A 4th-MILLENNIUM TEMPLE/PALACE
complex at arslantepe-malatya. North-South relations and the formation of early state societies in the northern regions of Greater Mesopotamia
M. Frangipane
: Eastern Anatolia, Arslantepe, Late Uruk, public architecture, State formation, core-periphery relations. Mots clefs : Anatolie Orientale, Arslantepe, Architecture publique. Formation de l'État, Relations zone nucléaire et périphérie.
The great amount of archaeological activity that has Nevertheless, the North has continued to be considered mar- concentrated in recent years in the Upper Mesopotamia!! and ginal in comparison with the primary nucleus of southern the Syro-Anatolian regions has focused interest in the features alluvial Mesopotamia. This is certainly partly due. quite right- of the first urbanisation and State formation in these areas. ly. to the different dimension of the phenomenon in the two
Paléurient. vu!. 23/1. p. 45-7?. '• . C.VRS Éditions 1947 Manuscrit reçu le 17 avril /99/ et accepté le 27 mai IW7.
