Alishar Hüyük
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Alishar Hüyük was an ancient Near Eastern city. It is near the modern village of Alisar.
the Bronze Age and the Hittite
Empire and into the Phyrgian times. A number of Hittite era cuneiform tablets in Old Assyrian of the Cappadocia type were found there.
Mention in those tablets of the town Amkuwa has caused speculation
that the site is the Ankuwa
mentioned in other Hittite texts.
the Oriental Institute of Chicago. The work was led
by Erich Schmidt
.
Excavation resumed in 1992, led by Ronald Gorny as part of
the Alisar Regional Project, though most of the work has been at nearby Çadır Höyük.
History
Alishar Hüyük was occupied beginning the Chalcolithic Period, thoughthe Bronze Age and the Hittite
Hittites
The Hittites were a Bronze Age people of Anatolia.They established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia c. the 18th century BC. The Hittite empire reached its height c...
Empire and into the Phyrgian times. A number of Hittite era cuneiform tablets in Old Assyrian of the Cappadocia type were found there.
Mention in those tablets of the town Amkuwa has caused speculation
that the site is the Ankuwa
Ankuwa
Ankuwa was an ancient Hattian and Hittite settlement in central Anatolia. Along with Hattusa and Katapa, it was one of the capitals from which the Hittite kings reigned during the year...
mentioned in other Hittite texts.
Archaeology
The site was excavated between 1927 and 1932 by a team fromthe Oriental Institute of Chicago. The work was led
by Erich Schmidt
Erich Schmidt
Erich Friedrich Schmidt was a German and American-naturalized archaeologist, born in Baden-Baden. He specialized in Ancient Near East Archaeology, and became professor emeritus at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.When he was young, he fought in the World War I, and was captured...
.
Excavation resumed in 1992, led by Ronald Gorny as part of
the Alisar Regional Project, though most of the work has been at nearby Çadır Höyük.