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Shifting Networks and Community Identity at Tell Tayinat in the Iron I (ca. 12th to mid-10th Cent. BCE)

Welton, L.; Harrison, T.; Batiuk, S.; Ünlü, E.; Janeway, B.; Karakaya, D.; Lipovitch, D.; Lumb, D.; Roames, J.

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Authors

T. Harrison

S. Batiuk

E. Ünlü

B. Janeway

D. Karakaya

D. Lipovitch

D. Lumb

J. Roames



Abstract

The end of the 13th and beginning of the 12th centuries B.C.E. witnessed the demise of the great territorial states of the Bronze Age and, with them, the collapse of the extensive interregional trade networks that fueled their wealth and power. The period that follows has historically been characterized as an era of cultural devolution marked by profound social and political disruption. This report presents the preliminary results of the Tayinat Archaeological Project (TAP) investigations of Iron I (ca. 12th to mid 10th century B.C.E.) contexts at Tell Tayinat, which would emerge from this putative Dark Age as Kunulua, royal capital of the Neo-Hittite kingdom of Palastin/Patina/Unqi. In contrast to the prevailing view, the results of the TAP investigations at Early Iron Age Tayinat reveal an affluent community actively interacting with a wide spectrum of regions throughout the eastern Mediterranean. The evidence from Tayinat also highlights the distinctively local, regional character of its cultural development and the need for a more nuanced treatment of the considerable regional variability evident in the eastern Mediterranean during this formative period, a treatment that recognizes the diversity of relational networks, communities, and cultural identities being forged in the generation of a new social and economic order.

Citation

Welton, L., Harrison, T., Batiuk, S., Ünlü, E., Janeway, B., Karakaya, D., …Roames, J. (2019). Shifting Networks and Community Identity at Tell Tayinat in the Iron I (ca. 12th to mid-10th Cent. BCE). American Journal of Archaeology, 123(2), 291-333. https://doi.org/10.3764/aja.123.2.0291

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 12, 2018
Online Publication Date Mar 18, 2019
Publication Date Mar 18, 2019
Deposit Date Oct 9, 2018
Publicly Available Date Apr 2, 2019
Journal American journal of archaeology. The journal of the Archaeological Institute of America
Print ISSN 0002-9114
Publisher Archaeological Institute of America
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 123
Issue 2
Pages 291-333
DOI https://doi.org/10.3764/aja.123.2.0291
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1317112

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