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Jones, Sarah (2010)

Andirons in Association with Early Transcaucasian Wares: Indications of Identity during the Early Bronze Age.

Master thesis | Archaeology (MA/MSc)
The Early Bronze Age in the Transcaucasian region of Turkey is marked by vast changes in organization of society resulting in varied patterns of interaction. The view that peoples from Transcaucasia migrated southwards to the Amuq Plain then to Palestine still leads the discussion based predominantly on pottery assemblages. The ETC ware horizon encompasses modern day northern Transcaucasia, eastern and southeastern Turkey, the Amuq Plain, Palestine and the Levant where local individuality exists along side universal ETC ware characteristics. A focal aspect of this paper is to ask if there was an ETC culture and if so, does the distribution of andirons indicate the artifact was part of their identity? Due to the migratory behavior of the producers of ETC wares, this thesis puts forth that groups with ETC wares preserved a sense of identity though maintaining andirons as a religious or cult object. By studying the presence of ETC wares and the associated andirons from various sites,...Show moreThe Early Bronze Age in the Transcaucasian region of Turkey is marked by vast changes in organization of society resulting in varied patterns of interaction. The view that peoples from Transcaucasia migrated southwards to the Amuq Plain then to Palestine still leads the discussion based predominantly on pottery assemblages. The ETC ware horizon encompasses modern day northern Transcaucasia, eastern and southeastern Turkey, the Amuq Plain, Palestine and the Levant where local individuality exists along side universal ETC ware characteristics. A focal aspect of this paper is to ask if there was an ETC culture and if so, does the distribution of andirons indicate the artifact was part of their identity? Due to the migratory behavior of the producers of ETC wares, this thesis puts forth that groups with ETC wares preserved a sense of identity though maintaining andirons as a religious or cult object. By studying the presence of ETC wares and the associated andirons from various sites, this thesis attempts to understand identity through the migration process and stylistic variations.Show less
Author
Jones, Sarah
Faculty
Faculty of Archaeology
Supervisors
Meijer, D.J.W.
ECTS Credits
20
Language
en