Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Asia Anteriore Antica. Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, sa.5, ss.81-130, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)
Excavations at the site of Kinik Höyük have brought to light over the
past twelve years several occupational phases dated to the fi rst Millennium BCE
both on the acropolis and in the lower town, especially for the Middle Iron Age
and the Hellenistic period. Since 2021 the University of Firenze joined the Univer-
sity of Pavia (Italy), ISAW NY (USA) and Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir (Tur-
key) in the excavations at the site of Kınık Höyük, and since 2022 the same univer-
sity took over in the management of the project. Th is article is a preliminary report
on recent excavations area D2-3, located in the lower town, where archaeologists
could identify six phases of occupation and two large primary contexts dated to the
beginning of the Middle Iron Age, that provide new insights on every-day assem-
blages and inventories produced locally and the architectural and archaeological
context they are related to. Th e most interesting element in terms of urban layout
and structure is related to the construction of the massive defensive fortifi cation
of the lower town, that seems to be related so far to the earliest occupation of the
Iron Age lower town, i.e. possibly at the end of the Early Iron Age. A selection of
the materials and a detailed report on deposits and architecture provides the reader
with the archaeological data collected mainly in the campaign 2022 and 2021 in
the lower town excavations, while a general overview on the urban fortifi cation of
the acropolis allows a general picture of the whole settlement defensive system and
space organisation.