Settlement in the Upper Orontes Valley from the Neolithic to the Islamic Period: an instance of punctuated equilibrium

Philip, G.; Bradbury, J.N.

doi:10.4000/syria.4966

Settlement in the Upper Orontes Valley from the Neolithic to the Islamic Period: an instance of punctuated equilibrium

Philip, G.; Bradbury, J.N.

Authors

Professor Graham Philip graham.philip@durham.ac.uk
Professor

J.N. Bradbury

Contributors

D. Parayre
Editor

Abstract

This paper seeks to outline the main developments in settlement organization in the Orontes Valley around the modern city of Homs from the Neolithic through to the Islamic period. Data drawn from ten seasons of fieldwork undertaken by the project Settlement and Landscape Development in the Homs Region, Syria (1999-2009) are used to delineate the main developments in settlement distribution and organization in each of three contrasting landscape units. Settlement change over time in each unit is considered in terms of its possible relationship to political and economic developments at a wider regional scale.

Citation

Philip, G., & Bradbury, J. (2016). Settlement in the Upper Orontes Valley from the Neolithic to the Islamic Period: an instance of punctuated equilibrium. In D. Parayre (Ed.), Le fleuve rebelle. Géographie historique du moyen Oronte d'Elba à l'époque médiévale (377-395). Presses de l'Ifpo. https://doi.org/10.4000/syria.4966

Acceptance Date	Apr 19, 2015
Online Publication Date	Jan 10, 2017
Publication Date	Nov 1, 2016
Deposit Date	Mar 4, 2015
Publicly Available Date	May 12, 2015
Pages	377-395
Series Title	Syria - Supplément
Book Title	Le fleuve rebelle. Géographie historique du moyen Oronte d'Elba à l'époque médiévale.
DOI	https://doi.org/10.4000/syria.4966