Ancient Gordion

Explores the formation of power during secondary polity formation by integrating multifaceted ceramic and material analyses of Gordion.

Lisa Kealhofer (Author), Peter Grave (Author), Mary M. Voigt (Author)

9781108490313, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 8 September 2022

436 pages
23.5 x 15.5 x 2.4 cm, 0.83 kg

Ancient Gordion has long been recognized as a key Iron Age site for Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean. Archaeological research has revealed much about its sequence of occupation. However, as yet no study has explored the underlying drivers of political and economic change at this site. This volume presents an overview of the political and economic histories supporting emergent elites and how they constructed power at Gordion during the Iron Age (1200-300 BCE). Based on geochemical and typological analysis of nearly 2000 Late Bronze Age to Hellenistic ceramic samples, the volume contextualizes this primary dataset through the lens of ceramic production, consumption, exchange and emulation. Synthesizing site data sets, the volume more broadly contributes to our understanding of the pivotal role of groups and their economic, social, and ritual practices in the creation of complex societies.

Ancient Gordion: Crafting ceramics and community in iron age Anatolia Lisa Kealhofer, Peter Grave, and Mary M. Voigt
Chapter 1. Introduction: Iron age ceramics and Phrygian Gordion
Chapter 2. Inventing identity: Group formation over the long durée
Chapter 3. Contextualizing the ceramic assemblage
Chapter 4. Identifying Gordion's groups
Chapter 5. The late bronze age community at gordion – the late bronze age
Chapter 6. Reconstituting community in the early iron age – the early iron age
Chapter 7. New identities, new communities – the early phrygian period
Chapter 8. Enacting power – The middle phrygian period
Chapter 9. Identities in flux- the late phrygian period
Chapter 10. Conclusion: The dynamics of groups and power at gordion
Appendix: Turkish abstract
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Archaeology by period / region [HDD], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA], Middle Eastern history [HBJF1]