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Document Details : Title: Interregional Connections in South-Central Anatolia during the Early First Millennium BCE Author(s): OSBORNE, James F. , MASSA, Michele Journal: Ancient Near Eastern Studies Volume: 61 Date: 2024 Pages: 387-412 DOI: 10.2143/ANES.61.0.3294037 Abstract : In this article we examine the cultural relationships of one of Iron Age Anatolia’s most understudied areas, the south-central plateau. Although the Iron Age of this region has been historically neglected, recent years have seen enough new evidence to warrant a fresh study of some well-known monuments, and to interpret their cultural affiliations considering new data, including the redating of Gordion’s Destruction Level and the discovery of TÜRKMEN-KARAHÖYÜK 1. We argue that, although many parts of the picture are still missing, there is increasing evidence that south-central Anatolia, and especially the Konya Plain, was a major venue for interregional connections. This evidence can be seen both in landscape monuments and in the archaeology of a small number of settlements. |
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