New Archival Insights from the CRAST Nimrud Survey (1987-1989). A Preliminary Report on Pottery and Topography

The aim of the paper is to present new archival insights from the CRAST Nimrud survey (1987-1989). Our approach reconsiders both topographic data and the entire pottery assemblage collected, with the aim of examining its internal consistency and chronological reliability. The study describes the subdivision of the pottery into distinct classes and examines the proposed chronology through comparison with published material. By doing so, it investigates the difficulty of working with legacy survey data, which often present challenges due to inconsistent recording, and extends the discussion to the broader interpretative potential of the corpus. This contribution therefore considers and contextualizes the material in order to provide a more solid basis for future research.