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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It is also proper to discuss the last Type If dagger in the Typology catalog (Cat.<br />
No: 11) which is also known as an “Alişar III dagger”. The three riveted dagger<br />
belongs to the late third millennium level III of Alişar (Schmidt, 1932: ill.270). The<br />
Alişar III dagger (Cat. No: 11) is similar to the Alaca Höyük iron dagger (Cat.No.7),<br />
but is made out of bronze as are its Cilician parallels (fig. 16). The Alişar III dagger<br />
was believed to have evolved from the northwest Anatolian daggers with round heels,<br />
but Stronach places them with the Cilician daggers (Stronach, 1957). This suggestion<br />
is well qualified, being based on the northwest Anatolian round heel examples, such as<br />
the one from Ovabayındır (Fig. 19). The Ovabayındır dagger has a squat shape unlike<br />
the examples from Cilicia which have elongated shapes. This conclusion is also<br />
arrived at by Jakar when he stated that some imports from Cilicia met some of the<br />
demand for tools and weapons in Alişar (Yakar, 1985 :34). The ties of Alişar with the<br />
southeast region of Anatolia might have been through Kültepe. The close relationship<br />
between Kültepe and the southeast early on in its history is well known. The decorated<br />
depas of the Cilician type appears at both Alişar (Alişar Ib) and Kültepe at the same<br />
time, proving trade between two sites (Stronach, 1958: 65). Therefore, the Cilician<br />
type dagger which was found at Alişar III comes as no surprise. In addition, there is<br />
currently no evidence for metalworking recovered in Alişar which makes it difficult to<br />
conclude if Alisar had its own metal industry or if it relied on outside sources, such as<br />
itinerant smiths (Yakar, 1985: 65). It must be also stated, however, that Alişar’s metal<br />
shops might have been located in some distance from the settlement and are not yet<br />
located.<br />
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