EARLY BRONZE AGE DAGGERS IN CENTRAL ... - Bilkent University
EARLY BRONZE AGE DAGGERS IN CENTRAL ... - Bilkent University
EARLY BRONZE AGE DAGGERS IN CENTRAL ... - Bilkent University
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confused with chronological appearance, and any attempt to date simply by typology<br />
must be much more hazardous with copper and bronze material than it is with, for<br />
instance, ornamented pottery” (Maxwell-Hyslop, 1946: 2). Therefore, it is important<br />
to consider each dagger within its own context whenever it is possible to do so. If a<br />
dagger has no secure archaeological context, there is no option but to compare it with<br />
the daggers recovered from well conducted excavations. More in-depth discussion of<br />
Central Anatolian daggers is necessary to arrive to any conclusions beyond any<br />
typological scheme. This should be done not in typological order, e.g Type I followed<br />
by Type II and so on, but in a way which can be taken as more objective. Therefore, it<br />
is more reasonable to consider the dagger finds in Anatolia by the place of find,<br />
considered in an alphabetical order. Only after this process, can a study on Central<br />
Anatolian dagger typology can significantly broaden our understanding of the third<br />
millennium B.C. in Anatolia and the greater region.<br />
6.2 Regional and Interregional Typological Comparisions<br />
The first Central Anatolian daggers to consider come to us from Ahlatlıbel.<br />
The majority of them, if not all 2 , belong to Type II daggers. The first dagger to be<br />
considered from Ahlatlıbel (Cat. No: 1) has a broad central flange that starts at the<br />
tang. It is classified as Type IIa dagger in the typological frame worked offered in this<br />
study. We cannot see the terminating point of the flange since the tip of the blade is<br />
missing. It is likely, however, that the flange terminated before reaching the tip of the<br />
blade. The Central Anatolian parallel of this dagger is found in Yenihayat (Cat. No:<br />
2 Catalog No: 4 is highly likely to be a Type II dagger even though the illustration available does not<br />
indicate a midrib.<br />
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