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Title: The Iron Age on the Central Anatolian Plateau
Contributor(s): Kealhofer, Lisa  (author); Grave, Peter  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2011
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9724
Abstract: Archaeological views of the Iron Age in inland Anatolia have been dominated by the two main polities that developed during the first millennium b.c.e. : Urartu in the east and Phrygia in the west. Our understanding of how these and other Iron Age societies developed in the aftermath of the Late Bronze Age Hittite collapse, how new polities emerged and forged new political and economic relations, however, is limited due to the rarity of excavated Early Iron Age sites in the region (Genz 2003 ; Grave et al. 2009 ; Kealhofer et al. 2009 , 2010). One of the keys for understanding Iron Age dynamics is the development of a regional chronological framework. Since 2000, each of the sites discussed here has produced new Iron Age dates, oft en substantially altering our interpretation of the relationships between sites, the rate of change within Iron Age societies, and the timing and scale of interaction (figure 18.1). Results from these excavations are beginning to define an exceptionally dynamic and volatile period of society building. However, constraints in the development of a high-resolution regional chronology (radiocarbon calibration plateaus, sampling issues) continue to challenge our ability to adequately map the dynamics of Iron Age societies. After describing the geographical context of the Anatolian plateau, we outline advances and constraints in the development of a regional chronological framework.
Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 BCE, v.2, p. 415-442
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Place of Publication: Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN: 9780195376142
0195376145
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 210105 Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
Publisher/associated links: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37564365
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=TY3t4y_L5SQC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA415
Series Name: Oxford Handbooks in Archaeology
Editor: Editor(s): Sharon R Steadman and Gregory McMahon
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