Grave, Peter; Kealhofer, Lisa; Marsh, Ben; Sams, G Kenneth; Voigt, Mary; DeVries, Keith

Author(s)

Grave, Peter

Kealhofer, Lisa

Marsh, Ben

Sams, G Kenneth

Voigt, Mary

DeVries, Keith

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

Phrygian Gordion was the political center of an influential Iron Age polity that extended across west central Anatolia during the first half of the 1st millennium BC. Though the borders of this polity remain vague a characteristic of the Phrygian 'footprint' is the distribution of highly distinctive ceramics. The extent to which Gordion potters were the originators of these wares remains uncertain. In this paper we use Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) to establish the local signature of predominantly Iron Age ceramics for this site by combining samples from several decades of excavation with an extensive regional sediment sequence. We also compare previous NAA work at Gordion to suggest that the formative stages of the Phrygian state appears to have involved a more extensive network of non-local specialist producers than previously thought.

Citation

Journal of Archaeological Science, 36(10), p. 2162-2176

ISSN

1095-9238

0305-4403

Link

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4976

Publisher

Academic Press

Title

Ceramic production and provenience at Gordion, Central Anatolia

Type of document

Journal Article

Entity Type

Publication

Author(s)	Grave, Peter Kealhofer, Lisa Marsh, Ben Sams, G Kenneth Voigt, Mary DeVries, Keith
Publication Date	2009
Abstract	Phrygian Gordion was the political center of an influential Iron Age polity that extended across west central Anatolia during the first half of the 1st millennium BC. Though the borders of this polity remain vague a characteristic of the Phrygian 'footprint' is the distribution of highly distinctive ceramics. The extent to which Gordion potters were the originators of these wares remains uncertain. In this paper we use Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) to establish the local signature of predominantly Iron Age ceramics for this site by combining samples from several decades of excavation with an extensive regional sediment sequence. We also compare previous NAA work at Gordion to suggest that the formative stages of the Phrygian state appears to have involved a more extensive network of non-local specialist producers than previously thought.
Citation	Journal of Archaeological Science, 36(10), p. 2162-2176
ISSN	1095-9238 0305-4403
Link	https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4976
Publisher	Academic Press
Title	Ceramic production and provenience at Gordion, Central Anatolia
Type of document	Journal Article
Entity Type	Publication

Ceramic production and provenience at Gordion, Central Anatolia

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