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Arıkan, Gonca Dardeniz

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    New tin mines and production sites near Kültepe in Turkey: a third-millennium BC highland production model
    (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2015) Kulakoglu, Fikri; Yazgan, Evren; Kontani, Ryoichi; Hayakawa, Yuichi S.; Lehner, Joseph W.; Ozturk, Guzel; Johnson, Michael; Kaptan, Ergun; Hacar, Abdullah; Department of Archeology and History of Art; N/A; Türkkan, Kutlu Aslıhan; Arıkan, Gonca Dardeniz; Faculty Member; PhD Student; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A; N/A
    An unexpected new source of tin was recently located at Hisarcik, in the foothills of the Mount Erciyes volcano in the Kayseri Plain, close to the Bronze Age town of Kultepe, ancient Kanesh and home to a colony of Assyrian traders. Volcanoes in Turkey have always been associated with obsidian sources but were not known to be a major source of heavy metals, much less tin. X-ray fluorescence analyses of the Hisarcik ores revealed the presence of minerals suitable for the production of complex copper alloys, and sufficient tin and arsenic content to produce tin-bronze. These findings revise our understanding of bronze production in Anatolia in the third millennium BC and demand a re-evaluation of Assyrian trade routes and the position of the Early Bronze Age societies of Anatolia within that network.
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    Long-distance interaction in Urartu?: Provenance and composition of copper alloys from Ayanis, Turkey
    (Wiley, 2019) Batmaz, Atilla.; Lehner, Joseph W.; Arıkan, Gonca Dardeniz; Researcher; Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) / Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED); 313982
    The paper analyses tin bronze weaponry found at the first-half-of-the-seventh-century-BCE Urartian fortress in the Lake Van region of eastern Turkey. Examples of finely manufactured artefacts provide evidence for the consumption of high-quality bronzes in a well-defined elite context. This study tests for the presence or absence of long-distance procurement of the raw materials used to produce status objects. The results of quantitative elemental and lead isotope abundance ratio analyses show that the bronzes were produced with varying copper tin alloys, and the copper was procured from several possible locations, including Anatolia and Cyprus.
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    Was ancient egypt the only supplier of natron? New research reveals major anatolian deposits
    (Peeters Publishers, 2015) Arıkan, Gonca Dardeniz; PhD Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 313982
    The use of natron as a source of soda in vitrified material industries, especially glassmaking, is known since the first millennium BC in the Near East. The source of natron has usually been associated with the well-known reserves ofWadi Natrun in Egypt, whereas ancient Anatolian sources have been less discussed as potential supplies. This paper reviews the sources of natron available in Anatolia and discusses their importance for the ancient vitrified material industries.
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    A pottery kiln from Tatarlı Höyük (Adana, Turkey) and its implications for Late Bronze Age pottery production in Cilicia and beyond
    (Koc Univ Suna & İnan Kıraç Res Ctr Mediterranean Civilizations-AKMED, 2018) Girginer, K. Serdar; Oyman Girginer, Özlem; N/A; Arıkan, Gonca Dardeniz; PhD Student; Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) / Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED); Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 313982
    This article documents a Late Bronze Age II (1450-1200 B.C.) pottery kiln unearthed at Tatarli Hoyuk, Adana (Turkey). This pyrotechnical installation, with its associated ceramic assemblage and production remains, offers an overview of the pottery kiln technologies in Cilicia during the end of the Late Bronze Age. The typological features of the Tatarli Hoyuk pottery kiln presents encouraging similarities to northern Syrian and Mesopotamian updraft pottery kiln technologies rather than those of central Anatolia, even though the political and social influence of the Hittite Empire has been documented by ceramic and seal collections of the settlement.
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    Archaeological and geological concepts on the topic of ancient mining
    (Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel Müdürlüğü, 2015) Jesus, Prentiss de; Arıkan, Gonca Dardeniz; PhD Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 313982
    Geological and archaeological research on ancient mining and metallurgy are actually targeting the same goals: understanding the nature and value of a mining operation. Geologists are intent on locating and qualifying ores and minerals for future use, whereas archaeologists strive to link ores to relevant historic and prehistoric metal artifacts and activities. This article discusses research into ancient Anatolian metallurgy by underscoring the overlap between geological and archeological practices. The work of archaeologists and geologists can be mutually beneficial through a close collaboration on the collection and analysis of field data. Their accumulated and combined knowledge would accelerate the progress towards placing ancient mining activities in a chronological and meaningful context. /Öz: Antik madencilik ve metalürji konularında yürütülen jeolojik ve arkeolojik çalışmaların temel amacı, yapılmış madencilik çalışmasının doğasını ve değerini anlamaktır. Jeologlar, cevher ve minerallerin konumunu ve türünü, buradan da ilerleyen süreçlerdeki aramacılık faaliyetlerinin yönünü belirlemeye odaklanırken, arkeologlar cevherleri ilişkili olan tarihi – tarih öncesi dönemde üretilmiş olan metal el aletleri ile bağdaştırmak için çaba gösterirler. Bu makalede, jeolojik ve arkeolojik uygulamaların üst üste örtüştürülmesi yoluyla Anadolu’daki antik metalürji çalışmaları konusundaki araştırmalar incelenmiştir. Arkeologlar ve jeologların işi, saha verilerinin toplanması ve analizi sırasındaki yakın iş birliği yoluyla iki yönlü olarak yararlı hale gelebilir. Bu meslek uzmanlarının deneyim ve birikimlerinin birbirine eklenmesi ile eski maden işletmelerinin konumlarının kronolojik ve mantıklı bir bağlamda belirlenmesi hızlanacaktır.
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    Sharing technologies and workspaces for ceramic and vitrified material production at Tell Atchana-Alalakh
    (Brill, 2017) N/A; Arıkan, Gonca Dardeniz; PhD Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 313982
    Scientific and archaeological research on pyrotechnical installations of the Late Bronze Age at Tell Atchana/Alalakh provide new opportunities to observe intercultural and intertechnical connections between Anatolia, the Levant, Egypt, and the Aegean. Each region harmonized and adopted various cultural elements in producing ceramics and vitrified materials. lb IIa Alalakh offers an area of multi-functioning pyrotechnical installations and shared technological skills between ceramic and vitrified material productions that help us to give voice to possible linkages among different crafts.
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    Archaeological and geological concepts on the topic of ancient mining
    (General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA), 2015) De Jesus, Prentiss; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Arıkan, Gonca Dardeniz; PhD Student; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 313982
    Geological and archaeological research on ancient mining and metallurgy are actually targeting the same goals: understanding the nature and value of a mining operation. Geologists are intent on locating and qualifying ores and minerals for future use, whereas archaeologists strive to link ores to relevant historic and prehistoric metal artifacts and activities. This article discusses research into ancient Anatolian metallurgy by underscoring the overlap between geological and archeological practices. The work of archaeologists and geologists can be mutually beneficial through a close collaboration on the collection and analysis of field data. Their accumulated and combined knowledge would accelerate the progress towards placing ancient mining activities in a chronological and meaningful context.
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    Notes on the megiddo glass figurine in the İstanbul Archaeology Museums
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018) N/A; Arıkan, Gonca Dardeniz; PhD Student; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 313982
    In this paper I revisit a glass female figurine discovered during the Tell el-Mutesellim (Megiddo) excavations at the beginning of the 20th century and exhibited in the Istanbul Archaeology Museums collection since 1904. A detailed analysis and interpretation of the artefact are presented in light of recent research on glass of the second millennium BCE in the Near East.
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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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    An insight into Old Hittite metallurgy : alloying practices at Hüseyindede (Çorum, Turkey)
    (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2019) Department of Archeology and History of Art; Arıkan, Gonca Dardeniz; PhD Student; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities
    This paper presents archaeological and analytical data on metal artefacts from Hüseyindede (Çorum, Turkey), dated to the Old Hittite period (ca 16th century BC). Hüseyindede, which is set in a rural landscape, demonstrates continuity in alloying traditions from the Early Bronze Age III (ca 26th/25th-22nd/21st century BC) and the Assyrian Trading Colonies period (20th-18th century BC) to the emergence of the Hittites. In addition to known alloying practices of the period, the site presents, for the first time, evidence of the existence of copper-nickel alloys, namely cupronickels, which so far have been documented only at the Late Bronze Age capital of the Hittites, Boǧazköy/Hattuša. The Hüseyindede cupronickel objects now pinpoint the presence of this technology to regions spreading out from the Halys basin from the Old Kingdom Hittite period. / Bu makalede, Eski Hitit Dönemi’ne (yaklaşık M.Ö. 16. yy) tarihlenen Hüseyindede (Çorum, Türkiye) yerleşiminde ele geçen maden eserlerin arkeolojik ve analitik verileri sunulmaktadır. Kırsal olarak tanımlanabilecek bir alanda konumlanmış olan Hüseyindede yerleşimi, Erken Tunç Çağı III (M.Ö. 26./25.–22./21. yy) ve Assur Ticaret Kolonileri Çağı’dan (M.Ö. 20.–18. yy) Hititlerin ortaya çıkışına kadar geçen süreçte, maden alaşımlama teknikleri açısından bir sürekliliğin var olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Dönemin bilinen alaşımlama tekniklerinin yanı sıra Hüseyindede’de, kupro-nikel olarak isimlendirilen ve Geç Tunç Çağı’nda Hititlerin başkenti Boğazköy/Hattuša’dan bilinen bakır-nikel alaşımlarının en erken örneklerinin bulunduğuna dair kanıtlar, bu çalışmada sunulmaktadır. Hüseyindede’de ortaya çıkarılan kupro-nikel eserler sayesinde bu alaşımlama teknolojinin, Kızılırmak kavsi içerinde Eski Hitit Dönemi’nden itibaren bilindiği saptanmıştır.