Download or read book Excavations at Anshan (Tal-e Malyan) written by Elizabeth Carter and published by UPenn Museum of Archaeology. This book was released on 1996-01-29 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides us with the first detailed view of the functioning of the Middle Elamite Empire outside Susiana. The excavation encompassed a segment of a larger building that must have served as a focus for the servants of the Elamite state in Anshan. Even though the function of the excavated area changed over time—from monumental building (level IV), to ceramic production area (level IIIB), to domestic structure (level IIIA)—the strong cultural ties to the lowlands continued until level IIIA was abandoned. Malyan Excavation Reports, II