The transition from late bronze age to the early iron age in the Upper Euphrates and the Amuq : a study of settlement patterns
Author(s)
Advisor
Özgen, İlknurDate
2010Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This thesis aims to assess the settlement data from the LBA-EIA transition
from the Upper Euphrates and the Amuq. It uses settlement pattern analyses as ways
to trace continuity and change, and incorporates architectural data to test their results.
Three plains in particular are selected for this tasks; Altınova and Karababa Dam
area of the Upper Euphrates and the Amuq at the confluence of North Syria and
Southeast Anatolia. The results demonstrate, once again, that the nature of the LBAEIA
transition in these parts of Turkey is still vague, yet partially promising