Title
Hacımusalar Höyük in the Early Bronze Age.
DOI
10.3764/aja.125.4.0603
Abstract
Excavations at Hacımusalar Höyük in southwestern Turkey have uncovered thousands of years of occupation history, from the Early Bronze Age through the Late Byzantine era. This article offers a general survey of the Bronze Age occupation levels so far explored on the northern and western slopes of the mound, with particular focus on two well-preserved Early Bronze II destruction levels, closely superimposed. We present selected finds and architectural features from each stratigraphic level in sequence and discuss their significance for current theories of cultural interaction and social organization in West Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age. This new evidence indicates that Hacımusalar Höyük and the Elmalı plain were more connected with other parts of Anatolia than recent studies of Early Bronze Age cultural zones suggest but still maintained a distinctive regional character.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2021
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2021, Archaeological Institute of America.
Recommended Citation
Özgen, İlknur, Elizabeth P. Baughan, and Elif Ünlü. “Hacımusalar Höyük in the Early Bronze Age.” American Journal of Archaeology 125, no. 4 (October 2021): 603–38. https://www.ajaonline.org/field-report/4382.