15 results on '"Sami Ben Tahar"'
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2. Le site rural de Mezraya (Jerba) de la Protohistoire à l’époque romaine impériale : résultats de la première campagne de fouilles préventives de 2018
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Sami Ben Tahar, Philipp von Rummel, Tomoo Mukai, Karin Mansel, and Heike Möller
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Mezraya ,Jerba ,protohistory ,Punic ,Roman ,farm ,History of Civilization ,CB3-482 - Abstract
The rural site of Mezraya (Jerba), which was the subject of a rescue excavation in 2018, has revealed a range of interesting archaeological results. The stratigraphy documents continuous use and occupation of the site from protohistoric to Roman times. Systematic pottery analysis has been used to establish, for the first time, a cultural-chronological sequence covering almost a thousand years. Interpreted as a farm, the remains of amphora, as well as important small finds, give clues to the range of agricultural and artisanal activities carried out on the site, including spindle whorls and loom weights, providing direct evidence of textile production. Beginning in the second half of the 8th century BCE, evidence of archaic Phoenician ceramics indicates that Mezraya developed contact and connections with the wider Mediterranean world. After a long existence, the site was completely abandoned during the first half of the 3rd century CE.
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- 2021
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3. New insights into the urban history of Meninx (Jerba)
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Stefan Ritter and Sami Ben Tahar
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Meninx ,Jerba ,excavation ,geophysic ,underwater archaeology ,Punic ,History of Civilization ,CB3-482 - Abstract
The archaeological investigations at the site of ancient Meninx (Jerba) in 2017 and 2018 revealed further details of the urban layout of this important seaport. The work also provided new insights into all periods of the city’s history, from the 4th c. B.C. to the late 7th c. A.D. It also answered the question of where the harbor facilities of Meninx were situated.
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- 2020
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4. Le site antique de Guellala (Jerba) de la prospection à l’étude archéologique
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Sami Ben Tahar
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Guellala ,Jerba ,Tripolitaine ,punic ,Roman ceramics ,Gulf of Boughrara ,History of Civilization ,CB3-482 - Abstract
Archaeological survey carried out during the year 2018 on the site of Guellala/Haribus (Jerba) has yielded a rich archaeological documentation spanning between the 5th century BC and the 7th century CE. Due to its location at the south end of the gulf of Boughrara and its position on the route towards Tripolitania, this site was accessible to Mediterranean trade, as seems to be confirmed by ceramics imported from Africa and elsewhere. This material arrived at Guellala through a port that has recently been discovered. A poorly preserved necropolis is now better known through two clay-cut-tombs: one is undisturbed and was excavated in 2014, while the other was looted.
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- 2019
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5. Henchir Tawrirt (Jerba) : un site libyque aux origines
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Sami Ben Tahar
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Henchir Tawrirt ,Jerba ,Jeffara ,Protohistory ,basket ware ,punic ,History of Civilization ,CB3-482 - Abstract
Archaeological research carried out between 2006 and 2008 on Henchir Tawrirt, a site located in the southeast of the island of Jerba, yielded remains dating from protohistory to Roman period. The most ancient traces of occupation on this site consist of remains of floor of huts which have delivered, besides flint tools, a pottery entirely unknown on the island until now, Basket Ware. This is related to protohistoric ceramics characteristic of the Libyan Sahara. In the Punic period, this site was open to the Mediterranean probably since the 5th century BC, as shown by the imported wine amphorae from Carthage and Magna Graecia. At the end of the 1st or the beginning of the 2nd century AD, a large building, probably a rural villa, was constructed to exploit the agricultural production in the territory.
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- 2019
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6. L’atelier céramique d’Henchir Chouggaf (Ouedhref, Tunisie)
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Sami Ben Tahar and Claudio Capelli
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pottery workshop ,African amphora ,Keay 25 ,4th century AD ,petrography ,History of Civilization ,CB3-482 - Abstract
We present here the typological and archaeometric/petrographic characterisation of the production of the pottery workshop of Henchir Chouggaf, Southern Tunisia, which essentially consists of African amphorae of type Keay 25 dated to the 4th c. AD. Located alongside a wadi, this site could be interpreted as an oasis site playing the role of a station inside a trans-saharian circuit between Fezzan region and the port of Gabès.
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- 2018
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7. L’atelier céramique d’Oued el Akarit (Tunisie)
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Sami Ben Tahar, Michel Bonifay, and Claudio Capelli
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pottery workshop ,Southern Tunisia ,African amphora ,4th century AD ,Africana I ,Keay 25 ,History of Civilization ,CB3-482 - Abstract
We present here the typological and archaeometric/petrographic characterization of the production of the pottery workshop of Oued el Akarit, Southern Tunisia, following a new survey of the site. This workshop mainly produced during the 4th century four amphora types (Africana I B, Africana II D, Keay 25.1-2, and perhaps late variants of type Dressel 2/4), together with cooking wares (B and CB, but also imitations of categories A and AC typical of Northern Tunisia) and coarse wares. Despite the presence of abundant kiln wasters, which seem to exclude the presence of imports, the petrographic analysis showed heterogeneous fabrics, even inside each class, which could be explained with the use of different raw materials and production techniques in several workshops/kilns relatively scattered in time and/or space.
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- 2018
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8. Quantifying Surplus and Sustainability in the Archaeological Record at the Carthaginian-Roman Urban Mound of Zita, Tripolitania
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Rayed Khedher, Elyssa Jerray, Sami Ben Tahar, Hans Barnard, Jessica I. Cerezo-Román, Brian N. Damiata, Brett Kaufman, Thomas R. Fenn, Alan Farahani, Megan Daniels, Ali Drine, and Victoria Moses
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Archeology ,Geography ,Anthropology ,Bounded function ,Sustainability ,Archaeological record ,Ecological systems theory ,Archaeology - Abstract
Cultural ecological theory is applied to a spatially and temporally bounded archaeological data set to document long-term paleoecological processes and associated sociopolitical behaviors. Volumetr...
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- 2021
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9. New insights into the urban history of Meninx (Jerba)
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Sami Ben Tahar and Stefan Ritter
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German ,Archeology ,History ,Urban history ,Work (electrical) ,Preliminary report ,Situated ,language ,Archaeology ,language.human_language - Abstract
The archaeological investigations at the site of ancient Meninx (Jerba) in 2017 and 2018 revealed further details of the urban layout of this important seaport. The work also provided new insights into all periods of the city’s history, from the 4th c. B.C. to the late 7th c. A.D. It also answered the question of where the harbor facilities of Meninx were situated.
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- 2020
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10. L’atelier céramique d’Henchir Chouggaf (Ouedhref, Tunisie)
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Claudio Capelli and Sami Ben Tahar
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Archeology ,History ,Tunisie méridionale ,African amphora ,ورشة صناعة الفخار ,Pottery workshop ,Pottery workshop, African amphorae, Keay 25, 4th century AD, petrography ,Keay 25 ,الجرار الأفريقية ,atelier de céramique ,African amphorae ,ive siècle ,4th century AD ,petrography ,القرن الرابع ميلادي ,pétrographie ,amphore africaine ,بتروجرافيا ,pottery workshop - Abstract
On présente ici la caractérisation typologique et archéométrique/pétrographique de la production de l’Atelier d’Henchir Chouggaf, en Tunisie méridionale, composé essentiellement d’amphores du type Keay 25.1 et 2 datées au iv e s apr. J.-C. Situé près d’un oued, le site pourrait être interprété comme un site oasien qui aurait joué le rôle de relais dans un circuit transsaharien entre le Fezzan et le port de Gabès. We present here the typological and archaeometric/petrographic characterisation of the production of the pottery workshop of Henchir Chouggaf, Southern Tunisia, which essentially consists of African amphorae of type Keay 25 dated to the 4th c. AD. Located alongside a wadi, this site could be interpreted as an oasis site playing the role of a station inside a trans-saharian circuit between Fezzan region and the port of Gabès. نقدم هنا دراسة لأشكال منتجات ورشة صناعة الفخار بهنشير الشقاف التي توجد جنوب تونس مشفوعة بالخصائص الأركايومترية\ البتروجرافية والتي أنتجت بشكل أساسي الجرار الأفريقية من نوع Keay 25 والمؤرخ بالقرن الرابع ميلادي. وتجدر الاشارة الى آن هذا الموقع يجانب وادي المالح، و هو ما يمكن تفسيره بأنه كان واحة لعبت دور المحطة على طريق التجارة الصحراوية الرابط بين منطقة فزان وميناء قابس.
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- 2020
11. Henchir Tawrirt (Jerba) : un site libyque aux origines
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Sami Ben Tahar
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Archeology ,History ,villa rurale ,céramique à empreintes de vannerie ,Jeffara ,rural villa ,punique ,Protohistoire ,silex ,punic ,Libyan ,Henchir Tawrirt ,Carthage ,libyque ,basket ware ,Jerba ,Sahara ,flint ,Protohistory - Abstract
Les recherches archéologiques conduites entre 2006 et 2008 sur Henchir Tawrirt, site situé au sud-est de l’île de Jerba, ont mis au jour des vestiges s’étalant de la Protohistoire jusqu’à l’époque romaine. Les plus anciennes traces d’occupation humaine consistent en des fonds de cabanes qui ont livré, outre des outils en silex, une poterie complètement inconnue jusqu’alors : il s’agit de la céramique à empreintes de vannerie. Cette dernière serait la réplique insulaire d’une poterie protohistorique caractéristique du Sahara libyen. À l’époque punique, ce site s’est ouvert sur la Méditerranée, probablement à partir du ve s. av. J.-C. comme en témoignent les amphores importées de Carthage et de la Grande Grèce, destinées à contenir du vin. Vers la fin du i er s. ou au début du ii e s. apr. J.-C., un grand édifice, vraisemblablement une villa rurale, y a été construit, destiné à exploiter les denrées agricoles qui y étaient produites. Archaeological research carried out between 2006 and 2008 on Henchir Tawrirt, a site located in the southeast of the island of Jerba, yielded remains dating from protohistory to Roman period. The most ancient traces of occupation on this site consist of remains of floor of huts which have delivered, besides flint tools, a pottery entirely unknown on the island until now, Basket Ware. This is related to protohistoric ceramics characteristic of the Libyan Sahara. In the Punic period, this site was open to the Mediterranean probably since the 5th century BC, as shown by the imported wine amphorae from Carthage and Magna Graecia. At the end of the 1st or the beginning of the 2nd century AD, a large building, probably a rural villa, was constructed to exploit the agricultural production in the territory.
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- 2020
12. Landscape archaeology and urbanism at Meninx: results of geophysical prospection on Jerba (2015)
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Jörg W. E. Fassbinder, Stefan Ritter, Lena Lambers, and Sami Ben Tahar
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Shore ,010506 paleontology ,Archeology ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,060102 archaeology ,Visual Arts and Performing Arts ,Geophysical prospection ,Hellenistic period ,06 humanities and the arts ,01 natural sciences ,Archaeology ,Roman Empire ,Urban history ,0601 history and archaeology ,Classics ,Urbanism ,Landscape archaeology ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
This paper presents the results of the geophysical prospection conducted at the site of Meninx (Jerba) in 2015. This was the first step in a Tunisian-German project (a cooperation between the Institut National du Patrimoine, Tunis, and the Institut für Klassische Archäologie der Ludwig-Maximilans-Universität München), the aim of which is to shed light on the urban history of the most important city on the island of Jerba in antiquity.Meninx, situated on the SE shore of the island (fig. 1), was the largest city on Jerba during the Roman Empire and eponymous for the island's name in antiquity. The outstanding importance of this seaport derived from the fact that it was one of the main production centers of purple dye in the Mediterranean. With the earliest secure evidence dating to at least the Hellenistic period, Meninx saw a magnificent expansion in the 2nd and 3rd c. A.D. It was inhabited until the 7th c. when the city was finally abandoned.
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- 2018
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13. Zooarchaeological evidence for meat consumption at Zita, Tunisia, during the Punic to Roman occupations (2nd century BCE to 3rd century CE)
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Megan Daniels, Sami Ben Tahar, Hans Barnard, Elyssa Jerray, Victoria Moses, Ali Drine, and Brett Kaufman
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Archeology ,Geography ,Anthropology ,Ancient history ,Consumption (sociology) ,Zooarchaeology - Published
- 2019
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14. La pêche à Jerba à l'époque punique : l'apport de l'archéologie
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Sami Ben Tahar, Myriam STERNBERG, Institut National du Patrimoine, Tunis, Centre Camille Jullian - Histoire et archéologie de la Méditerranée et de l'Afrique du Nord de la protohistoire à la fin de l'Antiquité (CCJ), and Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Halieutique et pêche ,Fish ,[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,Ghizene ,Punic ,Halieutic ,Pêche ancienne ,Fishing ,Archéo-ichtyologie ,Jerba - Abstract
International audience; The archaeological researches conducted in recent years in Jerba brought to light halieutic remains which can be dated back to the Punic era. The archaeological data concern caban remains, net steelyards, some ichthyologic remnants and shellfish. These discoveries constitute convincing indications of an economic activity that developed on the coast of the Little Syrt, thanks to the presence of a convenient eco-system for the flourishing of diverse marine species.; Les recherches archéologiques menées ces dernières annnées à Jerba mettent en lumière un activité halieutique à la période punique. Les vestiges archéologiques sont constitués de restes de cabanes, plombs de filets, restes archéo-ichtyologiques et quelques coquillages. Ces découvertes constituent des témoignages convaincants de l'activité économique halieutique côtière de la Petite Syrte, favorisée par la proximité d'un écosystème favorable dans lequel évoluent de de nombreuses espèces.
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- 2011
15. Une tombe monumentale d’époque républicaine à Marguène (île de Jerba, Tunisie)
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Sami Ben Tahar
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Archeology ,History ,époque républicaine ,mobilier ,architecture funéraire ,Marguène ,stèle ,Jerba ,Carthage ,céramique ,monument ,chambre funéraire ,tombe ,punique ,rite ,Marguene ,ceramic ,funeral architecture ,furniture ,punic ,tomb ,funeral room ,stela ,republican period - Abstract
In Marguene, located in the northwest of the island of Jerba, a tomb was discovered by chance in December 2006. This is a monumental architectural complex consisting of a corridor, a central hall preceded by an access surmounted by a libation trough and two sepulchral rooms. Although it has been revisited in modern times by clandestine excavators, this tomb is a testimony of prime importance for understanding the funerary world of North Africa during the pre-Augustan period. This family tomb was reused throughout the Ist c. AD. not only to deposit new burials, but also to perform ceremonies in honor of the dead., La tombe de Marguène située au Nord Ouest de l’île de Jerba a été découverte fortuitement en décembre 2006. Il s’agit d’un complexe architectural monumental constitué d’un dromos, d’une salle centrale précédée par un accès surmonté d’une auge à libation et de deux pièces sépulcrales. Bien qu’elle ait été revisitée aux temps modernes par les fouilleurs clandestins, cette tombe constitue un témoignage de première importance pour la connaissance du monde funéraire africain à l’époque pré-augustéenne. Cette demeure funéraire familiale fut réutilisée au courant du Ier s. apr. J.-C. non seulement pour y déposer des nouvelles sépultures, mais aussi pour célébrer des cérémonies en l’honneur des défunts., Ben Tahar Sami. Une tombe monumentale d’époque républicaine à Marguène (île de Jerba, Tunisie). In: Antiquités africaines, 46-48,2010. pp. 55-85.
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- 2010
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