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Agropastoral economies and land use in Bronze Age Western Anatolia
(Taylor _ Francis, 2021) Marston, John M.; Çakırlar, Canan; Kovacik, Peter; Slim, Francesca G.; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Roosevelt, Christopher Havemeyer; Roosevelt, Christina Marie Luke; Shin, Nami; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) / Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED); College of Social Sciences and Humanities; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 235115; 235112; N/A
The Middle and Late Bronze Ages of western Anatolia (modern Turkey) remains poorly understood in comparison with its Mycenaean and Hittite neighbours, especially in agricultural economies and land use. Kaymakci is the largest Middle and Late Bronze Age citadel excavated to date in western Anatolia and new archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological data from the site presented here shed new light on regional agricultural economies and land use. Agricultural practices at Kaymakci focused on barley and bitter vetch farming and pig, caprine, and cattle husbandry within a diverse and extensive economic system that made substantial use of wild plants and animals for food, technology, and fuel. Goats and pigs were managed primarily for meat, while sheep and cattle were managed to produce a range of secondary products. Wood charcoal analysis reconstructs both deciduous and evergreen oak woodlands, which also dominate the contemporary landscape. In regional perspective, Kaymakci is most similar to the northern Aegean agricultural tradition, but with elements of Anatolian practices as well, representing a hybrid position between the Aegean and Anatolian worlds as seen in other lines of archaeological evidence from the site.
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Cultic symbolism at the city gates: two metal foundation pegs from Tell Atchana, Alalakh (Turkey)
(Koc Univ Suna & Inan Kirac Res Ctr Mediterranean Civilizations-Akmed, 2016) N/A; Arıkan, Gonca Dardeniz; PhD Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 313982
Öz: Bu çalışma, C. L. Woolley tarafından Aççana Höyük, eski Alalah kentinde yapılan kazılarda bulunmuş iki adet metalden yapılma yapı-adak çivisini konu etmektedir. Orta Tunç Çağı’na tarihlenen Seviye VII ve Geç Tunç Çağı’na tarihlenen Seviye V’te ortaya çıkarılan şehir kapılarına yerleştirilmiş olan eserlerin buluntu yerleri, arkeolojik olarak genellikle mabet temellerinde bulunan benzerlerine nazaran farklıdır. Şehir kapıları ile bağlantılı bulunan eserlerin bu konumları, kült ve ritüel açısından da sembolik bir anlam taşımaktadır. Bu makalede, yapı-adak çivileri geleneğinin çıkışından başlayarak bu eserlerin nitelikleri incelenmiş, Alalah buluntuları ile malzeme ve ikonografi açısından benzerlik gösteren eserler tartışılmıştır. Yazılı kaynaklardan yola çıkarak, şehir kapılarının törensel ve dini önemleri özetlenmiş ve yerleşke özelinde yapı adak çivileri ve şehir kapıları arasındaki sembolik ilişkiye dair yeni bir olgu, öneri olarak sunulmuştur.
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Of networks and knives: a bronze knife with herringbone decoration from the citadel of Kaymakçı (Manisa IU/TR)
(Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, 2019) Pieniazek, Magda; Pavúk, Peter; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Roosevelt, Christopher Havemeyer; Roosevelt, Christina Marie Luke; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 235115; 235112
During the first season of excavations in 2014 at the Late Bronze Age site of Kaymakci, a bronze knife with an unusually decorated handle was found. Kaymakci is a recently discovered citadel located c. 100 km east of the Aegean coast in the Gediz Valley and is one of the few excavated sites from interior western Anatolia. The knife was recovered in the tower-like structure attached to the fortifications at the northwestern extent of the citadel. It belongs to a small group of solid-hilted knives (Sandars Class 4) known until recently only from elite graves and ritual contexts in the Peloponnese, Crete, Psara, and Troy. The knife shares decorative ribbing, a solid bronze knob at the end of its handle, and some other features with its Aegean counterparts. However, the geometric style of its decoration, such as the central herringbone-pattern, is unparalleled among Minoan and Mycenaean art, corresponding instead with geometric designs known from other western Anatolian finds. Therefore, the herringbone knife from Kaymakci, most probably the property of a member of the western Anatolian elite, is an outcome of the fusion of Aegean and western Anatolian traditions. Simultaneously, it is one of the first known examples of a local ornamental style, still poorly known due to the state of research in interior western Anatolia.
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The inscription of the Kırkgöz Hanı and the problem of textural transmission in Seljuk Anatolia
(Suna & Inan Kirac Research Inst Mediterranean Civilizations, 2009) N/A; Redford, Scott; Researcher; Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) / Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED); N/A; N/A
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The rock-cut tomb on the Duver peninsula: an early example from Pisidia and remarks on cultural interactions
(Koc Univ Suna & Inan Kirac Res Ctr Mediterranean Civilizations-Akmed, 2012) N/A; N/A; Kahya, Tarkan; Researcher; The Suna & İnan Kıraç Research Center for Mediterranean Civilizations (AKMED) / Suna ve İnan Kıraç Akdeniz Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (AKMED); N/A; N/A
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