Tunç Çağlar’da Bayraklı Höyüğü’ndeki Yerel Anadolu Geleneklerinin Tespiti ve Değerlendirmesi
Project no. 20171 · Status: Kapanmış · 2018
Summary
Archaeological excavations on the Bronze Age layers of Bayraklı Mound, located in the Bayraklı district of İzmir and presents an uninterrupted sequence of settlements from the 3rd millennium BC to the 3rd century BC, restarted in 2015. Under this project, Bronze Age data obtained from the "West Trenches" and "Trench H" between 2015-2021 were evaluated. According to the West Trenches excavations, a total of 3 layers have been found, which dated around the end of the 3rd Millennium BC. Structures with stone foundation and ceramic finds from this area, indicates that the local Anatolian traditions were dominant. As it is well known, Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia is represented with the urbanization development by the archaeological evidence. Although we do not have any traces of urban life in Bayraklı settlement, such as city wall, citadel and etc. for the Bronze Ages yet, the discovery of silver treasure may be explained as an indirect evidence for the social hierarchy and urban life during the end of the Early Bronze Age. The Excavations in Trench H reveal the existence of a total of 5 architectural layers related with the 2nd Millennium BC. According to the archaeological data, while the layers I and II are dated to the Late Bronze Age, the layers of III, IV and V are dated to the Middle Bronze Age. And the radiocarbon sample from Level V, confirms the Middle Bronze Age with the date of 1955-1771 BC. The archaeological evidences from the all of the Bronze Age layers indicate that Bayraklı settlement was one of the important sites in the Bronze Age Western Anatolia and Anatolian tradition in the material culture was predominant. Although the cultural effects of Mainland Greece and Aegean Islands was existed, these effects are not as strong as observed in other sites such as Limantepe and Çeşme Bağlararası.