ABSTRACT
A wide multidisciplinary project of archaeometric analyses on material assemblages and bioarchaeological samples dating from the Early Bronze Age IVA was planned as a part of the Ebla Chora Project (ECP); in order to investigate primary production, manufacture processes, technological degree of specialization, and intersections between crafts and exchange systems at local and interregional levels. The pottery and architectural components analyses and the bioarchaeological researches have focused on the relationships between the urban town and its environment and the strategies of procurement, exploitation, and consumption of natural resources and raw materials in the region of Ebla. The items and raw materials found in the Royal Palace testify to the wide range of handicraft activities performed by the Eblaite artisans; according to the picture that emerges from the texts, such objects were produced for inner consumption and redistribution, trade, and gifts exchange, in a complex pattern of spatially diversified circuits.
