Cankiri (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)

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Botanical Aspects of Environment and Economy at Gordion, Turkey
PROJECT Uploaded by: Leigh Anne Ellison

The archaeological site of Gordion is most famous as the home of the Phrygian king Midas and as the place where Alexander the Great cut the Gordian knot on his way to conquer Asia. Located in central Anatolia (present-day Turkey) near the confluence of the Porsuk and Sakarya rivers, Gordion also lies on historic trade routes between east and west as well as north to the Black Sea. Favorably situated for long-distance trade, Gordion's setting is marginal for agricultural cultivation but well...


Gordion Seals and Sealings Individuals and Society
PROJECT Uploaded by: Leigh Anne Ellison

"An exemplary piece of scholarship which places the author at the forefront of ancient sigillography and sphragistics. . . . Of interest to anyone with a serious interest in the history of the city of 'the Knot' and 'the Golden Touch'"—Michael Vickers, Professor of Archaeology, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The original publication of the 114 seals and seal impressions excavated from Gordion in Turkey, this book is the first diachronic monograph on the ongoing excavations at Gordion and provides...


Neutron Activation Analysis of Ceramics from Turkey
PROJECT Uploaded by: Matthew Boulanger

This project pertains to the compositional analysis of ceramic materials from Turkey. These data were generated by neutron activation analysis (NAA) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) between the late 1960s and early 1990s. Data from the LBNL were transferred to the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Missouri, where they were digitized for distribution through tDAR.