The 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) was held
in Vienna in April 2016 organized by the Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology
(OREA) the Austrian Academy of Sciences with the support of the University of Vienna a
generous welcome by the City of Vienna and the Federal Ministry for Europe Integration and
Foreign Affairs. More than 800 participants from 38 countries presented their latest research
in 8 parallel sections and 28 workshops (to be published in separate volumes). Additionally a
poster section with more than 80 posters was organized - a number of them integrated here in
the chapters relevant to the corresponding topics. The two-volume proceedings contain numerous
contributions presented during the 10th ICAANE giving an overview of current research
excavations and activities in Near Eastern archaeology. The first volume includes the Statement
about the Threat to Cultural Heritage in the Near East and North Africa signed in the course
of the 10th ICAANE as well as papers of the sections Transformation & Migration Archaeology
of Religion & Ritual Images in Context and Islamic Archaeology. The second volume is dedicated
to the main topics Prehistoric and Historical Landscapes & Settlement Patterns and Economy &
Society and is completed with Excavation Reports & Summaries.
