Overview

Ancient Gordion has long been recognized as a key Iron Age site for Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean. Archaeological research has revealed much about its sequence of occupation. However, as yet no study has explored the underlying drivers of political and economic change at this site. This volume presents an overview of the political and economic histories supporting emergent elites and how they constructed power at Gordion during the Iron Age (1200-300 BCE). Based on geochemical and typological analysis of nearly 2000 Late Bronze Age to Hellenistic ceramic samples, the volume contextualizes this primary dataset through the lens of ceramic production, consumption, exchange and emulation. Synthesizing site data sets, the volume more broadly contributes to our understanding of the pivotal role of groups and their economic, social, and ritual practices in the creation of complex societies.

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Author:   Lisa Kealhofer (Santa Clara University, California) ,  Peter Grave (University of New England, Australia) ,  Mary M. Voigt (College of William and Mary, Virginia)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.830kg
ISBN:  

9781108490313

ISBN 10:   110849031
Pages:   436
Publication Date:   08 September 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Ancient Gordion: Crafting ceramics and community in iron age Anatolia Lisa Kealhofer, Peter Grave, and Mary M. Voigt; Chapter 1. Introduction: Iron age ceramics and Phrygian Gordion; Chapter 2. Inventing identity: Group formation over the long durée; Chapter 3. Contextualizing the ceramic assemblage; Chapter 4. Identifying Gordion's groups; Chapter 5. The late bronze age community at gordion – the late bronze age; Chapter 6. Reconstituting community in the early iron age – the early iron age; Chapter 7. New identities, new communities – the early phrygian period; Chapter 8. Enacting power – The middle phrygian period; Chapter 9. Identities in flux- the late phrygian period; Chapter 10. Conclusion: The dynamics of groups and power at gordion; Appendix: Turkish abstract; References; Index.

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Lisa Kealhofer is Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Environmental Studies and Sciences at Santa Clara University. Peter Grave is Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of New England, Australia. Mary Mathilda Voigt is Chancellor Professor of Anthropology emerita at the College of William & Mary.

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