Gonca Dardeniz
My research focuses on metallurgy, vitreous materials, and integrated artisanship in Bronze Age Anatolia. I use complementary methods of archaeology and archaeological sciences to understand ancient technologies and choices of Bronze Age artisans. I am using political economy and social complexity as theoretical frames.
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Currently, I am directing Konya-Karahöyük excavations in central Anatolia (Bronze Age site).
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Director, Research Center for History and Archaeology of the Van Region
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Currently, I am directing Konya-Karahöyük excavations in central Anatolia (Bronze Age site).
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Director, Research Center for History and Archaeology of the Van Region
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The mound of Konya-Karahöyük covers an area of 33 ha. With its lower town, which is heavily filled with alluvial deposits, the site spans almost 100 ha. Previous excavations at the site (from 1953 to 1994 with breaks) yielded remains of monumental architecture, yet, there is a lack of a systematic understanding of the architectural patterns. Excavations reinitiated at the site in 2022 aim to expose architectural remains of the upper and lower towns as well as to investigate the expansion of the site via using interdisciplinary methodologies.
from a Syro-Levantine area to the discussions of early glassmaking centers.
Prior studies on the origin of glass have given significant credit to Mesopotamia as the center of innovation, particularly because of the textual records and examples of early glass objects from the region. The current study also addresses the relationships and potential mismatches between textual and archaeological evidence. The discovery in Alalakh of a glassmaking crucible provides, for the first time, evidence for LBA glassmaking outside of Egypt and the core area of Mesopotamia, and it can be linked to descriptions of glassmaking in cuneiform tablets.
We open a fresh avenue for scrutinizing and combining archaeological, textual, and scientific evidence for centers of innovation.
Yazımızın başlığında oluşturan ve birbiriyle ilgisiz görünen bu kelimeleri birbirine bağlayan konu, hepimizin yakından tanıdığı cam. Pencerelerden elimizdeki telefonlara kadar günlük hayatımızın ayrılmaz bir parçası olan, özel çeşitleri hariç, günlük kullanım için kolay ulaşılabilir olduğu kadar kırılgan ve geri dönüştürülebilir olan bu malzemenin üretilmesi fikri nasıl oluştu? Bilinen en eski cam nerede, ne zaman ve nasıl üretildi? Camdan ilk üretilen ürünler nelerdi ve bunlara herkes sahip olabilir miydi?
Bu ve benzeri sorular, farklı disiplinlerden bilim insanlarının merakını yüz yılı aşkın süredir cezbediyor. Bu yazıda, bu sorulara cevap arar ve camın insan hayatındaki değişen rolünü anlamaya çalışırken, arkeoloji, filoloji, kimya ve fizik gibi bilimlerin aynı soruyu cevaplamak için nasıl beraberce kullanıldığına değineceğiz.
• Social approaches to the archaeology and anthropology of resource use
• Patterns of resource use, long-distance trade
• Ancient technologies and technology transfer
• Political economy and patterns of social complexity through resource use (discussions related to Anatolia are especially welcome)
• Human impacts on ancient environments as a result of resource use.
The primary resources for discussions are classified into seven subgroups. Researchers working on these materials are welcome to submit abstracts to oral or poster sessions.
1. Metals: mining and metallurgy, economic geology of ores
2. Stones: precious and semi-precious stones
3. Minerals: salt, natron, clay, and tempering materials
4. Water: ancient hydrological practices, water related reserves e.g. food and textile industry, shells
5. Fuel: forestry, wood, dung
6. Organic materials: bone, bitumen
7. Crop production
The mound of Konya-Karahöyük covers an area of 33 ha. With its lower town, which is heavily filled with alluvial deposits, the site spans almost 100 ha. Previous excavations at the site (from 1953 to 1994 with breaks) yielded remains of monumental architecture, yet, there is a lack of a systematic understanding of the architectural patterns. Excavations reinitiated at the site in 2022 aim to expose architectural remains of the upper and lower towns as well as to investigate the expansion of the site via using interdisciplinary methodologies.
from a Syro-Levantine area to the discussions of early glassmaking centers.
Prior studies on the origin of glass have given significant credit to Mesopotamia as the center of innovation, particularly because of the textual records and examples of early glass objects from the region. The current study also addresses the relationships and potential mismatches between textual and archaeological evidence. The discovery in Alalakh of a glassmaking crucible provides, for the first time, evidence for LBA glassmaking outside of Egypt and the core area of Mesopotamia, and it can be linked to descriptions of glassmaking in cuneiform tablets.
We open a fresh avenue for scrutinizing and combining archaeological, textual, and scientific evidence for centers of innovation.
Yazımızın başlığında oluşturan ve birbiriyle ilgisiz görünen bu kelimeleri birbirine bağlayan konu, hepimizin yakından tanıdığı cam. Pencerelerden elimizdeki telefonlara kadar günlük hayatımızın ayrılmaz bir parçası olan, özel çeşitleri hariç, günlük kullanım için kolay ulaşılabilir olduğu kadar kırılgan ve geri dönüştürülebilir olan bu malzemenin üretilmesi fikri nasıl oluştu? Bilinen en eski cam nerede, ne zaman ve nasıl üretildi? Camdan ilk üretilen ürünler nelerdi ve bunlara herkes sahip olabilir miydi?
Bu ve benzeri sorular, farklı disiplinlerden bilim insanlarının merakını yüz yılı aşkın süredir cezbediyor. Bu yazıda, bu sorulara cevap arar ve camın insan hayatındaki değişen rolünü anlamaya çalışırken, arkeoloji, filoloji, kimya ve fizik gibi bilimlerin aynı soruyu cevaplamak için nasıl beraberce kullanıldığına değineceğiz.
• Social approaches to the archaeology and anthropology of resource use
• Patterns of resource use, long-distance trade
• Ancient technologies and technology transfer
• Political economy and patterns of social complexity through resource use (discussions related to Anatolia are especially welcome)
• Human impacts on ancient environments as a result of resource use.
The primary resources for discussions are classified into seven subgroups. Researchers working on these materials are welcome to submit abstracts to oral or poster sessions.
1. Metals: mining and metallurgy, economic geology of ores
2. Stones: precious and semi-precious stones
3. Minerals: salt, natron, clay, and tempering materials
4. Water: ancient hydrological practices, water related reserves e.g. food and textile industry, shells
5. Fuel: forestry, wood, dung
6. Organic materials: bone, bitumen
7. Crop production
This dissertation briefly focuses on the second millennium B.C. vitreous materials (glass, faience, frit), their technologies, and integrated crafts in the Near East. The dissertation proposes new connections, especially between Anatolia and Egypt, in terms of raw material usage and preferred technologies. It investigates the development and spread of vitrified material production technologies, resource procurement, manipulation of raw materials, technical know-how of artisans, and integrated and multifunctional crafts. The dissertation used complementary methods of archaeology and archaeometry, where the interested reader can find the results of ICP-MS, XRD, SEM-EDX, XRF analyses and isotopic information on second millennium B.C glass.
The objective of this study was to chemically analyze, typologically categorize and determine their production technologies of 82 metal arrowheads from Late Bronze II (LBII), Iron Age (IA) and Hellenistic-Roman (H-R) periods covering a time span between 1400 BC. and 400 AD. The chemical composition of the 82 arrowheads is determined by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy. The results indicate that pure copper was used extensively in all three periods. Arsenical copper and bronze was used during the LBII and IA. Bronze along with pure copper was the main metal utilized during the H-R Period. The arrowheads were stylistically grouped in three categories depending on how they are attached to the shaft, namely socketted, straight pin and butted pin. There was a definite preference in the use of different type of arrowheads in these periods. Straight and butted pin arrowheads were used in the EBII. During the IA, however, there was almost exclusive use of socketted arrowheads. During the H-R period, straight pin arrowheads were in use. 26 socketted arrowheads from the IA constitute a very standard group with a mass of 6.0 ± 1.0 grams. Chemical analysis showed that these socketted arrowheads contained lead over 1.0%. The source of lead is the lead metal that was added to the cavity of the blade to increase the mass of the arrowheads. Socketted arrowheads were cast generally by two piece clay or metal molds.
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Besides archaeological and scientific evidence collected from the site, socioeconomic and sociopolitical perspectives of glass production will be evaluated particularly for Tell Atchana/ancient Alalakh in order to understand vitrified material production which provides linkages to craftspeople, craft specialization and technological knowledge of the second millennium BC.
The IVth SNELA welcomes papers with methodological foci as well as presentations of field research. The main topic of the upcoming conference will be the various aspects of interaction of human societies with the environment in the highlands, such as the influence of the microclimate on human diet, agricultural and pastoral modes of production, ritual interaction with prominent places in a given landscape, and more.
Other topics related to the landscape archaeology of the region will be regarded as well. SNELA-IV may have an additional session that focuses on more general issues within the realm of highland human-environment interactions.
The venue is at the center of Elmalı Town (altitude 1,050 m asl, population 30,000). Elmalı is located northwest of Antalya, the major city on the Turkish western shore of the Mediterranean and it is approximately two hours by car (90 km) from the Antalya International Airport, with direct flights from the Middle East and most European cities. The Elmalı Plain is the second largest karstic plain in Turkey and has been inhabited by people since the Late Paleolithic Period.
This paper will extend value of salt to animals at highland communities in the north-central Anatolia and will focus both the economic and symbolic significance of salt at the region. By using archaeological, ethnoarchaeological and textual evidence, I will reassess the use of salt at the region by particularly concentrating on the Bronze Ages.