Michele Massa of the Department of Archaeology has received a permit to start a new archaeological excavation at T\u00fcrkmen-Karah\u00f6y\u00fck, a Bronze and Iron Age site in the Konya Plain. The project is co-led with James Osborne (University of Chicago), Fatma \u015eahin (\u00c7ukurova University) and H\u00fcseyin Erpehlivan (Bilecik University). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The site was a major center of the Hittite Empire (1500\u20131200 BC). It became famous in 2019 when, during a preliminary survey, the team discovered a Luwian hieroglyphic inscription commissioned by a Great King Hartapu that mentioned a victory over the \u201cLand of Mushka,\u201d a rival state in the vicinity of Eski\u015fehir. This shows that T\u00fcrkmen-Karah\u00f6y\u00fck was likely Hartapu\u2019s capital during the Iron Age (around 750 BC). The site was eventually destroyed by fire, approximately at the time of the Roman conquest (ca. 30 BC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vision of the project is to create an interdisciplinary environment in which to conduct cutting-edge research and student training and involves collaboration with specialists from T\u00fcrkiye, Europe and the US. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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