The development of Syrian Palace-ResourceCultures (A04)

• Subject Area: Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
• Term: since 2013
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 215859406

The project deals with the significance of resources for the socio-political and cultural development of Syria's palace systems during the Middle and Late Bronze Age (2000 - 1200 BC). Research has so far defined the Syrian palace systems primarily as economically functioning households, i.e. as 'palace economies' or oikoi. In contrast to this previous concept, the project will investigate how these states also used resources for the construction of power, political ideology, cultural identity and social integration as well as for the consolidation of interregional communication and internal and external networks.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1070: Resource Cultures. Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Relation to Resources
• Applicant Institution: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Ernst Pernicka; Professor Dr. Peter Pfälzner