Kealhofer, Lisa; Grave, Peter; Bahar, Hasan; Marsh, Ben

Author(s)

Kealhofer, Lisa

Grave, Peter

Bahar, Hasan

Marsh, Ben

Publication Date

2015

Abstract

This paper explores how Iron Age Anatolian communities constructed their identities within the fluid political and economic landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean after the Late Bronze Age collapse. Our study focuses on archaeological survey ceramics from sixteen sites in the Konya-Beyșehir region (KBR), south central Anatolia, a contested zone between the Phrygian and Neo-Assyrian polities. We use a combined stylistic and geochemical analysis to address political/economic interaction within this landscape. Comparing KBR site ceramic decorative styles with those of inland and coastal Anatolian sites allows us to identify local patterns of emulation. We differentiate emulation from actual exchange using geochemical elemental characterization. Together these techniques allow us to evaluate how local communities used emulation and exchange to construct their identities. Our results reveal that Iron Age KBR communities operated within a complex regional exchange sphere, and beyond this showed greatest affinity with Phrygian ceramic styles.

Citation

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, v.3, p. 342-357

ISSN

2352-4103

2352-409X

Link

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17629

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Title

Between the states: Iron Age interaction in southwestern Anatolia

Type of document

Journal Article

Entity Type

Publication

Author(s)	Kealhofer, Lisa Grave, Peter Bahar, Hasan Marsh, Ben
Publication Date	2015
Abstract	This paper explores how Iron Age Anatolian communities constructed their identities within the fluid political and economic landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean after the Late Bronze Age collapse. Our study focuses on archaeological survey ceramics from sixteen sites in the Konya-Beyșehir region (KBR), south central Anatolia, a contested zone between the Phrygian and Neo-Assyrian polities. We use a combined stylistic and geochemical analysis to address political/economic interaction within this landscape. Comparing KBR site ceramic decorative styles with those of inland and coastal Anatolian sites allows us to identify local patterns of emulation. We differentiate emulation from actual exchange using geochemical elemental characterization. Together these techniques allow us to evaluate how local communities used emulation and exchange to construct their identities. Our results reveal that Iron Age KBR communities operated within a complex regional exchange sphere, and beyond this showed greatest affinity with Phrygian ceramic styles.
Citation	Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, v.3, p. 342-357
ISSN	2352-4103 2352-409X
Link	https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17629
Publisher	Elsevier BV
Title	Between the states: Iron Age interaction in southwestern Anatolia
Type of document	Journal Article
Entity Type	Publication

Between the states: Iron Age interaction in southwestern Anatolia

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