Ancient Landscapes of Anatolia in the Bronze Age

Acronym: ALandA

Description

ALandA aims at reconstructing how ancient landscapes of Central Anatolia changed from the 18th to the 13th cent. BC, a five-century period spanning from the end of the political territorial fragmentation of Anatolian principalities to the rise and consolidation of the Hittite empire. The project will investigate developments in material culture, settlement patterns, exploitation of natural resources and connectivity on a regional and interregional scale. The focus will be on the Kayseri and Yozgat provinces, where the relevant 2nd mill. BC key-sites of Kültepe-Kaneš and Uşaklı Höyük, currently investigated by the project’s team members, are located. Moreover, written sources from late Old Assyrian and Hittite texts will be integrated into the analysis to provide further valuable evidence for the interpretation of the regional historical geography.