Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Çağlar Boyunca Üretim ve Ticaret Prehistorya’dan Bizans Dönemine, Oktay Dumankaya, Editör, Bilgin Kültür Sanat Yayınları, Ankara, ss.193-213, 2019
The subject of this study is trade in Anatolia during the Early Bronze Age. With examples from various
regions of Anatolia dimensions of trade and its contribution to the development of the Anatolian economy.
On the other hand, trade models and types in Anatolia are tried to be determined with examples. The number
of excavations and surveys carried out in Anatolia during the Early Bronze Age has been increasing in
recent years. This situation increases our knowledge about Early Bronze Age Anatolia. There is quite a lot
of data about the Anatolian economy in this period. However, it is noteworthy that there is a limited number
of general studies on trade and commercial products, which are perhaps the most concrete actions of the
economy. The main objective of this study was made available upon with concrete examples of how the trade
is to reach a general assessment on trading results based on archaeological evidence and archaeometric
analysis. Within this framework, interregional trade in Anatolia and long-distance trade outside Anatolia
were evaluated together. In the light of archaeological evidence, it was concluded that trade was conducted
interregional trade in Anatolia during the Early Bronze Age and that it was engaged in commercial activities
with contemporary cultures of Syria, Mesopotamia and the Aegean World. In long-distance trade, a large link
network consisting of large main settlements and / or smaller intermediate settlements, possibly involving
multiple settlements on the geographically optimal road network, should be established with the support of
the governing classes in the cities. As a result, the existence of commercial activities with interregional in
Anatolia and long-distance with Anatolia during the Early Bronze Age is proved by archaeological data.
Various archaeological evidence has been evaluated in this study. A limited number of archaeological
evidence has been evaluated in this study. It is accepted that globalization started in the Near East in this
period when commercial relations increased.