The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia (Oxford Handbooks) by Sharon R. Steadman

Description: This volume is a unique blend of comprehensive overviews on archaeological, philological, linguistic, and historical issues at the forefront of Anatolian scholarship. Sharon R. Steadman is Professor of Anthropology, SUNY Cortland and Director of the Brooks Museum at SUNY Cortland.; Gregory McMahon is Associate Professor of Classics, Humanities, and Italian Studies, University of New Hampshire. 1. Introduction: The Handbook of Ancient Anatolia; PART I: The Archaeology of Anatolia: Background and Definitions; 2. The Land and Peoples of Anatolia Through Ancient Eyes; 3. A History of the Pre-Classical Archaeology of Anatolia; 4. Anatolian Chronology and Terminology; PART II: Chronology and Geography; 5. The Neolithic on the Plateau; 6. The Neolithic in Southeastern Anatolia; 7. The Chalcolithic on the Plateau; 8. The Chalcolithic in Southeastern Anatolia; 9. The Chalcolithic in Eastern Anatolia; The Early Bronze Age; 10. The Early Bronze Age on the Plateau; 11. The Early Bronze Age in Southeastern Anatolia; 12. Eastern Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age; The Middle Bronze Age; 13. The Karum Period on the Plateau; 14. Southeastern and Eastern Anatolia in the Middle Bronze Age; The Late Bronze Age; 15. The Late Bronze Age in the West and the Aegean; 16. The Hittites on the Plateau; 17. Southern and Southeastern Anatolia in the Late Bronze Age; The Iron Age; 19. The Iron Age of Southeastern Anatolia; 20. The Iron Age in Eastern Anatolia; 21. The Greeks in Western Anatolia; PART III: Philological and Historical Topics; ; 23. Luwian and the Luwians; 24. Urartian and the Urartians; 25. Phrygian and the Phrygians; 26. A Political History of Hittite Anatolia; 27. Anatolia:The First Millennium in Historical Context; 28. Monuments and Memory: Architecture and Visual Culture in Ancient Anatolian History; PART IV: Thematic and Specific Topics; 29. Eastern Thrace: The Contact Zone Between Anatolia and the Balkans; 30. Anatolia and the Transcaucasus: Themes and Variations ca. 6400-1500 BCE; 31. Indo-European and Indo-Europeans in Anatolia; 32. Troy in Regional and International Context; 33. Assyrians and Urartians; 34. The Greeks in Anatolia: From the Migrations to Alexander; From Pastoralists to Empires: Critical Issues; 35. The Halaf Tradition; 36. Millennia in the Middle? Reconsidering the Chalcolithic of Asia Minor; 37. Interaction of Uruk and Northern Late Chalcolithic Societies in Anatolia; 38. Ancient Landscapes in Southeastern Anatolia; 39. Metals and Metallurgy; 40. The Hittite State and Empire from Archaeological Evidence; 41. The Hittite Empire from Textual Evidence; PART V: Key Sites; ; 43. Catal Hoyuk: A Prehistoric Settlement on the Konya Plain; 44. Ilipinar: A Neolithic Settlement in the Eastern Marmara Region; 45. Arslantepe-Malatya: A Prehistoric and Early Historic Center in Eastern Anatolia; 46. Titris Hoyuk: The Nature and Context of Third Millennium B.C.E. Urbanism in the Upper Euphrates Basin; 47. Kultepe-Kanes: A Second Millennium Trading Center on the Central Plateau; 48. Key Sites of the Hittite Empire; 49. Ayanis: An Iron Age Site in the East; 50. Gordion: The Changing Political and Economic Roles of a First Millennium City; 51. The Stratigraphy of Kaman-Kalehoyuk in Central Anatolia; 52. Sardis: A First Millennium Capital in Western Anatolia $ The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia has much to recommend it. Most of its chapters are well written, researched, and presented, and will serve their purpose of introducing readers to ancient Anatolia admirably. The project was an ambitious one, involving the co-ordination of fifty-six scholars based in more than ten different countries, and the finished volume represents a rich resource for students and established scholars alike. |s Bryn Mawr Classical Review $ $ $ $ $ HD; HBLA; HBLA1; CF $ Archaeology; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Classical history / classical civilisation; linguistics

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