Miken Arabalarının Teknoloji Tarihi Açısından Değerlendirilmesi

Year 2005, Volume: 6 Issue: 2 - Emre Dölen Armağanı Cilt:6 sayı:2, 213 - 224, 01.06.2005

Gaye Şahinbaş-erginöz Atilla Bir

Abstract

The Akhas  were believed  to have come in  mainland  Greece from the northern Black Sea or Anatolia at the beginning of 2000 B.C. The civilization  established by the Akhas, a Greek­speaking Indo­European tribe, between 2000­ 1700 B.C. is also called the “Mycenaean” because of the city of Mycenae was a central settlement.

This  article review the structure of Mycenaean chariot  based on the descriptions of various  archeological finds including the fragments of chariots and  harness team. The pricipal  technical  characteristics  of the  Mycenaean  chariot has been examined and re­evaluated in view of history of technology.

The evaluation showed that the chariots of this period can be classified  after the wheel number (2,4), spokes number (4,6), beam form and attachment  place, the chariot body, passenger capacity (1,2), axe number (1,2) and place, reins  and harness  team, type and the method of use (war, hunt, religious  ceremony) etc. 

Keywords

araba, teknoloji tarihi, ulaşım tarihi, Miken

Mycenaean chariots: a historical and technological re­evaluation

Abstract

The Akhas  were believed  to have come in  mainland  Greece from the
northern Black Sea or Anatolia at the beginning of 2000 B.C. The civilization 
established by the Akhas, a Greek­speaking Indo­European tribe, between 2000­
1700 B.C. is also called the “Mycenaean” because of the city of Mycenae was a
central settlement.

This  article review the structure of Mycenaean chariot  based on the
descriptions of various  archeological finds including the fragments of chariots
and  harness team. The pricipal  technical  characteristics  of the  Mycenaean 
chariot has been examined and re­evaluated in view of history of technology.

The evaluation showed that the chariots of this period can be classified 
after the wheel number (2,4), spokes number (4,6), beam form and attachment 
place, the chariot body, passenger capacity (1,2), axe number (1,2) and place,
reins  and harness  team, type and the method of use (war, hunt, religious 
ceremony) etc. 

Keywords

chariot, history of technology; history of transportation, Mycenae

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