An Evaluation On Stands And A Group Of Iron Age Potterys Belongs To Urartian, Lydian And Phrgia Period From Alanya Museum

Abstract

Thanks to its geopolitical and strategic location, Anatolia has hosted numerous rich cultures from the prehistoric eras up until today. While the political conflicts and the socio-economic changes that these cultures experienced throughout history caused the end of an era, they also laid the groundwork for the beginning of a new era. As a matter of fact, this cultural cycle can also be seen in the collapse of the Great Hittite Empire in 1190 BC and the Iron Ages that began after the collapse. Blended with numerous cultures from Urartian’s in the east, Phrygians and Lydian’s in the west, Late Hittite Empires in the southeast to Middle Assyrian Empire and Neo-Assyrian Empire, Iron Age is dated between 1190-330 BC. Pottery findings belonging to the 850-year period, which consists of the Middle and Late Iron Ages, constitute the subject of our study. In this context, 27 pieces of ceramics, most of which were brought to the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations by purchasing from Burdur and Isparta regions and from there to Alanya Museum, were examined. Each ceramic was classified chronologically and typologically within its own period and was attempted to be introduced scientifically by comparing it with similar samples