The Cultural Development of Western Anatolia in the Third and Second Millennia BC and its Relationship with Migration Theories

Sari, Deniz

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“…Korfmann's resumed work at previously excavated sites Demircihöyük, Troy, Beşiktepe and Kumtepe made it possible not only to introduce new prospects but also to secure the absolute chronology of the entire region (Korfmann 2003(Korfmann , 2004. At present, large-scale excavations at several sites such as Maydoskale, Beycesultan, Küllüoba, Seyitömer, Hacılar Büyüktepe, Tepecik Çine, Çukuriçi, Limantepe are already creating a new picture of the Bronze Age (Fidan 2018;Sarı 2013;Şahoğlu 2019).…”

Section: History Of Research and Conceptualizing The Term Bronze Agementioning

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The Making of The Early Bronze Age in Anatolia

Özdoğan

2023

Old World J. Anc. Afr. Eurasia

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In Anatolian archaeology, as it is the case in the neighbouring regions of the Near East and Aegean, the Bronze Age is considered in three consecutive stages, however, defined not in accordance with metallurgical achievements, but on changing modalities in social and economic structures. Before the beginning of the Early Bronze Age there were fully established farming communities across almost all of Anatolia, though subsisting mainly on family-level farming with no indication of complex social structuring. Likewise, during the final stages of the Late Chalcolithic there was a notable decrease in population, particularly in Central and Western Anatolia. In this respect, the south-eastern parts of Anatolia differ considerably from the rest of the peninsula, developing a complex socio-economic model in connection with the bordering regions of Syro-Mesopotamia. This pattern changed by incoming migration from the north, with subsequent dense population patterns in the eastern and western parts of the peninsula. Following the reorganization and consolidation of this system, the Early Bronze Age is characterized by urbanisation, institutionalized long-distance trade, intensification and revolutionized agricultural and weaving practices. The urban model that developed in Anatolia differs considerably from those of the Near East both in size and in organization. The Middle Bronze Age is marked by state formations, which by the Late Bronze Age developed into empires with their own foreign policies. Concerning the role of metals, copper and lead were used since the Neolithic and arsenic bronze by the Late Chalcolithic. The Bronze Age may be viewed as a time of mass production and development of complex technologies in casting, alloying and forming.

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Section: History Of Research and Conceptualizing The Term Bronze Agementioning

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The Making of The Early Bronze Age in Anatolia

Özdoğan

2023

Old World J. Anc. Afr. Eurasia

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“…Their existence, based on evidence provided by cuneiform tablets in archives at Hattusa, has been known since early in the twentieth century, yet only in the last thirty years have nearly continuous epigraphical, archaeological, and topographical discoveries and syntheses enabled their more confident placement on the map (Figure 1). Particularly influential in these geographical reconstructions were the masterful works of Frank Starke (1997) and J. David Hawkins (1998) (see also Mountjoy, 1998, Sarı, 2013, and Alparslan & Doğan-Alparslan, 2015. Wilusa, commonly associated with the Greek Ilios, has been tied to the Troad in north-western Anatolia, with its capital at Troy, the only known fortified site in the region (Pavúk & Schubert, 2014;Rose, 2014: 25-43).…”

Section: Empire and Kingdom: Historical Geography In Late Bronze Age mentioning

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The Story of a Forgotten Kingdom? Survey Archaeology and the Historical Geography of Central Western Anatolia in the Second Millenniumbc

Roosevelt

Luke

2017

Eur. j. archaeol.

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This article presents previously unknown archaeological evidence of a mid-second-millennium bc kingdom located in central western Anatolia. Discovered during the work of the Central Lydia Archaeological Survey in the Marmara Lake basin of the Gediz Valley in western Turkey, the material evidence appears to correlate well with text-based reconstructions of Late Bronze Age historical geography drawn from Hittite archives. One site in particular—Kaymakçı—stands out as a regional capital and the results of the systematic archaeological survey allow for an understanding of local settlement patterns, moving beyond traditional correlations between historical geography and capital sites alone. Comparison with contemporary sites in central western Anatolia, furthermore, identifies material commonalities in site forms that may indicate a regional architectural tradition if not just influence from Hittite hegemony.

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“…They might demonstrate the influential areas of certain political entities that eventually developed into the mighty kingdoms of the EB III period of western Anatolia. It is most likely that these kingdoms are predecessors of the Luwic lands of the second millennium mentioned in the Hittite texts (Sarı, 2013b).…”

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An Overview of the Western Anatolian Early Bronze Age

2015

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For a long time, assessments and evaluations of the western Anatolian Early Bronze Age (EBA) have only been based on the excavation results of Tarsus, Karatas-Semayük, Beycesultan, Demircihüyük, and Troy. However, excavations and surface surveys carried out in the last two decades have increased our knowledge enormously. In particular, the excavations of Liman Tepe, Küllüoba, and Seyitömer have made an immense contribution to the establishment of a reliable West Anatolian EBA chronology. The surface surveys have also made it possible to define better the borders of the cultural areas and pottery zones of the region. Based on these new data, new theories are presented here on the cultural and socio-political development of the region, as well as on regional and inter-regional relationships during the EBA.

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The Cultural Development of Western Anatolia in the Third and Second Millennia BC and its Relationship with Migration Theories

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The Making of The Early Bronze Age in Anatolia

The Making of The Early Bronze Age in Anatolia

The Story of a Forgotten Kingdom? Survey Archaeology and the Historical Geography of Central Western Anatolia in the Second Millenniumbc

An Overview of the Western Anatolian Early Bronze Age

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