2016. Early Bronze Age Aegina Kolonna. The View from a Southwest Aegean Centre, in: Studia Troica Monographien 8, Bonn 2016, 209–228 (original) (raw)

Annales liégeoises et PASPiennes d'archéologie égéenne IXNH WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PIONEER OF AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY in celebration of the 200 th anniversary of the birth of Heinrich Schliemann

ARCHAEOLOGY OF ARCHAEOLOGY: EXCAVATING IN THE DUMPS OF HEINRICH SCHLIEMANN AT TROY, 2024

The site of Troy has been playing a key role in the development of archaeology in general and in Aegean scholarship in particular. With his excavations at Troy from 1870 onwards, Heinrich Schliemann effectively framed the field of Aegean archaeology, in which archaeology has been the dominant method for interpretation, even if Greek mythology continues to be a source of inspiration. Later excavations at the site have all been directed by leading scholars in the field, who introduced new techniques and methods of archaeological research. Since 2018, we have been carrying out a research programme focusing on the development of archaeological method at Troy. Here, we present some of the results of this research, which we have entitled Archaeology of Archaeology. The main aim of this paper is to discuss how the archaeological methodology of Heinrich Schliemann affected the interpretations about Troy and the physical remains at the site. The second aim is to show the usefulness to study his methods archaeologically.

The Final Stages of the Early Bronze Age at Troy: Cultural Development, Chronology, and Interregional Contacts. In: E. Pernicka/S. Ünlüsoy/S. W. E. Blum (eds.), Early Bronze Age Troy: Chronology, Cultural Development, and Interregional Contacts. Studia Troica Monographien 8 (Bonn 2016) 89–119

Despite its manifold innovations, Troy IV is to be seen as an immediate continuation of the local Early Bronze Age culture; Troy V, however, marks the transition to the Middle Bronze Age. In addition to influences from the Aegean region, in both periods various new social and technological elements make their first appearance at Troy, which show that the settlement has become more closely connected to the southeastern and central parts of Anatolia. Based on recent excavation results obtained from Troy, this paper attempts to determine the relevant interregional contacts from a more chronological perspective, with the aim of creating a broader view of the cultural developments that took place in Northwest Anatolia between ca.

Early Troy and its significance for the Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia, in: E. Pernicka – S. Ünlüsöy – St. Blum (eds.), Early Bronze Age Troy. Chronology, Cultural Development and Interregional Contacts. Studia Troica Monographien 8 (Bonn 2016) 123–145

The impact of early Troy on Western Anatolia is discussed by presenting the problems and opportunities experienced while attempting to establish a relative and absolute chronology for Çukuriçi Höyük, a site recently excavated in the lower Kaystros Valley. Following a short description of the settlement and its stratigraphic sequence, the discussion focuses on selected pottery assemblages from rooms 19 (phase ÇuHö IV) and 1 (phase ÇuHö III), and from parallel sites. The result of the analysis is a synchronisation of both settlement phases with Troy I, Beycesultan XIX-XVII, Aphrodisias Pekmez LC4-EB1/2, Yortan, Emporio V-IV, Thermi and Poliochni blue and the relative dating of Çukuriçi Höyük IV-III to EBA 1. An independent absolute chronology for this site is possible thanks to 10 radiocarbon dates presented here. The actual date for both phases can be fixed between 2900 and 2750 calBC, which corresponds to Troy I early in particular. In a next step, the results are used as a basis for the re-evaluation of surveys previously carried out in the Kaystros valley. Finally, the possible consequences for the chronological integration of the so-called Yortan group are discussed with the addition of recent findings from surveys conducted in the lower Kaykos Valley.