Reconstruction of Cultural Chronology in Prehistoric Anatolia

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22222002
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: The Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan
• Principal Investigator: OMURA Sachihiro 公益財団法人 中近東文化センター, アナトリア考古学研究所, 所長 (10260142)
• Research Collaborator: MATSUMURA Kimiyoshi (公財)中近東文化センター, アナトリア考古学研究所, 研究員 ; OMURA Masako (公財)中近東文化センター, アナトリア考古学研究所, 研究員 ; YAMASHITA Mamoru (公財)中近東文化センター, アナトリア考古学研究所, 研究員 ; YOSHIDA Daisuke (公財)中近東文化センター, アナトリア考古学研究所, 研究員 ; NAKAI Izumi 東京理科大学, 理学部, 教授 ; AKANUMA Hideo 岩手県立博物館, 学芸員 ; MASUBUCHI Mariya 国立文化財機構東京文化財研究所, 文化遺産国際協力センター, アソシエイトフェロー ; OMURI Takayuki 東京大学, 総合研究博物館, 特任研究員 ; KUMAGAI Kazuhiho 産業技術総合研究所, 研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 考古学 / アナトリア / カマン・カレホユック / 文化編年 / 先史時代

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The large part of the prehistoric cultural stratigraphy has been established based on the studies of architectural remains and layers and scientific analysis of excavated artefacts at Kaman-Kalehoyuk.
The chronology includes those cultures like the Ottoman Empire - the Hittite Empire which played certain crucial roles in the history. During the course of rebuilding the cultural chronology, there have been new and important findings and views of the Dark Age ranging from the collapse of the Hittite Empire in the early 12th century B.C. to the middle of the 8th century B.C., the period of migration of the Indo-Europeans to Anatolia, production of iron and so forth which have been issues of Anatolian archaeology.
Knowing that many institutions abroad have asked information on the cultural chronology, it is sure that this research will be very influential on future studies of archaeology in prehistoric Anatolia and the Middle East.

Free Research Field

考古学