ABSTRACT
No archaeological evidence of any substance exists as to the times, means, propulsions, or resistance regarding the gradual development, in the decades before 2400 bc, of the archaic Early Syrian settlement into the mature Early Syrian city of the age of the Archives. The ruins from the mature Early Syrian Period of the Archives have a different significance, their extension and monumental size varying considerably; they also belong to very different if very important sectors of the ancient settlement. The making of flour is attested in several rooms by the frequent presence of benches with basalt grindstones, while nearby workshops were certainly used to cut stones and shells both for the inlay work of wall-panels mainly for palace use, and for small animal statuettes of which, however, no remains have been found in the ruins of Royal Palace G.
