16/09/2011 PREHISTORIC CULTURES ANCIENT ANATOLIAN CHRONOLOGY OF ANATOLIA CIVILIZATIONS OF ANATOLIA MUSEUM OF " ANATOLIAN 10,000 -9,000 BC Mesolithic Age CIVILIZATIONS 9,000 -7,000 BC Proto Neolithic Age 7,000 -5,600 BC Neolithic Age 5,600 -5,000 BC Early Chalcolithic 5,000 -4,000 BC Middle Chalcolithic 4,000 -3,200 BC Late Chalcolithic 3,200 -2,000 BC Early Bronze Age 2,000 -1,600 BC Middle Bronze Age 1,600 -1,200 BC Late Bronze Age 1,200 - BC Iron Age 1 16/09/2011 KARAIN CAVE, ANTALYA PALEOLITHIC PERIOD YARIMBURGAZ CAVE NEOLITIHIC SITES OF ANATOLIA 2 16/09/2011 GÖBEKL# TEPE GÖBEKLITEPE ROCK ART A$IKLI HÖYÜK ÇAYÖNÜ 3 16/09/2011 General view of Çayönü ÇAYÖNÜ METALS Simple copper implements from native copper ÇATALHÖYÜK SETTLEMENT 4 16/09/2011 ÇATALHÖYÜK THE SETTLEMENT ÇATALHÖYÜK HOUSES WORLDS FIRST MAP Hasanda% 5 16/09/2011 ÇATALHÖYÜK MOTHER GODDESS ÇATALHÖYÜK BURIELS CATALHÖYÜK WALL PAINTINGS WALL PAINTINGS 6 16/09/2011 ÇATALHÖYÜK ARTIFACTS CHALCOLITHIC PERIOD TELL KURDU TELL KURDU TOWN PLAN 7 16/09/2011 TELL KURDU POTTERY TELL KURDU ARTIFACTS ANATOLIAN EARLY BRONZE EARLY BRONZE AGE AGE CULTURES • Covers the period between 3200 - 2000 BC • Alloys of copper first with arsenic then with tin • Troy began • #kiztepe • Use of gold becomes widespread • Alacahöyük • City states were organized with administrative elite and religious leaders • Horoztepe • International trade was important • Gözlükule (Tarsus) • No written document was found in Anatolia during this period. • Metallurgical achievements dominate the period 8 16/09/2011 APPEARENCE OF Cu-As ALLOYS GEOMORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF TROY TROY DURING SCHILIMANN’S EXCAVATION Heinrich Schliemann 9 16/09/2011 ANCIENT TROY TROY II TROY POTTERY DEPAS CUP 10 16/09/2011 TROY METAL ARTIFACTS OF TROY GOLD FROM TROY #K#ZTEPE 11 16/09/2011 #K#ZTEPE #K#ZTEPE METALS 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 Number of Samples 10 0 < 1.0 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-9 9-10 >10 As % #K#ZTEPE APPEARENCE OF Cu-As ALLOYS 12 16/09/2011 LATE CHALCOLITHIC SITE OF ARSLANTEPE ARSLANTEPE Cu-As ARTIFACTS ALACAHÖYÜK 13 16/09/2011 ALACAHÖYÜK ROYAL TOMBS ALACAHÖYÜK 14 16/09/2011 ALACAHÖYÜK TREASURE 15 16/09/2011 ALACAHÖYÜK METALS HOROZTEPE HOROZTEPE METALS EARLY CIVILIZATIONS OF ANATOLIA 10,000 -9,000 BC Mesolithic Age 9,000 -7,000 BC Proto Neolithic Age 7,000 -5,600 BC Neolithic Age 5,600 -5,000 BC Early Chalcolithic 5,000 -4,000 BC Middle Chalcolithic 4,000 -3,200 BC Late Chalcolithic 3,200 -2,000 BC Early Bronze Age 2,000 -1,600 BC Middle Bronze Age 1,600 -1,200 BC Late Bronze Age 1,200 BC Iron Age (NeohiFtes, Phyrigoans, UrarFans, Lydians. 1,000 BC HelenisFc colonizaon of western Anatolian coasts. 500 BC Persion occupaon of Anatolia 330 BC Anatolia Concured by Alexande the Great 16 .