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New Evidence on Central Anatolia during the Second Millennium BCE Excavations at Büklükale     
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Doç. Dr. Kımıyoshı MATSUMURA Doç. Dr. Kımıyoshı MATSUMURA
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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Özet
The circumstances behind the emergence of the Hittite kingdom remain one of the unsolved questions in Hittite history. In particular, the decades between the end of the kārum period and the establishment of Hattusa as the Hittite capital remain largely unknown. The site of Büklükale, a second-millennium BCE city situated on the banks of the Kızılırmak River in central Anatolia, is a promising candidate for filling this gap. Eleven years of research have revealed a large-scale, fortified city that was settled throughout the second millennium BCE. In the excavations on the citadel area, traces of intensive settlement in the Hittite period and a substantial building constructed using cyclopean masonry in the kārum period were found, indicating continued settlement into the Hittite period. Finds such as a Hattian foundation ceremony, a Hurrian glass bottle, and early Luwian hieroglyphs also reveal the multicultural character of …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Near Eastern Archaeology
Dergi ISSN 1094-2076 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Art Index (Art Research Database, EBSCO)
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2020
Cilt No 83
Sayı 4
Sayfalar 234 / 247
Doi Numarası 10.1086/708506
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/708506