The period of Anatolian history between the death of the semi-legendary king Midas of Gordion ca 700 BC and the advent of the Achaemenid Persian Empire ca 550 BC is dominated by certain narratives: the rise of the Mermnad Lydian Kingdom, from Gyges to Croesus; the demise of the Urartian Kingdom and Neo-Hittite-type culture and polities; and the invasion of shadowy forces from the Steppe: Cimmerians, Scythians and Medes. The discoveries of Geoffrey and Francoise Summerss project at the massive walled city on Kerkenes Dagi have changed the cultural history and texture of Anatolia during this time period, opening up insights into the spread of Phrygian culture and language and inviting further discussion of how the period is framed. This book honors their accomplishments by presenting papers addressing the dynamics and events of that period from various angles, and in various regions and places, as well as other interventions on Iron Age Anatolia, from dating of kings to rare and potentially influential medical techniques. The volume sheds light on and also advocates for further synthesis of the regional dynamics affecting the Mediterranean, Near East and Anatolia together, toward the production of revised, more nuanced narratives.
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Preface ix
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1. Filling in the gaps and joining up the dots of the seventh century BC in
Anatolia and beyond: an introduction Catherine M. Draycott 1
2. Bibliography of Geoffrey and Francoise Summers Compiled by Joseph W.
Lehner 13
In the Halys Bend
3. Exploration of the metropolis at Kerkenes Dag Scott Branting, Joseph W.
Lehner, Dominique Langis-Barsetti, Tuna Kalayc, Nilufer Baturayoglu
Yoney,
Yasemin Ozarslan, Noel Siver, Nurdan Atalan Cayrezmez and Ben Claasz
Coockson 19
4. The Late Iron Age at Bogazkoy Jurgen Seeher and Hermann Genz 37
Gordion and Phrygia
5. Domestic architecture at Middle Phrygian Gordion Kim C. Codella and Mary
M. Voigt 55
6. Gordion and Phrygia in the seventh century BC G. Kenneth Sams 79
West and East
7. Troy, the Troad and the Hellespont, 700550 BC Carolyn C. Aslan 95
8. Vanishing kingdoms: Tabal and Tuwana during the seventh century BC Sanna
Aro 113
9. After the Assyrians, before the Persians: Kinet Hoyuk and its Cicilian
context Marie-Henriette Gates and Charles Gates 137
Broader Cultural Practices
10. Epiphany of the Mother Goddess. A renewed examination of the Phrygian
rock-cut facades Susanne Berndt 155
11. Multiple drills on skulls: trepanation with boring-and-cutting in eastern
Anatolia during the Iron Age Ylmaz Selim Erdal 175
Chronological Interventions
12. Dendrochronological investigations at Kerkenes and beyond Peter Ian
Kuniholm, Charlotte L. Pearson and Tomasz J Wazny 185
13. The dating of the Tabalian inscriptions: archaic or archaising? J. David
Hawkins and Mark Weeden 195
Traditions of Invaders
14. The phantom menace? The chronology of Cimmerian expeditions, territories
and zones of influence in Anatolia Selim Ferruh Adal 209
15. The Medes in Anatolia: a return visit Christopher J. Tuplin 229
Mentors Meditations
16. Urartu in its later age and its external relations Charles Burney 239
17. The adventure of the Lydian Hoard Oscar White Muscarella 253
18. Epilogue: Reflections and questions on ethno-cultures, polities and
dynamics in Anatolia between Midas and Cyrus Catherine M. Draycott 261
