Pernicka Ernst, Ünlüsoy Sinan, Blum Stephan W.E. (eds.). Early Bronze Age Troy: Chronology, Cultural Development and Interregional Contacts

Proceedings of an International Conference held at the University of Tübingen (May 8–10, 2009). — Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, 2016. — 405 p. — (Studia Troica Monographien 8). — ISBN 978-3-7749-3980-6.Troy has been of outstanding importance for Early Bronze Age archaeology ever since the discovery and excavation of the site by Heinrich Schliemann. Partly due to the paucity of archaeological research on EBA Anatolia, Troy has long been considered as the only key site for Western Anatolia and the Northern Aegean. However, as a result of recent excavations at other contemporary sites, it has become clear that Troy was not the only significant EBA settlement in this region and that its position as a key site is due for a reexamination. To explore the similarities and diversities of EBA cultures across the Northern-Aegean and Western Anatolia, an international conference entitled »Early Bronze Age Troy: Chronology, Cultural Development and Interregional Contacts« was held in early May 2009 at the University of Tubingen. Besides the general aspects of chronology and stratigraphy, it addressed themes such as the emergence of stratified societies, concepts of EBA economy and trade, production and distribution of raw materials and craft specialization with special reference to Troy itself.Ernst Pernicka. Preface.
Chronology and Stratigraphy.
Mariana Thater. White Painted Pottery in Early Bronze Age Troy.
Mariya Ivanova. Stratigraphy and Architecture of Troy I: the Excavations in »Schliemann’s Trench«.
Peter Pavúk. Dating of the Pinnacle in square E4/5, Dörpfeld Stratigraphy and Formation Processes at Troy.
Peter Jablonka. Beyond the Citadel: A Map of Greater Early Bronze Age Troy.
Göksel Sazcı and Devrim Çalış Sazcı. The Troy III Period in Light of Recent Excavations.
Stephan W. E. Blum. The Final Stages of the Early Bronze Age at Troy: Cultural Development, Chronology, and Interregional Contacts.
Cultural Development and Interregional Contacts.
Barbara Horejs – Bernhard Weninger. Early Troy and its significance for the Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia.
Halime Hüryılmaz. Yenibademli and Troy: Reflection of Troy I Culture in the Light of Archaeological Findings and Cultural Identity of Yenibademli.
Hayat Erkanal and Vasıf Şahoğlu. Liman Tepe, an Early Bronze Age Trade Center in Western Anatolia: Recent Investigations.
Vasıf Şahoğlu. Early Bronze Age Cemeteries at Bakla Tepe: Changing Patterns.
Göksel Sazcı. The Metal Finds of the 3rd Millennium in Troy and their Counterparts in the Early Bronze Age World.
Eylem Özdoğan. Kanlıgeçit – an Anatolian Model of an Urban Center in Eastern Thrace: an Overview.
Lydia Berger – Walter Gauss. Early Bronze Age Aegina Kolonna: A View from a Southwest Aegean Centre.
Martin G. Hristov. Dubene and its Probable Contacts with the Aegaeo-Anatolian Region.
Krassimir P. Leshtakov. Troy and Upper Thrace: What Happened in the EBA 3? (Interrelations Based on Pottery Evidence).
Emergence of Stratified Societies.
John Bintliff. Early Bronze Age Troy and the Emergence of Complex Societies in the Aegean.
Özlem Çevik – Mehmet Sağır. The Rise of the Elites on both Sides of the Aegean Sea.
Thomas Zimmermann. Early Bronze Age Elites: A fresh look at some old and new evidence from West and Central Anatolia.
Economy and Trade.
Canan Çakırlar. Early Bronze Age Foodways in the Aegean: Social Archaeozoology on the Eastern Side.
Diane Thumm-Doğrayan. Storage Strategies in Early Bronze Age Troy.
Simone Riehl and Elena Marinova. The Interplay of Environmental Change, Socio-political Stress and Human Resilience at Early to Middle Bronze Age Troy.
Production and Distribution of Raw Materials and Craft Specialization.
Christoph Bachhuber. The Industry and Display of Textiles in Early Bronze Age Western Anatolia.
Neyir Kolankaya-Bostancı. New Interpretations of Early Bronze Age Obsidian Procurement and Distribution in Western Anatolia.
Ivan Gatsov – Petranka Nedelcheva. Early Bronze Age Lithic Assemblages from Troia.
Maria Gurova. Troy I–V Chipped Stone Assemblages: Functional Connotations.
Sinan Ünlüsoy. Troy and the Aegean During the Third Millenium BC.