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Architectural Assemblages: The Northwest Complex at Zincirli

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2018

David Kertai
David Kertai*
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Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Room 352 Mandel Building, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem91905, Israel Email: dkertai@yahoo.com
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Abstract

The Northwest Complex is one of several known Syro-Anatolian elite residences on the citadel of Zincirli. Syro-Anatolian elite residences such as the Northwest Complex are generally described with the anachronistic term Hilani. The related discourse has focussed on the architectural features that can define the Hilani type. More recently, discussions have focused anew on how these complexes functioned. This paper uses assemblage theory to move the discourse away from its focus on what architecture is to what it can do. It situates the Northwest Complex in an assemblage of Syro-Anatolian elite residences that partake in a shared culture of hospitality. It argues that the distinctive feature of these residences is their externalization of hospitality through the creation of elaborate in-between spaces in the form of external porticos.

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Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , February 2019 , pp. 81 - 101
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Copyright © McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 2018 

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