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Patterns of Iron Age interaction in central Anatolia: three sites in Yozgat province

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2012

Lisa Kealhofer ,
Peter Grave ,
Ben Marsh ,
Sharon Steadman ,
Ronald L. Gorny  and
Geoffrey D. Summers
Lisa Kealhofer
Affiliation:
Santa Clara University
Peter Grave
Affiliation:
University of New England
Ben Marsh
Affiliation:
Bucknell University
Sharon Steadman
Affiliation:
SUNY Cortland
Ronald L. Gorny
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Geoffrey D. Summers
Affiliation:
Middle East Technical University
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Abstract

The cultural and political changes that happened in Anatolia after the collapse of the Hittite Empire have only recently been recognised as a significant, but as yet unexplained, phenomenon. Here we present the results of analyses of ceramics from three sites south and southwest of the present-day town of Sorgun – Çadır Höyük, Kerkenes Dağ and Tilkigediği Tepe – to identity how regional groups within the Hittite core area regrouped in the aftermath of the collapse. Ceramic analyses provide a means to assess both cultural continuity and the scale and nature of interaction in a region. Results suggest some evidence of cultural continuity at Çadır Höyük from the Late Bronze Age into the Middle Iron Age, and highlight the variable local responses in the aftermath of Hittite collapse.

Özet

Anadolu'da, Hitit İmparatorluğu'nun yıkılmasından sonra ortaya çıkan kültürel ve siyasal değişiklikler ancak son zamanlarda önemli sayılmaya başlanmış, fakat henüz tam olarak açıklanamamış bir olgudur. Bu makalede, imparatorluğun yıkılması sonucunda Hitit merkez alanı içindeki bir bölgenin yeniden birleşme çabalarının tespiti için, günümüz Sorgun ilçesinin güney ve güneybatısındaki üç yerleşimden; Çadır Höyük, Kerkenes Dağı ve Tilkigediği Tepe'den seramik örneklerinin analiz sonuçlarını sunmaktayız. Seramik analizleri, bize bir bölgedeki kültürel devamlılığı, onun derecesini ve aynı zamanda o bölgedeki etkileşimin kökenini belirleme olanağı sağlamaktadır. Sonuçlar, Çadır Höyük'de Geç Tunç Çağı'ndan Orta Demir Çağı'na kadar uzanan kültürel devamlılığa işaret etmekte ve Hitit İmparatorluğu'nun yıkılması sonucunda ortaya çıkan değişken yerel tepkileri vurgulamaktadır.

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Anatolian Studies , Volume 60 , December 2010 , pp. 71 - 92
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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2010

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