CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EARLY IRON AGE PROBLEM IN THE CENTRAL BLACK SEA REGION IN LIGHT OF VEZİRKÖPRÜ / OYMAAĞAÇ HÖYÜK CERAMICS
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After the Bronze Age and ending with the collapse of the Hittite Empire, the changes in material culture seen in settlements signal the beginning of a new period. This new period, called the Iron Age, is separated into chronological subdivisions which have been established through absolute dating radio-carbon and dendrochronological analysis , historical events, and artifactual finds ceramics etc. . After the Hittite Empire collapsed around 1190 BC, there was a period recorded in literature as the ''Dark Ages, '' with a general lack of written documents found in the archaeological record. Excavations carried out in recent years have revealed important findings enlightening these Dark Ages in centers such as Çorum/Boğazköy-Büyükkaya, Yozgat/ÇadırHöyük, Ankara/Yassıhöyük-Gordion, and Kırşehir/Kaman-Kalehöyük. Ceramics and C14 data, especially, have confirmed the existence of the EIA in these key settlements. While these settlements in Central Anatolia have shed light on the EIA, there still remains a problematic situation in the Central Black Sea Region
Anahtar Kelimeler
Oymaağaç, Early Iron Age, Dark Age, Ceramic, Central Black Sea Region
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