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Strategies for future success: Remembering the Hittites during the Iron Age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Lynn Swartz Dodd
Lynn Swartz Dodd
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University of Southern California
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Abstract

The Maraş and Sakçagözü valley surveys on the east side of the Amanus mountains provide new data regarding patterns of Hittite territorial management and administration. Sites dating to the Late Bronze Age II period were identified by the presence of burnished pottery, drab ware and, occasionally, by animal-shaped ceramic vessel fragments. The standardised drab ware pottery is emblematic of mass production and rigid control of labour sources and raw materials through systems designed to support the economic and political strategies of the Hittite court and to serve its interests. The settlement pattern is linked to Hittite regional needs for agricultural production, raw materials and territorial security. The distinct site location pattern indicates a strategic, restrained use of space by the Hittites. This left room for beneficial integrative features that local élites might emphasise for their own purposes, which comprise a foundation for the prestige later accorded to the Hittite legacy.

Özet

Amanos dağlarının doğusunda uzanan Maraş ve Sakçagözü vadisinde yapılan yüzey araştırmaları, Hitit topraklarının organizasyonu ve yönetim yapısına ilişkin yeni veriler edinmemize olanak sağlamıştır. Geç Bronz II dönemine tarihlenen yerleşmeler, perdahlı kapların, bezemesiz malların ve arada bir bulunan hayvan biçimli kaplara ait pançaların varlığı ile belirlenmiştir. Standartlaşmış bezemesiz mallar, Hitit sarayının ekonomik ve politik stratejilerini desteklemek ve onun çıkarlarına hizmet etmek üzere tasarlanmiş bir seri üretimin, sıkı bir iş gücü kaynakları ve hammadde denetiminin göstergesidir. Yerleşim dokusu Hititlerin tarımsal üretim, hammade kaynakları ve toprak güvenliği bakımından bölgesel gereksinimleri ile bağlantılıdır. Farklı bir yerleşim konumu Hititlerin statejik ve amaca yönelik bir seçim yaptiğını gösterir. Bu, yerli seçkin zümrenin kendi amaçları için ön planda tutabilecekleri yararlı, tamamlayıcı özelliklerin seçimine de olanak vermiştir. Bu Hititlerin daha sonraki ünlerine bir temel oluşturmuştur.

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Anatolian Studies , Volume 57 , December 2007 , pp. 203 - 216
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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2007

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