Collapse or transformation? Regeneration and innovation at the turn of the first millennium BC at Arslantepe, Turkey

Frangipane, Marcella; Filippo, Francesco Di; Manuelli, Federico; Mori, Luca

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“…In 2016, a new area was opened with the aim of connecting the northern sector with the inner part of the settlement. Ongoing excavations have brought to light monumental remains that can be dated between the 10th and the 7th century BC (Frangipane et al 2020).…”

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Petrographic and geochemical analyses of Late Bronze and Iron Age pottery assemblages from Arslantepe (Malatya, Türkiye): Insights into the local organization of the production and extra- regional networks of exchange

Fragnoli

Manuelli

2023

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In this paper we analyzed Late Bronze and Iron Age pottery assemblages from the site of Arslantepe (Malatya, eastern Türkiye) by combining thin-section petrography and X-ray wavelength dispersive fluorescence. Following an introduction to the site and an overview of the archaeological and historical evidence, the analysis is presented, and the outcomes discussed in the wider framework of the Syro-Anatolian and eastern Mediterranean regions. The results show elements of both continuity and change over the 2nd millennium and until the beginning of the 1st millennium BC. On a local level, the use of volcanic-based recipes for the production of painted vessels represents the most striking element of continuity. In contrast, noteworthy elements of changes relate to an increased exploitation of southern deposits for material supply and the standardization of paste recipes for cooking pots. Remarkable results also pertain to extra-regional exchanges: The Late Bronze Age Red-Lustrous Wheel-made Ware found at the site is imported from Cilicia, while the wares of foreign tradition from the Middle Iron Age levels are mostly locally produced.

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Petrographic and geochemical analyses of Late Bronze and Iron Age pottery assemblages from Arslantepe (Malatya, Türkiye): Insights into the local organization of the production and extra- regional networks of exchange

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2023

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Resilience Theory, Human Agency, and Political Archaeology: A RT Revised Model for the Understanding of the Late Bronze – Iron Age Transition in the Post-Hittite World

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2023

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History

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Over the last twenty years, due to the growing concern with the human-environment relationship in the contemporary world as well as in the study of the ancient world, Resilience Theory (RT) has been adopted and adapted from the study of ecosystems to the study of stress dynamics within socio-political systems. The adaptation is indebted to the seminal work of Holling and Gunderson (2002. “Resilience and Adaptive Cycles.” In Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems, edited by L. H. Gunderson, and C. S. Holling, 25–62. Washington, DC: Island Press), reviewed recently for application in archaeology in a volume edited by Faulseit (2016b. “Collapse, Resilience, and Transformation in Complex Societies: Modeling Trends and Understanding Diversity.” In Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on Resilience, Revitalization, and Transformation in Complex Societies, edited by R. K. Faulseit, 3–26. Visiting Scholar Conference Volumes. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press). While social scientists, anthropologists and archaeologists interested in system theories have welcomed this new interpretative tool for the study of rapid change in socio-political systems, RT has been considered unsatisfactory and substantially rejected by several scholars in the humanities because of the lack of freedom and intention assigned to human actors. After a short presentation of these premises, the paper seeks to affirm a different model for a social cycle of formation-growth-maturity-release, in which resilience is only one among a number of possible outcomes of the release phase, depending on the collective/political choice/orientation of a society. Put simply, the new model suggests reorganization and transformation as two alternative outcomes alternative to resilience. The model is applied to the case study of the Late Bronze Age (LBA) – Early Iron Age (EIA) transition in Anatolia and north Syria, corresponding to the time of the fall and aftermath of the Hittite empire. It will be shown that the adoption of the model offers a productive interpretive key to understand different outcomes in the new fragmented reality.

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Collapse or transformation? Regeneration and innovation at the turn of the first millennium BC at Arslantepe, Turkey

Abstract: Ongoing excavations at Arslantepe in south-eastern Turkey are revealing settlement continuity spanning two crucial phases at the transition from the second to the first millennium BC: the post-Hittite period and the development of Syro-Anatolian societies.

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Petrographic and geochemical analyses of Late Bronze and Iron Age pottery assemblages from Arslantepe (Malatya, Türkiye): Insights into the local organization of the production and extra- regional networks of exchange

Petrographic and geochemical analyses of Late Bronze and Iron Age pottery assemblages from Arslantepe (Malatya, Türkiye): Insights into the local organization of the production and extra- regional networks of exchange

Resilience Theory, Human Agency, and Political Archaeology: A RT Revised Model for the Understanding of the Late Bronze – Iron Age Transition in the Post-Hittite World

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