The Lower of Bogazköy-Hattusha

根据项目前三个阶段的成果，可以确定几个主要研究目标，这些目标是项目最后第四阶段的核心。在几个领域，可以深入了解从亚述贸易殖民地时期到赫梯时代的过渡，从而可以修正之前的几个假设。正在进行的研究提供了独特的机会来描述公元前第二个千年上半叶哈图萨市区的发展，这在安纳托利亚中部的大多数其他地点是不可能的，因为赫梯帝国的建立导致了该地区城市结构的根深蒂固的变化。对城市这一区的发掘可以描述赫梯精英的生活方式，他们特别关注考古植物学和考古动物学发现中反映的经济策略。此外，最近出土的纪念性建筑与周围住宅区之间的关系问题是一个主要的研究问题，因为通常在赫梯城市中会观察到民用建筑和公共建筑的严格分离。根据该项目第三阶段的结果，一个大型开放广场可能在城市空间中发挥重要作用。由于在选定的地区，在赫梯占领如何以及何时结束的问题得到解决之前，还没有进行过任何研究。该项目的第二个主要重点将是完成罗马帝国时期两座大型建筑的发掘。这项研究将有助于深入了解罗马帝国文化的影响（反映在上述建筑物的许多细节中）与当地物质文化某些方面的发展之间的关系。这种相互关系可以追溯到公元一世纪到四世纪。

Based on the results of the first three stages of the project several main research targets can be defined which are at the core of the final forth stage of the project. In several areas it was possible to gain insights into the transition from the period of Assyrian trade colonies to the Hittite era allowing the revision of several previous assumptions. The ongoing research offers the unique opportunity to describe the development of an urban district within Hattusa during the first half of the second millennium BC which is impossible at most other sites in Central Anatolia, since the establishment of the Hittite Empire leads to a deep rooted change in the urban structure of the region. The excavations of this quarter of the city allow describing the way of living of the Hittite elites paying special attention to the economical strategies as reflected in archaebotanical and archaezoological finds. Moreover the question of the relationship between a recently unearthed monumental building and the surrounding dwelling quarter is a major research question, because normally a strict separation of civil living architecture and public buildings is to be observed in Hittite cities. According to the results of the third stage of the project a major open square might have an important function within the urban space. Due to the fact that in the selected area no research has been done before the question of how and when the Hittite occupation came to an end can be addressed as well. A second major focus of the project will be the completion of the excavations of two large structures of the imperial Roman period. This research will allow insights into to the relationship between the impact of the Roman imperial culture as reflected in many details of the mentioned buildings and the local developments which occur in certain aspects of the material culture. This mutual relationship can be followed for a period from the first to the fourth centuries AD.