Tell Touqan
Tell Touqan
تل طوقان Tall Tukan | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Abu al-Thuhur | |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 3,531 |
Tell Touqan (
History
The village of Tell Touqan is built atop a large
Early Bronze
In the EBIVB, Tell Touqan was occupied.
Middle Bronze
In the MBI, there are no evidence of occupation. In MBIIA, Phase 3 belongs to the early part while Phase 2A-B (c. 1800-1700/1650 BC) belongs to the later.[6] In early MBIIB, the occupation may have ended.
Iron Age
In the Iron Age, Phase 1 dated to around 720-535 BC.
Modern History
Tell Touqan was named after Abdullah Touqan, a regional sheikh ("chief") of the Al Touqan tribe. The Al Touqan were Arab Muslim nomadic tribes who dominated northern Syria prior to the 18th-century. Before it gained its current name, the village was called Tell al-Dahab which translates as the "Golden Mound."[3]
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Tell Touqan was a feudal (musha) village. In the mid-1950s only seven of the village's 56 families were landowners. The remaining 49 families were either employed as farm workers or sharecroppers. About 19
References
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ a b Bermant, 1979, p. 138.
- ^ a b c d Gordon, pp. 78-79.
- ^ Society of Biblical Archæology, 1893, p. 249.
- ^ Barjamovic, p. 201.
- ^ Luca Peyronel (2008) Tell Tuqan. Excavations 2006-2007. Part I. The Lower Town. Chapter 3. Area P
- ^ Gerber, 1994, p. 98.
Bibliography
- Barjamovic, Gokjo (2011). Historical Geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 978-87-635-3645-5.
- Bermant, Chaim (1979). Ebla: A Revelation in Archaeology. Times Book. ISBN 978-0-8129-0765-0.
- Gerber, Haim (1994). The Social Origins of the Modern Middle East. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-1-55587-509-1.