Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Places and Spaces in Hittite Anatolia I: Hatti and the East. Proceedings of an International Workshop on Hittite Historical Geography in Istanbul, 25th-26th October 2013, İstanbul, Türkiye, 25 - 26 Ekim 2013, ss.185-208, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
This research began as part of the Hittite Historical Atlas Project (HHA), and it aims to designate the settlements that were occupied during the Middle Bronze Age (MBA, ca. 2000-1600 BC) and the Late Bronze Age (LBA, ca. 1600-1200 BC) in the Amuq Valley in southern Turkey. In combining the archaeological data with the textual evidence in the HHA, this research identifies 2nd millennium BC sites which could possibly be associated with site names mentioned in the textual records, but which have not yet been located. Although it is archaeologically not possible to trace the presence or absence of Hittite material culture through survey material, changes in the local pottery traditions, as well as in settlement patterns, can be linked to the changing socio-political environment in the region. This task is accomplished by re-evaluating the data gathered during the surveys conducted in the Amuq Valley by Robert Braidwood and K. Aslıhan Yener to acquire a better understanding of the MBA-LBA sequence of the region. This is made possible because of the new excavations conducted in the last 15 years at the Bronze Age capital city of Alalakh (Tell Atchana), which have begun to provide a stratified local ceramic sequence that can be used as a reference for a new look at the 2nd millennium BC Amuq settlements through survey collections.