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![]() Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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 |