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Reflections of Hittite Architecture in Rural Houses in Bogazkale: an Ethnoarchaeological View: dedicated to the memory of the great archeologist Peter Neve

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Abstract

Ethnoarcheology is an approach that uses ethnological information gathered from studies of living and recently extinct traditional communities to help interpret the archaeological evidence of the distant past. Ethnoarchaeological research compares the architecture of present-day villages with the excavated remains of ancient settlements. The contribution of ethnographic models in analyzing archeological houses is indubitable. The use of ethnographic models as an important research method of explaining the material culture of ancient cultures contributes to the science of archeology in the context of the processes of interpretation and analysis. Traditional houses are important elements of heritage that have historical and cultural continuity. This ethnoarcheological fieldwork was conducted in all of the villages of modern Bogazkale in central Turkey. The main goal of this work is to reveal the effects of Hittite architecture on the plan type, construction techniques, building material and space organization of modern Bogazkale rural houses. Secondly, the work seeks to show that some plan types, which today are referred to as Turkish house plan types in general terminology, exist in both Hittite and Anatolian cultural layers, as in the case of Bogazkale.

How to Cite:

Erarslan, A., (2015) “Reflections of Hittite Architecture in Rural Houses in Bogazkale: an Ethnoarchaeological View: dedicated to the memory of the great archeologist Peter Neve”, Akkadica 136(1), 17–50. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/akkadica.96773

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