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CHAPTER V<br />

<strong>CENTRAL</strong> ANATOLIAN DAGGER TYPOLOGY<br />

The majority of the daggers in Central Anatolia come to us from burial<br />

contexts. Metals were one of the most valuable commodities in the ancient world.<br />

While the metallurgical products which were interred survived considerably, it is very<br />

unlikely that any salvageable metal goods would be abandoned readily. Although<br />

there are settlements which did not provide us with dagger finds, this does not<br />

necessarily mean that they lacked such material.<br />

As it was mentioned in a previous chapter, there are sixteen Central Anatolian<br />

sites where dagger finds were recorded. Although it would be possible to present<br />

dagger typologies according to a dagger’s technological and typological qualities, this<br />

endeavor might be misleading. Certain types of daggers might have endured longer<br />

than others.<br />

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