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The Late Phrygian Citadel of Gordion, Turkey: A Preliminary Study

Fields, Alison L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1300393226

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2011, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Classics.
Intensive archaeological research at the site of Gordion, Turkey, the ancient cultural and political capital of the Phrygians, has now reached its sixtieth consecutive year. Large-scale excavations carried out in 1950-1973 under the directorship of Rodney S. Young, in particular, have contributed greatly to our knowledge of Phrygian culture and the history of Gordion. However, Young’s culture-historic approach caused greater scholarly interest of the time periods in which the Phrygian empire was at the peak of its cultural influence, predominantly from the 10th-8th centuries B.C.E. Less attention has therefore been paid to the period in which the site was under Achaemenid rule, the Late Phrygian period (ca. 550-330 B.C.E), as this period represents a decline of Phrygian culture and political dominance. This study seeks to contribute to filling this chronological gap in our knowledge by examining changes in the topography and cultural climate during one of the site’s most complex and interesting periods. As such, this thesis stands as the first in-depth, comprehensive study of the archaeological record of the Late Phrygian period citadel at Gordion. Particular interest was placed on dating the destruction of the traditional, monumental Middle Phrygian (ca. 800-550 B.C.E) structures that is known to have occurred during this period and the subsequent rebuilding program. The gradual, ad hoc replacement of the monumental structures on the citadel with modest industrial and domestic buildings signals a dramatic change in Gordion’s administrative system and the absence of central authority by the mid-4th century B.C.E.a
Kathleen Lynch, PhD (Committee Chair)
Steven Ellis, PhD (Committee Member)
Gisela Walberg, PhD (Committee Member)
132 p.
Archaeology
Anatolia; Persians; Achaemenid Empire; Phrygia; Gordion; Legacy Data

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  • Fields, A. L. (2011). The Late Phrygian Citadel of Gordion, Turkey: A Preliminary Study [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1300393226

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fields, Alison. The Late Phrygian Citadel of Gordion, Turkey: A Preliminary Study. 2011. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1300393226.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fields, Alison. "The Late Phrygian Citadel of Gordion, Turkey: A Preliminary Study." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1300393226

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