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    The transition from bronze age to iron age in the Aegean : a heterarchical approach
    (2012) Enverova, Deniz Alev
    The purpose of this thesis is to examine the Bronze Age to Iron Age transition in the Aegean through a different perspective than has been used up until now, and see if heterarchy can be applied. This thesis will test to see whether heterarchy is an appropriate model, offer a view on the end of the Late Bronze Age, and explore the reasons iron technology replaced bronze technology in the Greek world.
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    Using neutron activation analysis to identify scales of interaction at Kinet Höyük, Turkey
    (2008) Grave P.; Kealhofer L.; Marsh, B.; Gates, M.-H.
    We use NAA to characterize a relatively large archaeological ceramic sample from the Late Bronze Age to Hellenistic phases of Kinet Höyük, a coastal Turkish site in the Gulf of Iskenderun at the northeast corner of the Mediterranean Sea. The geographic extent of local Kinet wares (how local is local?) is established through comparison with sediment samples across the Kinet hinterland. Four major compositional groups are identified: local and locally imported wares, imports from Cypriot, and presumed Western Anatolian and Aegean centers, and imports that appear relatively homogenous elementally but comprise typologically diverse ceramics with attributions that range from Cyprus to the coastal mainland. Comparison with other published NAA studies for this site reinforces the elemental evidence for local production, and underlines the need for caution when assuming local production always equates with local clays particularly for coastal sites. We propose that the chronological distribution of the local and non-local groups provides a useful political economic proxy. The study indicates systemic and widespread political disruption and marginalization at the transition to the Late Iron Age in this region. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.