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.

Universitat Tübingen / University of Cincinnati

Ernst PernickaPreface9Chronology and StratigraphyMariana ThaterWhite Painted Pottery in Early Bronze Age Troy13Mariya IvanovaStratigraphy and Architecture of Troy I: the Excavations in »Schliemann's Trench«39Peter PavúkDating of the Pinnacle in square E4/5, Dörpfeld Stratigraphy and Formation Processes at Troy49Peter JablonkaBeyond the Citadel: A Map of Greater Early Bronze Age Troy61Göksel Sazcı and Devrim Çalış SazcıThe Troy III Period in Light of Recent Excavations75Stephan W. E. BlumThe Final Stages of the Early Bronze Age at Troy: Cultural Development, Chronology, and Interregional Contacts89Cultural Development and Interregional ContactsBarbara Horejs - Bernhard WeningerEarly Troy and its significance for the Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia123Halime HüryılmazYenibademli and Troy: Reflection of Troy I Culture in the Light of Archaeological Findings and Cultural Identity of Yenibademli147Hayat Erkanal and Vasıf ŞahoğluLiman Tepe, an Early Bronze Age Trade Center in Western Anatolia: Recent Investigations157Vasıf ŞahoğluEarly Bronze Age Cemeteries at Bakla Tepe: Changing Patterns167Göksel SazcıThe Metal Finds of the 3rd Millennium in Troy and their Counterparts in the Early Bronze Age World183Eylem ÖzdoğanKanlıgeçit - an Anatolian Model of an Urban Center in Eastern Thrace: an Overview197Contents ContentLydia Berger - Walter GaussEarly Bronze Age Aegina Kolonna: A View from a Southwest Aegean Centre209Martin G. HristovDubene and its Probable Contacts with the Aegaeo-Anatolian Region229Krassimir P. LeshtakovTroy and Upper Thrace: What Happened in the EBA 3?(Interrelations Based on Pottery Evidence)239Emergence of Stratified SocietiesJohn BintliffEarly Bronze Age Troy and the Emergence of Complex Societies in the Aegean259Özlem Çevik - Mehmet SağırThe Rise of the Elites on both Sides of the Aegean Sea267Thomas ZimmermannEarly Bronze Age Elites: A fresh look at some old and new evidence from West and Central Anatolia277Economy and TradeCanan ÇakırlarEarly Bronze Age Foodways in the Aegean: Social Archaeozoology on the Eastern Side291Diane Thumm-DoğrayanStorage Strategies in Early Bronze Age Troy305Simone Riehl and Elena MarinovaThe Interplay of Environmental Change, Socio-political Stress and Human Resilience at Early to Middle Bronze Age Troy319Production and Distribution of Raw Materials and Craft SpecializationChristoph BachhuberThe Industry and Display of Textiles in Early Bronze Age Western Anatolia339Neyir Kolankaya-BostancıNew Interpretations of Early Bronze Age Obsidian Procurement and Distribution in Western Anatolia365Ivan Gatsov - Petranka NedelchevaEarly Bronze Age Lithic Assemblages from Troia 375Maria GurovaTroy I-V Chipped Stone Assemblages: Functional Connotations379Sinan ÜnlüsoyTroy and the Aegean During the Third Millenium BC 397