Sollee, Alexander E.; Mönninghoff, Hannah; Kozal, Ekin; Karakaya, Doğa; Heim, Joëlle; Gür, Selin (2020). The Development of the Southeast Lower Town of Sirkeli Höyük: A Preliminary Assessment based on the 2013–2019 Campaigns. Altorientalische Forschungen, 47(2), pp. 215-286. AKADEMIE VERLAG 10.1515/aofo-2020-0011
Full text not available from this repository.The site of Sirkeli Höyük in the province of Adana in modern Turkey is one of the largest settlement mounds in Plain Cilicia. In 2012, a geophysical survey revealed that the ancient settlement was not confined to the höyük, but also encompassed an extensive lower town to the southeast of the main mound. To gain information on the dating and development of this part of the settlement, an excavation area (“Sector F”) was opened at a spot where the magnetometry survey suggested the presence of a city gate. Since then, archaeological work in this area has continuously produced new discoveries that help us understand how this residential area and its inhabitants developed throughout the periods of its occupation. Especially the Iron Age (Neo Cilician period) levels, which cover approximately the 11th–7th centuries B.C., provide important information on how this urban center of the Neo Hittite kingdom Hiyawa/Que changed over time and to which extent historical events impacted the people living in one of its residential areas. This contribution discusses the stratigraphic sequence, the pottery, and the archaeobotanical remains discovered in Sector F during the 2013–2019 campaigns, and concludes with a synthesis of the development in this area from a historical perspective.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences > Near Eastern Archaeology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Sollee, Alexander Ericson, Mönninghoff, Hannah, Heim, Joëlle Florence, Gür, Selin |
Subjects: |
900 History > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499) |
ISSN: |
0232-8461 |
Publisher: |
AKADEMIE VERLAG |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Hannah Eva Nonza Mönninghoff |
Date Deposited: |
24 Dec 2020 08:25 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:43 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1515/aofo-2020-0011 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/149580 |
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