Area Z

Area Z (originally referred to as Area S East) was a walled complex across a wide road to the east of Area S. No access to the road was found in the few trenches excavated. All rooms had doors south, giving the impression of two non-communicating rows of rooms, each row with rooms leading into each other from the south. Though the evidence is scant, it suggests that Area Z housed some sort of industrial activity.

Two trenches excavated in 1995 to the south of Area Z (394/4 and 395/7) may belong to it.

Area Z was excavated by Heather Jackson in 2008 and 2010.

Report:

• Heather Jackson, 'Area S. The Commercial Area', in Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates Volume Five: Report on excavations 2000-2010. Mediterranean Archaeology Supplement 10 (Sydney, 2016) 69-71.

Areas S and Z ground plan 2010
Areas S and Z ground phasing plan
Field books

The Australian Mission to Jebel Khalid is a joint project of the
Australian National University and the University of Melbourne.