The research project aims at clarifying the social organization, the way of living and the relationship with the surrounding environment of the ancient people living in the Zagros Mountains. The attention focuses in particular on the early and mid-1st millennium BC when the interaction between the Mesopotamian lowlands and the Eastern Mountains became more and more intense. It is the texts of the people of the plains (first of all the Neo-Assyrian written sources), which give the best information about the Zagros ranges and their inhabitants. With the help of a systematic analysis of both these official documents and the local scanty archaeological remains, an overall picture of the people of the Zagros and their environment should emerge together with a view of the ideological character of their foreign representation. [table “6” not found /]
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