Archaeology at the North-east Anatolian Frontier, I.: An Historical Geography and a Field Survey of the Bayburt ProvinceThis volume presents a framework for interpreting cultural development in the highlands of Anatolia from the earliest settlements to the recent past. Begun in 1988, investigations by the University of Melbourne in cooperation with the Erzurum Museum have studied how past human societies adapted to and modified highland environments. After considerations of concepts such as 'frontiers', 'borders' and 'boundaries' that can be easily applied to north-east Anatolia, the study moves to an analysis of the complex literary tradition with a view to detailing an historical geography of the Bayburt and Erzurum regions. The ethnicity of the Diauehi, the identification of Sinoria of Mithradates fame and a new proposal for the route taken by Xenophon and his 10,000 troops are among the novel ideas now associated with this once neglected region. The second part deals with material culture. Beginning with an environmental conspectus, the study presents the results of a survey carried out in Bayburt during 1988 and 1990-93. An ample catalogue of finds supplements a detailed Register of Sites. To ensure comprehensiveness, as complete a ceramic sequence for north-east Anatolia as is possible to prepare at this stage is also provided. Using both textual and archaeological data, this study provides an extensive yet holistic picture of cultural change in the highlands. As such it provides a valuable resource for the study of the antiquity of east Anatolia and neighbouring lands. |
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Admin Anatolia Ankara Armenia Bayburt 69 Body sherd Bowl fragment burnished exterior Büyüktepe Höyük Çayıryolu Tepe Çengiler Tepe chaff voids Chalcolithic Çimentepe clay Çorak Tepe Çoruh River dark grey 7.5YR Date of Survey Decoration Demirözü Deresi Mevkii Diauehi dusky red 2.5YR Early Bronze Age Erzincan Erzurum everted rim fabric flaring rim Flat base fragment grey 10YR grey 5YR grit groove Gümüşhane Herodotus Höyük incised inner mouth Iron Age Karaçayır Mevkii Karaköy Karataş Kelkit Kilise Tepe Lake Van lightly burnished located Map Reference Median medium-sized gritty inclusions Meydanı mottled mound north-east Anatolia obsidian off-set Örenşar Pasinler Pasinler plain Period Occupied plain interior Pot fragment pottery red 10R reddish brown 5YR region ridge rim Fig River road rounded lip rounded rim Sagona semi coarse sherd scatter slip smoothed interior Söğütlü Strabo surfaces Tepe BPS Urartian Urartu vessel village white gritty inclusions Xenophon yellowish red 5YR