The period of Anatolian history between the death of the semi-legendary king Midas of Gordion ca. 700 BC and the advent of the Achaemenid Persian Empire ca. 550 BC is dominated by certain narratives: the rise of the Mermnad Lydian Kingdom, from Gyges to Croesus; the demise of the Urartian Kingdom and 'Neo-Hittite'-type culture and polities; and the invasion of shadowy forces from the Steppe: Cimmerians, Scythians and Medes. The discoveries of Geoffrey and Francoise Summers's project at the massive walled city on Kerkenes Dağı have changed the cultural history and texture of Anatolia during this time period, opening up insights into the spread of Phrygian culture and language and inviting further discussion of how the period is framed. This book honors their accomplishments by presenting papers addressing the dynamics and events of that period from various angles, and in various regions and places, as well as other interventions on Iron Age Anatolia, from dating of kings to rare and potentially influential medical techniques. The volume sheds light on and also advocates for further synthesis of the regional dynamics affecting the Mediterranean, Near East and Anatolia together, toward the production of revised, more nuanced narratives.
Author(s): Catherine M. Draycott (editor), Scott Branting (editor), Joseph W. Lehner (editor), Yasemin Özarslan (editor)
Series: BIAA Monographs; 57
Publisher: British Institute at Ankara
Year: 2024
Language: English
Pages: 270
Contents
List of figures
Preface • Catherine M. Draycott
Türkçe özet
1. Filling in the gaps and joining up the dots of the seventh century BC in Anatolia and beyond: an introduction • Catherine M. Draycott
2. Bibliography of Geoffrey and Françoise Summers Compiled by Joseph W. Lehner
In the Halys Bend
3. Exploration of the metropolis at Kerkenes Dağı • Scott Branting, Joseph W. Lehner, Dominique Langis-Barsetti, Tuna Kalaycı, Nilüfer Baturayoğlu Yöney, Yasemin Özarslan, Noël Siver, Nurdan Atalan Çayırezmez and Ben Claasz Coockson
4. The Late Iron Age at Boğazköy • Jürgen Seeher and Hermann Genz
Gordion and Phrygia
5. Domestic architecture at Middle Phrygian • Gordion Kim C. Codella and Mary M. Voigt
6. Gordion and Phrygia in the seventh century BC • G. Kenneth Sams
West and East
7. Troy, the Troad and the Hellespont, 700–550 BC • Carolyn C. Aslan
8. Vanishing kingdoms: Tabal and Tuwana during the seventh century BC • Sanna Aro
9. After the Assyrians, before the Persians: Kinet Höyük and its Cicilian context • Marie-Henriette Gates and Charles Gates
Broader Cultural Practices
10. Epiphany of the Mother Goddess. A renewed examination of the Phrygian rock-cut façades • Susanne Berndt
11. Multiple drills on skulls: trepanation with boring-and-cutting in eastern Anatolia during the Iron Age • Yılmaz Selim Erdal
Chronological Interventions
12. Dendrochronological investigations at Kerkenes and beyond • Peter Ian Kuniholm, Charlotte L. Pearson and Tomasz J Ważny
13. The dating of the Tabalian inscriptions: archaic or archaising? • J. David Hawkinsand Mark Weeden
Traditions of Invaders
14. The phantom menace? The chronology of Cimmerian expeditions, territories and zones of influence in Anatolia • Selim Ferruh Adalı
15. The Medes in Anatolia: a return visit • Christopher J. Tuplin
Mentors’ Meditations
16. Urartu in its later age and its external relations • Charles Burney
17. The adventure of the Lydian Hoard • Oscar White Muscarella
18. Epilogue: Reflections and questions on ethno-cultures, polities and dynamics in Anatolia between Midas and Cyrus • Catherine M. Draycott
Indices
