Ancient Gordion

Lisa Kealhofer, Peter Grave, Mary M. Voigt

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781108490313
• eBook ISBN: 9781108805827
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: Social Sciences

Ancient Gordion has long been recognized as a key Iron Age site for Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean. Archaeological research has revealed much about its sequence of occupation. However, as yet no study has explored the underlying drivers of political and economic change at this site. This volume presents an overview of the political and economic histories supporting emergent elites and how they constructed power at Gordion during the Iron Age (1200-300 BCE). Based on geochemical and typological analysis of nearly 2000 Late Bronze Age to Hellenistic ceramic samples, the volume contextualizes this primary dataset through the lens of ceramic production, consumption, exchange and emulation. Synthesizing site data sets, the volume more broadly contributes to our understanding of the pivotal role of groups and their economic, social, and ritual practices in the creation of complex societies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Series information
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction: Iron Age Ceramics and Phrygian Gordion
• 2 Inventing Identity: Group Formation over the Longue Durée
• 3 Contextualizing the Ceramic Assemblage
• 4 Identifying Gordion's Groups
• 5 The Late Bronze Age Community at Gordion: The Late Bronze Age YHSS 10-8 ?1500-1150 BCE
• 6 Reconstituting Community in the Early Iron Age: The Early Iron Age YHSS 7 1150-900 BCE
• 7 New Identities, New Communities: The Early Phrygian Period YHSS 6 900-800 BCE
• 8 Enacting Power: The Middle Phrygian Period YHSS 5 800-540 BCE
• 9 Identities in Flux: The Late Phrygian Period YHSS 4 540-330 BCE
• 10 Conclusion: The Dynamics of Groups and Power at Gordion
• Appendix Eski Çag'da Gordion:
• References
• Index