Excavations at Anshan (Tal-e Malyan)

The Middle Elamite Period

By (author) Elizabeth Carter By (author) Ken Deaver

Book cover: Excavations at Anshan (Tal-e Malyan)

Extent: 158 pages

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 1996)

ISBN: 9780924171222

8.46 x 10.98 inches

Price: $50.00

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This volume provides us with the first detailed view of the functioning of the Middle Elamite Empire outside Susiana. The excavation encompassed a segment of a larger building that must have served as a focus for the servants of the Elamite state in Anshan. Even though the function of the excavated area changed over time-from monumental building (level IV), to ceramic production area (level IIIB), to domestic structure (level IIIA)-the strong cultural ties to the lowlands continued until level IIIA was abandoned.


This volume provides us with the first detailed view of the functioning of the Middle Elamite Empire outside Susiana. The excavation encompassed a segment of a larger building that must have served as a focus for the servants of the Elamite state in Anshan. Even though the function of the excavated area changed over time-from monumental building (level IV), to ceramic production area (level IIIB), to domestic structure (level IIIA)-the strong cultural ties to the lowlands continued until level IIIA was abandoned.

  • By (author) Elizabeth Carter
  • By (author) Ken Deaver