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Document Details : Title: Aspects of Material Culture at the Iron Age Capital on the Kerkenes Dağ in Central Anatolia Author(s): SUMMERS, G.D. Journal: Ancient Near Eastern Studies Volume: 43 Date: 2006 Pages: 164-202 DOI: 10.2143/ANES.43.0.2018769 Abstract : The exceptional Iron Age capital on the Kerkenes Dağ in the upland centre of modern Turkey is the largest pre-Hellenistic city in Anatolia. It appears to have been a new foundation established at the end of the seventh century BC. It was destroyed by fire and its 7 km. of stone defences thrown down in, it seems, the mid sixth century BC after which all but the acropolis of this 250 hectare site was abandoned. Recent research has revealed considerable evidence for Phrygian culture, including architecture, inscriptions and graffiti. This paper selectively summarises these new discoveries while making a preliminary attempt to place them within a wider Anatolian setting. |
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