Textile production in second millennium Anatolia with reference to the archives of neighbouring regions
This thesis investigates the organisation of textile production in Anatolia in the Second Millennium B.C. During this period we see the development of the Hittite Empire from a series of much smaller city states. It has been shown in other areas of the world that such political changes are accompanied by a reorganisation of other aspects of life, including craft production. It is the effect of these changes on textile production we intend to assess through analysis of Anatolian archaeological evidence from ten excavation sites and historical records from Anatolia and contemporaneous societies in Northern Mesopotamia. The Middle Bronze Age kingdoms of Anatolia were the focus of the Assyrian Colony network. This involved the transport of textiles and tin from Assyria into Anatolia and their exchange for the rare metals found there. Despite this, the archaeological record does not suggest textile production was an institutionalised craft. After the development of the Hittite Old Kingdom (LBA I) we see a change in the number and form of textile production tools which implies changes in the organisation of textile production occurred. This would likely have involved the relocation of some textile craftspeople beyond
Fenton, R. C.
Textile production in second millennium Anatolia with reference to the archives of neighbouring regions. This thesis investigates the organisation of textile production in Anatolia in the Second Millennium B.C. During this period we see the development of the Hittite Empire from a series of much smaller city states. It has been shown in other areas of the world that such political changes are accompanied by a reorganisation of other aspects of life, including craft production. It is the effect of these changes on textile production we intend to assess through analysis of Anatolian archaeological evidence from ten excavation sites and historical records from Anatolia and contemporaneous societies in Northern Mesopotamia. The Middle Bronze Age kingdoms of Anatolia were the focus of the Assyrian Colony network. This involved the transport of textiles and tin from Assyria into Anatolia and their exchange for the rare metals found there. Despite this, the archaeological record does not suggest textile production was an institutionalised craft. After the development of the Hittite Old Kingdom (LBA I) we see a change in the number and form of textile production tools which implies changes in the organisation of textile production occurred. This would likely have involved the relocation of some textile craftspeople beyond
textile_production second_millennium anatolia reference archive neighbour_region investigates organisation textile_production anatolia second_millennium period see development hittite empire series much_small city_state show area world political_change accompany reorganisation aspect_life include craft_production effect_change textile_production intend ass analysis anatolian archaeological_evidence excavation_site historical_record anatolia contemporaneous society northern_mesopotamia middle_bronze_age kingdoms anatolia focus assyrian colony network involve transport textile tin anatolia exchange rare metal_find there despite archaeological_record suggest textile_production institutionalise craft development hittite old_kingdom lba see change number form textile_production tool implies change organisation textile_production occur would likely involved relocation textile beyond