The Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia

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Bringing together expert voices and key case studies from well-known and newly excavated sites, this book calls attention to the importance of western Anatolia as a legitimate, local context in its own right. The study of Early Bronze Age cultures in Europe and the Mediterranean has been shaped by a focus on the Levant, Europe, and Mesopotamia. Geographically, western Anatolia lies in between these regions, yet it is often overlooked because it doesn't fit neatly into existing explanatory models of Bronze Age cultural development and decline. Instead, the tendency has been to describe western Anatolia as a bridge between east and west, a place where ideas are transmitted and cultural encounters among different groups occur. This narrative has foregrounded discussions of outside innovations in the prehistory of the region while diminishing the role of local, endogenous developments and individual agency.

The contributors to this book offer a counternarrative, ascribing a local impetus for change rather than a metanarrative of cultural diffusion. In doing so, they offer fresh observations about the chronology and delineation of regional cultural groups in western Anatolia; the architecture, settlement, and sociopolitical organization of the Early Bronze Age; and the local characteristics of material culture assemblages. Offering multiple authoritative studies on the archaeology of western Anatolia, this book is an essential resource for area research in western Anatolia, a key reference for comparative studies, and essential reading for college courses in the archaeology and anthropology of sociopolitical complexity, European and Mediterranean prehistory, and ancient Anatolia.
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Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia
Laura K. Harrison, A. Nejat Bilgen, and Asuman Kapuci

Part I: Chronology and Regional Survey

1. Certain Issues of the Western Anatolian Early Bronze Age Awaiting Solutions
Turan Efe

2. Çivril Plain in the Transition Period from the Early Bronze Age to the Middle Bronze Age
Rabia Akarsu

3. Survey of Kanlitaş Mound and Its Environs (Eskisehir/Inonu): The Settlements and Pottery of the Early Bronze Age
Ali Umut Türkcan and Cansu Topal

4. A Look at the Process of Transition from the Chalcolithic Age to the Early Bronze Age in Central Western Anatolia in Light of New Data
Tayfun Caymaz

5. Northwest Anatolian Influences on Early Bronze Age Cultures of Gökçeada (Imbros)‑Yenibademli Höyük
Halime Hüryılmaz

6. A New Contribution to the Western Anatolia Early Bronze Age Chronology: Volute Vessels
Derya Yilmaz

7. Küllüoba Early Bronze Age III Pottery
Murat Türkteki

8. The Figurine/Idol Types of Western Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age and Their Relationship with Cultural Regions
Deniz Sarı

9. Distribution and Characteristics of the Beycesultan Early Bronze Age I Pottery
Sinem Üstün Türkteki

Part II: Architecture, Settlement, and Sociopolitical Organization

10. Urbanism in the Western Anatolian Early Bronze Age
Erkan Fidan

11. Seyitömer Mound during the Early Bronze Age
A. Nejat Bilgen

12. Power and Ritual Practice in the Early Bronze III Period at Seyitömer Höyük: An Integrative Analysis of Movement, Interaction, and Visual Perception
Laura K. Harrison

13. On the Perceptions of Sacred Space during the Early Bronze Age: The Case of Beycesultan
Fulya Dedeoğlu

14. Defense Systems Dated to the Early Bronze Age at Liman Tepe
Ayşegül Aykurt and Hayat Erkanal

15. Sociopolitical Organization and Territories in Western Anatolia during the Early Bronze Age
Ralf Becks

16. Early Bronze Age Graves from Kubad Abad (Toprak Tol Höyük)
Derya Yalçıklı

17. An Early Bronze Age Cemetery in the Caria Region: Kumyeri
Onur Kara

Part III: Material Culture

18. Textile Production and Fishing Technologies at Early Bronze Age I Çukuriçi Höyük
Barbara Horejs and Christopher Britsch

19. A Preevaluation of Libation Vessels Discovered at Seyitömer Mound Early Bronze Age Layer III Sanctuaries
Zeynep Bilgen

20. Seyitömer Höyük Early Bronze Age III Platters
Asuman Kapuci

21. A Group of Stamp Seals from the İzmir Archaeology Museum
Halil Hamdi Ekiz, Neşide Gençer, and Selma Kaya

22. Acemhöyük Early Bronze Age Pottery
Yalçın Kamış

Contributors
Index

Sujets

• Anthropology
• Ancient history
• Archaeology
• Ancient World

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• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2021
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• EAN13: 9781438481791
• Langue: English

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Names: Harrison, Laura K., 1985– editor, author. | Bilgen, A. Nejat, editor, author. | Kapuci, Asuman, 1982– editor, author. | University of Buffalo. Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology, sponsoring body.
Title: Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia / Laura K. Harrison, A. Nejat Bilgen, Asuman Kapuci.
Description: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021] | Series: SUNY series, the Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology distinguished monograph series | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020024806 | ISBN 9781438481777 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781438481791 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Turkey—Antiquities. | Excavations (Archaeology)—Turkey. | Bronze age—Turkey. | Material culture—Turkey—History. | Human settlements—Turkey—History. | Turkey—History—To 1453. | Archaeological dating—Turkey.
Classification: LCC DR431 .E36 2021 | DDC 939/.2—dc23
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Contents I LLUSTRATIONS A CKNOWLEDGMENTS I NTRODUCTION The Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia Laura K. Harrison, A. Nejat Bilgen, Asuman Kapuci P ART I C HRONOLOGY AND R EGIONAL S URVEY C HAPTER O NE Certain Issues of the Western Anatolian Early Bronze Age Awaiting Solutions Turan Efe C HAPTER T WO Çivril Plain in the Transition Period from the Early Bronze Age to the Middle Bronze Age Rabia Akarsu C HAPTER T HREE Survey of Kanlitaş Mound and Its Environs ( Eskisehir/Inonu ): The Settlements and Pottery of the Early Bronze Age Ali Umut Türkcan, Cansu Topal C HAPTER F OUR A Look at the Process of Transition from the Chalcolithic Age to the Early Bronze Age in Central Western Anatolia in Light of New Data Tayfun Caymaz C HAPTER F IVE Northwest Anatolian Influences on Early Bronze Age Cultures of Gökçeada (Imbros)-Yenibademli Höyük Halime Hüryılmaz C HAPTER S IX A New Contribution to the Western Anatolia Early Bronze Age Chronology: Volute Vessels Derya Yilmaz C HAPTER S EVEN Küllüoba Early Bronze Age III Pottery Murat Türkteki C HAPTER E IGHT The Figurine/Idol Types of Western Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age and Their Relationship with Cultural Regions Deniz Sarı C HAPTER N INE Distribution and Characteristics of the Beycesultan Early Bronze Age I Pottery Sinem Üstün Türkteki P ART II A RCHITECTURE , S ETTLEMENT, AND S OCIOPOLITICAL O RGANIZATION C HAPTER T EN Urbanism in the Western Anatolian Early Bronze Age Erkan Fidan C HAPTER E LEVEN Seyitömer Mound during the Early Bronze Age A. Nejat Bilgen C HAPTER T WELVE Power and Ritual Practice in the Early Bronze III Period at Seyitömer Höyük: An Integrative Analysis of Movement, Interaction, and Visual Perception Laura K. Harrison C HAPTER T HIRTEEN On the Perceptions of Sacred Space during the Early Bronze Age: The Case of Beycesultan Fulya Dedeoğlu C HAPTER F OURTEEN Defense Systems Dated to the Early Bronze Age at Liman Tepe Ayşegül Aykurt, Hayat Erkanal C HAPTER F IFTEEN Sociopolitical Organization and Territories in Western Anatolia during the Early Bronze Age Ralf Becks C HAPTER S IXTEEN Early Bronze Age Graves from Kubad Abad (Toprak Tol Höyük) Derya Yalçıklı C HAPTER S EVENTEEN An Early Bronze Age Cemetery in the Caria Region: Kumyeri Onur Kara P ART III M ATERIAL C ULTURE C HAPTER E IGHTEEN Textile Production and Fishing Technologies at Early Bronze Age I Çukuriçi Höyük Barbara Horejs, Christopher Britsch C HAPTER N INETEEN A Preevaluation of Libation Vessels Discovered at Seyitömer Mound Early Bronze Age Layer III Sanctuaries Zeynep Bilgen C HAPTER T WENTY Seyitömer Höyük Early Bronze Age III Platters Asuman Kapuci C HAPTER T WENTY -O NE A Group of Stamp Seals from the İzmir Archaeology Museum Halil Hamdi Ekiz, Neşide Gençer, Selma Kaya C HAPTER T WENTY -T WO Acemhöyük Early Bronze Age Pottery Yalçın Kamış C ONTRIBUTORS I NDEX
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F IGURES Figure 0.1 Map of Anatolia showing location of sites mentioned in this volume. Credit: Laura K. Harrison . Figure 2.1 Excavation sites in Western and Central Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age III and Middle Bronze Age . Figure 2.2 Aerial photograph of Beycesultan and Çivril Plain . Figure 2.3 Map of Çivril and Baklan plains with Çal Plateau at Upper Meander Basin . Figure 2.4 Architectural ruins in Layers VIII-VI of Beycesultan (Lloyd/Mellaart 1962: Figure 26) . Figure 2.5 “Burned Palace” in Layer V of Beycesultan (Lloyd/Mellaart 1965: Figure A.13) . Figure 2.6 Examples of ceramic forms from Early Bronze Age III (Lloyd/Mellaart 1962: sheet 7) . Figure 2.7 Middle Bronze Age (Lloyd/Mellaart 1965: sheet 1) in Beycesultan . Figure 2.8 Early Bronze Age III and Middle Bronze Age settlements in Çivril Plain . Figure 3.1 KNT’08 21, Illustration 1: Step-sided pot fragment with flaring rim. It has brown-colored thin lining. Its paste includes light brown-colored grit, lime and a trace of mica; KNT’08 20, Illustration 2: Neckless spherical pot fragment. Its fawn-colored surface is burnished and the paste includes grit, calcite and mica; KNT’08 I 59, Illustration 3: Simple-profiled pot fragment with horizontal handles. It has thin reddish fawn-colored lining. Its paste includes grit, calcite and mica; KNT’08 291, Illustration 4: Concave- necked vessel fragment with a thin grey lining. Its paste consists of brown-colored grit, sand and a trace of mica; KNT’08 41 Illustration 5: Pot fragment with horizontal handles and a flaring rim. It has thin red-colored lining. The clay is made of red-colored sand, mica and a trace of lime; KNT’12 61, Illustration 6: Band handle fragment with incised decoration and a reddish brown-colored lining. The clay is made of calcite, grit and a trace of mica; EYH’08 26, Illustration 7: Bowl fragment with loop handle. Its exterior surface under the lip is reddish brown-colored and it has a thick, burnished lining. The interior surface and rim are glossy black, and the paste is made of grit and sand. Also its cooking quality is good; KNT’09 J 22, Illustration 8: Handle fragment with wreath. It has thin red-colored lining. The paste is made of brown-colored sand with a trace of mica; KNT’08 D 64 K, Illustration 9: Body Fragment (Groove Decoration). It has non burnished thin fawn-colored lining. The paste is made of grey-colored grit and calcite; KNT’08 D-308, Illustration10: Body fragment (Dot pattern Decoration). It has thin non burnished fawn-colored lining. The paste is made of dark grey thin grit and calcite . Figure 3.2 KNT’08 3, Illustration 11: Spherical vessel fragment with flaring rim. It has thin red-colored lining. The clay paste is made of reddish brown-colored grit, calcite and mica; KBY’08 II, Illustration 12: Plate Fragment (A1 Plate). It has red-colored thin lining. The clay paste is made of light red colored sand and a trace of mica; KNT’12 33, Illustration 13: Simple-profiled splay bowl fragment. Its exterior surface is reddish brown-colored. Similarly, its exterior surface has a thin burnished lining. Its interior surface is glossy and black-colored. The clay paste is made of fawn-colored sand, mica and calcite; YKH’09 07, Illustration 14: Simple-profiled deep bowl fragment. It has thin reddish brown-colored lining. The clay paste is made of fawn-colored grit; KNT’08 G 84, Illustration 15: Simple-profiled splay bowl fragment. It has instinctively red-