Kültepe-Kanesh before the Assyrians: New research at the EBA levels - Prof. Dr. Fikri Kulakoğlu

Kültepe-Kanesh before the Assyrians: New research at the EBA levels
Prof. Dr. Fikri Kulakoğlu
Department of Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, Ankara University
Organizer: Prof. Dr. Vasıf Şahoğlu (Ankara University)
14th June 2021
16.00 CET (Rome, Paris, Berlin / GMT+2)
17.00 (İstanbul, Athens / GMT+3)
10.00 (New York / GMT-4)

The archaeological site of Kültepe is located near Kayseri, Central
Anatolia, Turkey. Kültepe, ancient Kanesh, is one of the largest
Bronze Age urban centers in the ancient Near East.

Excavations led for more than half a century by Prof. Dr. Tahsin Özgüç
and Prof. Dr. Kutlu Emre have provided great contributions not only to
the history of Anatolia but also to the ancient Near East. More than
23,500 cuneiform tablets unearthed in the merchants’ houses located in
the lower city and fewer in the mound proper revealed the social,
political and economic life of the 19th and 18th centuries BC in
central Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia.

Recent studies at the site have exposed clear developments in the
architectural and the cultural sequence of the Early Bronze Age
settlement. Following the more simply planned units and relatively
modest buildings of the Early Bronze Age I and II, the monumental
structures that emerged during the IIIrd and last stage of the period
reflect not only the architectural developments at Kültepe but also
hint at social change in Central Anatolia more broadly.

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