Western Anatolia in the 2nd Millennium BC: Local Culture and Foreign Contacts

在该项目的框架内，从青铜时代中期开始到青铜时代晚期结束的西安纳托利亚文化的各个方面将在当地发展和外国影响方面进行展示和评估。自19世纪末以来，对公元前2世纪西安纳托利亚的研究一直在发展，但这整个文化景观一直处于更知名、更强大的邻居的阴影之下：赫梯中部安纳托利亚、米诺斯和迈锡尼文化领域。赫梯人的征服以及来自爱琴海的殖民思想或强大影响，一直在解释青铜时代西安纳托利亚的发现中发挥着重要作用。因此，在物质文化研究中，重要的是要首先关注当地的背景和区域的发展。外来的影响不应被否认，但在讨论影响和对外接触时，不仅要考虑到进口的存在，而且还要考虑到当地产品的存在，这些产品是土著传统和外国影响相互纠缠的结果。在这个项目中，西安纳托利亚文化的组成部分，如建筑、葬礼仪式、小发现和陶器，将作为评估的来源进行检查。

Within the framework of the project, various aspects of West Anatolian culture from the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age until the end of the Late Bronze Age will be presented and evaluated in respect to both local developments and foreign influences. The research on West Anatolia in the 2nd Mil. BC has developed since the end of the 19th century, but this entire cultural landscape has always remained in the shadow of much better known and powerful neighbours: Hittite central Anatolia and the Minoan and Mycenaean cultural spheres. Hittite conquest known from written sources as well as the idea of colonisation or strong influence from the Aegean have always played an important role in the interpretation of Bronze Age West Anatolian finds. Therefore, in studies of material culture, it is important to give primary attention to the local contexts and regional developments. The impact from the outside should not be denied, but in the discussion of influences and foreign contacts not only the presence of imports, but also the presence of local products, which are the result of the entanglement of indigenous traditions and foreign impacts, must be considered. In this project, components of West Anatolian culture, such as architecture, funeral rites, small finds and pottery, will be examined as sources for the evaluation.