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Title: | Using neutron activation analysis to identify scales of interaction at Kinet Höyük, Turkey | Contributor(s): | Grave, Peter (author) ; Kealhofer, Lisa (author); Marsh, Ben (author); Gates, Marie-Henriette (author) | Publication Date: | 2008 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.jas.2008.01.001 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2295 | Abstract: | We use NAA to characterize a relatively large archaeological ceramic sample from the Late Bronze Age to Hellenistic phases of Kinet Höyük, a coastal Turkish site in the Gulf of Iskenderun at the northeast corner of the Mediterranean Sea. The geographic extent of local Kinet wares (how local is local?) is established through comparison with sediment samples across the Kinet hinterland. Four major compositional groups are identified: local and locally imported wares, imports from Cypriot, and presumed Western Anatolian and Aegean centers, and imports that appear relatively homogenous elementally but comprise typologically diverse ceramics with attributions that range from Cyprus to the coastal mainland. Comparison with other published NAA studies for this site reinforces the elemental evidence for local production, and underlines the need for caution when assuming local production always equates with local clays particularly for coastal sites. We propose that the chronological distribution of the local and non-local groups provides a useful political economic proxy. The study indicates systemic and widespread political disruption and marginalization at the transition to the Late Iron Age in this region. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Archaeological Science, 35(7), p. 1974-1992 | Publisher: | Academic Press | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1095-9238 0305-4403 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 210199 Archaeology not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950599 Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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