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Ist Urḫi-Tešup der König von Zulapa? 21 Jun 2010
Trotz der zahlreichen Hinweise auf Urḫi-Tešup enthalten in der internationalen hethitischen Korrespondenz, die sich auf dessen Verbannungszeit beziehen, bleiben die daraus gewonnenen Erkenntnisse in hohem Masse widersprüchlich und spekulativ. Die im vorliegenden Artikel versuchte Identifizierung Urḫi-Tešups mit dem in der gleichen Korrespondenz ebenfalls vorkommenden anonymen König von Zulapa, könnte die bisherigen Wissenslücken füllen. Die Gründe, in beiden bisher separat betrachteten Individuen plötzlich Verweise auf nur die eine und dieselbe Person zu suchen, können kurz erklärt werden. Da ist zum Einen die räumliche Nähe der überlieferten Zufluchtstädte Urḫi-Tešups in Niya und Zulapa selbst, zum Anderen die stets abwechselnde Nennung beider Könige beziehungsweise die Austauschbarkeit der auf sie bezogenen Aussagen in der diplomatischen hethitisch-ägyptischen Korrespondenz. Zusätzliche detailliert unterbreitete Evidenz wird diese zunächst knapp begründete Hypothese erhärten.

Hirbemerdon Tepe during the Iron Age Period 21 Jun 2010
The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the material culture uncovered from the Iron Age levels (ca. 1050-610 BC) at the site of Hirbemerdon Tepe, located along the upper Tigris river in southeastern Turkey. The first part of the paper includes a brief introductory chapter dedicated to the site location and its geographical and environmental context, with a second chapter on the Neo-Assyrian historical sources on the area here considered. The second half of the paper instead comprises a detailed analysis of the architecture and pottery found in Hirbemerdon Tepe’s Iron Age levels with a specific focus on the most represented and best preserved phase, the Early Iron Age period (i.e., Phase IVA, ca. 1050-900 BC). Moreover, a catalogue describing the studied pottery fragments is attached at the end of the article as an Appendix. The final section of the paper places the ceramic assemblage in a broader historical context to better define the role played by the site of Hirbemerdon Tepe during the Iron Age, with a specific emphasis on the transformation that occurred in the socioeconomic landscape of the upper Tigris river due to the arrival of the Neo-Assyrians in the area during the ninth century BC.

Çadir Höyük 21 Jun 2010
The 2009 season represented the fourteenth season of excavation at Çadir Höyük. During that time we have made great strides in our pursuit of understanding Çadir’s role in the history and development of culture in Central Anatolia. We last reported on the general outlook for Çadir Höyük with a report on the state of the second millennium remains in Anatolica 32 (2006). Excavations at the site have continued since that time with interesting results in at least four different areas of investigation. These excavations have continued to demonstrate the richness of Çadir Höyük’s material remains with exciting finds coming from nearly every period of its long occupation. This report will summarize the findings of investigations into the Iron Age levels of the Upper South Slope trench between the years 2006 and 2009 (with a one year hiatus in 2007).

Settlement Patterns in the Second and First Millennia BC Elbistan Plain 21 Jun 2010
The Elbistan plain and its environment is one of the least investigated areas of Turkey and, with a few exceptions, the region has not yet been subject to systematic archaeological research. The majority of archaeological research in the region was conducted during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The earliest surveys and excavation, at Karahöyük, demonstrate that the Elbistan Plain has great archaeological potential in regard to the second millennium BC, which is also supported by textual evidence belonging to the Assyrian Colony and Hittite periods. The aims of this article are to re-analyse the available archaeological and historical data using a Braudellian methodology, in order to provide a new context by which to understand the effect of second and first millennium BC historical events on settlement patterns in the Elbistan region, and vice versa. The structure of the article is modelled on Braudel’s tripartite chronological categories of the Longue Durée (geographical data), Conjonctures (archaeological data) and Événements (historical events).

Survey of the Archaeological Landscape of Uşakli / Kuşakli Höyük (Yozgat) 21 Jun 2010
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The Survey of Pir Hüseyin, 2004 21 Jun 2010
Since 2002, the Diyarbakir Small Streams Archaeological Survey Project has worked to record archaeological sites in the piedmont region of the Upper Tigris Drainage Area just east of the city of Diyarbakir, north of the Tigris River, and west of the city of Batman and the Batman River. The project is ongoing, and to date 108 sites have been recorded within the survey area. Unquestionably, one of the most important of these is the ancient settlement of Pir Hüseyin, situated some 25 km east of Diyarbakir on a high terrace overlooking the floodplain of the Ambar Çay, a minor perennial tributary of the Tigris. Pir Hüseyin has long been a focus of scholarly attention as the putative location where a justly famous stele of the Akkadian king Naram Sin was unearthed sometime in the last decade of the 19th century. Surprisingly, however, the mound had never been systematically surveyed, mapped, and collected until members of the Diyarbakir Small Streams Archaeological Survey Project did so in 2004. This article is a report on that work focusing on the setting of the site, its nature, chronology, and significance.

The Late Chalcolithic Settlement of Barcin Höyük 21 Jun 2010
This report presents the Late Chalcolithic levels at Barcin Höyük, located in the Yenisehir Basin in the eastern part of the province of Bursa. Excavations began in 2005 and earlier reports have appeared in this journal and elsewhere. The Barcin Höyük Excavations take place in the context of the long-term regional research project ‘Early Farming Communities in the Eastern Marmara Region’, carried out by the Netherlands Institute for the Near East and the Netherlands Institute in Turkey.