Summary The fifth volume of the ARCANE series presents an up-to-date and richly illustrated synthesis of the archaeology of the 3rd millennium BC in the Upper Tigris region of Northern Iraq and South-eastern Turkey, the first to fully include the results of international rescue excavations carried out in both countries in the second half of the 20th century in the framework of dam projects. Written by well-known experts, it revises all aspects of the material culture and history, and proposes a new periodisation and terminology for the region. It thus poses a sound basis for the evaluation of the recently revived archaeological research in Iraqi Kurdistan. Together with the other volumes of the ARCANE series, it will represent an indispensable reference for students as well as for scholars of the Ancient Near East, in particular for those interested in the Early Bronze Age and in inter-regional connections. TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword - ELENA ROVA Introduction - ELENA ROVA Stratigraphy - STEVE RENETTE Pottery - MONICA ARRIVABENI The Pottery Sequence from Assur and Its Integration in the Tigridian Pottery Culture - CLAUDIA BEUGER Architecture and Settlement Trends - DOROTA ?AWECKA Metal - ?UKASZ RUTKOWSKI Figurines and Small Finds - MONICA TONUSSI Lithics - JUDITH THOMALSKY Burials and Funerary Practices - STEFANO VALENTINI Glyptic - HOLLY PITTMAN Radiocarbon Dates and Periodisation for the Tigridian Region - ELISABETTA BOARETTO AND ELENA ROVA History and Philology - MASSIMO MAIOCCHI Conclusions - ELENA ROVA General Bibliography Index of Geographical Names