This paper investigates and offers explanations for the distribution of specific products (ivory
and lapis lazuli artefacts,“Syrian” bottles) and technologies (metrology) that have often been …

This dissertation offers an analysis of social interaction in west and central Anatolia during
the Early Bronze Age (EBA, c. 3200-1950 BC). It aims at identifying potential rationales for …

The monumental Early Bronze Age settlement at Liman Tepe (Levels VI–IV)(predecessor of
the classical site of Klazomenai), on the southern shore of the Gulf of Izmir, is a good …

This study evaluates the extent of trade in ceramic vessels (and their contents) throughout
Mesopotamia during the later Uruk period of the 4th millennium BCE using instrumental …

This study addresses what appear to be similar modes of external interaction experienced
by societies of the Anatolia n Euphrates valley and the northwestern Levant on the one …

During the excavations of Kültepe conducted by prof. tahsin Özgüç and, from 2006, by prof.
Fikri Kulakoğlu, eighteen ancient occupation levels were uncovered. The early Bronze age …

The famous 'Silk Roads' have long evoked a romantic picture of travel through colourful
civilizations that connected the western and eastern poles of Eurasia, facilitating the …

The Old Assyrian commercial system is perhaps the best-documented example of a long-
distance trade network surviving from the ancient world. The term “Old Assyrian” used here …

The Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean belongs to the most captivating chapters
in the history of the Ancient World: Various cuneiform documents and archaeological …

Hegemonic dominance relationships and the limited intentional material expressions of
imperial power they usually encompass pose an interesting and well-known problem for the …