 previous article in this issue | next article in this issue  |
Preview first page |
Document Details : Title: The 2009 and 2012 Seasons of Excavation at Çadir Höyük on the Anatolian North Central Plateau Author(s): STEADMAN, Sharon R. , McMAHON, Gregory , ROSS, Jennifer C. , CASSIS, Marica , GEYER, Jeffrey D. , ARBUCKLE, Benjamin , VON BAEYER, Madelynn Journal: Anatolica Volume: 39 Date: 2013 Pages: 113-167 DOI: 10.2143/ANA.39.0.2990786 Abstract : Çadir Höyük, on the north central Anatolian plateau, is one of the few multi-period sites in the region. Presently, excavations spanning 1994 to 2012 have demonstrated that occupation at the site span the millennia from ca. 5200 BCE to the 11th century CE. Reported here are major findings from excavations conducted in the 2009 and 2012 seasons; some data from previous seasons is also presented. Excavations in recent seasons have targeted four main periods: the Late Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age (ca. 3600-2900 BCE), the Middle Bronze/Hittite period (ca. 1800-1200 BCE), the Middle and Early Iron Age (ca. 1200-800 BCE) and the Middle Byzantine (6th-11th c. CE). Significant discoveries in the 2012 season reported on here include a major Hittite-period casemate wall, and a Chalcolithic period pottery production area. Our Iron Age excavations continue to demonstrate that a significant industrial area existed at Çadir during this period; Byzantine excavations confirm the tripartite phasing outlined in previous seasons and further defined the incremental but apparent decline in fortunes during the passage of the Byzantine centuries. |
 |
