and narrow down by modern geo-political boundaries, if you wish a specific artefact group via [[Artefacts]] and specific materials via [[Materials]]. These top-level categories can also be accessed from the categories section of the sidebar. Once more interpretive elements are added they too will have their own top-level category.
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The information can be accessed through a number of methods depending on your interests, if you wish to look specifically at the artefacts from an individual site please go to [[Regions]] and narrow down by modern geo-political boundaries, if you wish a specific artefact group via [[Artefacts]] and specific materials via [[Materials]].  
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==Key Sites==
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[[Arpachiyah]]
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[[Domuztepe]]

Latest revision as of 11:53, 27 April 2016

Welcome to Aktanak

Aktanak is a repository of information of early stamp seals of the Middle East primarily focusing on Late Neolithic stamp seals. It was initially created to accompany the PhD of Simon Denham, an AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Award between the University of Manchester and The British Museum. The thesis was awarded in October 2013. It is the process of being updated to accompany the publication of "Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic Stamp Seals in the British Museum", also by Simon Denham and published by the British Museum Press.

At present it covers 349 stamp seals and 166 other objects, mostly 'pendants' or sealings.

The information can be accessed through a number of methods depending on your interests, if you wish to look specifically at the artefacts from an individual site please go to Regions and narrow down by modern geo-political boundaries, if you wish a specific artefact group via Artefacts and specific materials via Materials.

Key Sites

Arpachiyah Domuztepe