Survey of the Disrupted Layer in the 3rd Millennium BC at Kaman-Kalehoyuk

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H06394
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Special Purposes
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• 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)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-06-22 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: カマン・カレホユック / アナトリア / 前３千年紀 / 崩壊層 / ヒッタイト / 製鉄技術 / 鉄滓 / 歴史の転換点

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This survey was conducted based upon the understanding that there has been extremely unstable political situation in the Middle East areas and this situation must be the turning point of history and it is the most urgent matter to find ways to contribute to the situation and examine the ways to overcome troubles and situation.
In this priority survey at Kaman-Kalehoyuk, an iron ball which has clear marks of usage was excavated from the disrupted layer belonging to the fourth quarter of the 3rd millennium BC. This is considered to be the substantial clue to trace the production of iron and the corruption of a city. Having found this iron ball, there comes up with a strong possibility to reconstitute the trace of iron production, corruption of a city and turn of age over and beyond the conventional cultural stratigraphy.

Free Research Field

考古学