Masculinities and Militarization at Hasanlu, Iran: A View from the Burials
The site of Hasanlu, Iran, is best known for its destruction around 800 B.C.E., likely at the hands of the Urartian army. The period preceding the destruction, Hasanlu IVb, was one of rapid change at the site, which was located at a point of conflict between the burgeoning of the Urartian state to t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2016
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2016, Volume: 79, Issue: 3, Pages: 196-204 |
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| Summary: | The site of Hasanlu, Iran, is best known for its destruction around 800 B.C.E., likely at the hands of the Urartian army. The period preceding the destruction, Hasanlu IVb, was one of rapid change at the site, which was located at a point of conflict between the burgeoning of the Urartian state to the north and the expansion of the Assyrian Empire from the west. Changes—which have been loosely attributed to “militarization”—are evident throughout Hasanlu, including in the approximately 100 Period IVb burials on the site's lower mound. The IVb burials introduce new, gender specific, militarized mortuary assemblages. This article focuses on the burials of biologically sexed males, arguing that masculine militarization as evidenced in burials is not a monolithic phenomenon at Hasanlu. Rather, careful analysis of male burial assemblages suggests the performance of materially differentiated “masculinities” at the site. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5615/neareastarch.79.3.0196 |