Overview

The period of Anatolian history between the death of the semilegendary king Midas of Gordion ca 700 BC and the advent of the Achaemenid Persian Empire ca 550 BC is dominated by certain narratives: the rise of the Mermnad Lydian Kingdom, from Gyges to Croesus; the demise of the Urartian Kingdom and ‘NeoHittite’type culture and polities; and the invasion of shadowy forces from the Steppe: Cimmerians, Scythians and Medes. The discoveries of Geoffrey and Francoise Summers’s project at the massive walled city on Kerkenes Dağı have changed the cultural history and texture of Anatolia during this time period, opening up insights into the spread of Phrygian culture and language and inviting further discussion of how the period is framed. This book honours their accomplishments by presenting papers addressing the dynamics and events of that period from various angles, and in various regions and places, as well as other interventions on Iron Age Anatolia, from dating of kings to rare and potentially influential medical techniques. The volume sheds light on and also advocates for further synthesis of the regional dynamics affecting the Mediterranean, Near East and Anatolia together, toward the production of revised, more nuanced narratives.

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Author:   Catherine M Draycott ,  Scott Branting ,  Joseph W Lehner ,  Yasemin Özarslan
Publisher:   British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara
Imprint:   British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara
ISBN:  

9781912090129

ISBN 10:   1912090120
Pages:   255
Publication Date:   10 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of figures v Preface ix Tu╠êrkc╠ºe o╠êzet xi 1. Filling in the gaps and joining up the dots of the seventh century BC in Anatolia and beyond: an introduction Catherine M. Draycott 1 2. Bibliography of Geoffrey and Franc╠ºoise Summers Compiled by Joseph W. Lehner 13 In the Halys Bend 3. Exploration of the metropolis at Kerkenes Dag╠å─▒ Scott Branting, Joseph W. Lehner, Dominique Langis-Barsetti, Tuna Kalayc─▒, Nilu╠êfer Baturayog╠ålu Yo╠êney, Yasemin O╠êzarslan, Noe╠êl Siver, Nurdan Atalan C╠ºay─▒rezmez and Ben Claasz Coockson 19 4. The Late Iron Age at Bog╠åazko╠êy Ju╠êrgen Seeher and Hermann Genz 37 Gordion and Phrygia 5. Domestic architecture at Middle Phrygian Gordion Kim C. Codella and Mary M. Voigt 55 6. Gordion and Phrygia in the seventh century BC G. Kenneth Sams 79 West and East 7. Troy, the Troad and the Hellespont, 700ÔÇô550 BC Carolyn C. Aslan 95 8. Vanishing kingdoms: Tabal and Tuwana during the seventh century BC Sanna Aro 113 9. After the Assyrians, before the Persians: Kinet Ho╠êyu╠êk and its Cicilian context Marie-Henriette Gates and Charles Gates 137 Broader Cultural Practices 10. Epiphany of the Mother Goddess. A renewed examination of the Phrygian rock-cut fac╠ºades Susanne Berndt 155 11. Multiple drills on skulls: trepanation with boring-and-cutting in eastern Anatolia during the Iron Age Y─▒lmaz Selim Erdal 175 Chronological Interventions 12. Dendrochronological investigations at Kerkenes and beyond Peter Ian Kuniholm, Charlotte L. Pearson and Tomasz J Wazny 185 13. The dating of the Tabalian inscriptions: archaic or archaising? J. David Hawkins and Mark Weeden 195 Traditions of Invaders 14. The phantom menace? The chronology of Cimmerian expeditions, territories and zones of influence in Anatolia Selim Ferruh Adal─▒ 209 15. The Medes in Anatolia: a return visit Christopher J. Tuplin 229 MentorsÔÇÖ Meditations 16. Urartu in its later age and its external relations Charles Burney 239 17. The adventure of the Lydian Hoard Oscar White Muscarella 253 18. Epilogue: Reflections and questions on ethno-cultures, polities and dynamics in Anatolia between Midas and Cyrus Catherine M. Draycott 261

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Catherine M. Draycott is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at Durham University, UK. An expert in Classical, Anatolian and Achaemenid visual culture and archaeology, she has published numerous articles, co-authored Sculpture and Inscriptions from the Monumental Entrance to the Palatial Complex at Kerkenes Dağ, Turkey (Chicago OI 2008), and co-edited Dining and Death (Peeters 2016) and Visual Histories (Brepols 2019). Scott Branting is an Associate Professor of Archaeology in the Anthropology Department of the University of Central Florida. He is the director of the Kerkenes Project in central Turkey. During his career he has worked on numerous projects spanning five different continents. He has authored 93 publications spanning topics from archaeology to computational techniques to cultural heritage in conflict situations. Joseph Lehner is an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Award Fellow and Lecturer in Archaeology at The University of Sydney. He is co-director of the Kerkenes Project and assistant director of the Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck Project. In addition to his work in Turkey, his is also co-director of the Archaeological Water Histories Project in Oman. Yasemin Özarslan (MSc, BA) is an independent researcher and a field archaeologist. She has 18 years of research, administration and fieldwork experience in Turkey, Greece, Saudi Arabia, and the UK. Currently she is a co-investigator of the Balkan-Aegean Dendrochronology Project. She served as an assistant director of the Kerkenes Project and as a research/teaching assistant at Koç University. She has also co-authored publications on Anatolian Iron Ages and dendroarchaeology.

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