Middle Chalcolithic Pottery from Southwestern Anatolia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4848548 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Eslick (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-14 |
| Publication date | 1980-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/504390 |
| OpenAlex | W2327624531 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The various sequences constructed for the Chalcolithic period in southwestern Anatolia are based on two sites, Beycesultan and Hacilar. Each produced evidence of a well defined material culture and these were attributed to the Early Chalcolithic and Late Chalcolithic respectively. However, there was no observable relationship between them. Two hypotheses have been advanced to explain the lack of continuity—an invasion, at the end of the Hacilar period, that brought the fully developed Late Chalcolithic culture into the Southwest, or a hiatus between Hacilar and Beycesultan that lasted for much of the fifth millennium B.C. Pottery that fits into none of the known Southwest Anatolian traditions has recently been identified in the Elmali Plain. It is described and attributed, on the basis of internal evidence and parallels with pottery from the eastern Aegean islands, to the fifth millennium. Support is thereby given to the "hiatus" theory, and the incompleteness of our knowledge of the Chalcolithic period emphasized. The repercussions for our understanding of this period, both in Anatolia and the Aegean, are discussed
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze Age · Chalcolithic · Geography · Hiatus · Period (music) · Pottery · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · History · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Paleontology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.08 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2022 (35) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |