CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE POST-URARTIAN, MEDIAN AND ACHAEMENID PERIODS OF EASTERN ANATOLIA

Authors : Davut YİĞİTPAŞA

Pages : 87-106

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Publication Date : 2016-12-21

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Achaemenids, which is the world’s biggest empire for more than 200 years between 550 and 331 BC. The main settlement is the territory, which is equal to Persian province today, in the northwest of Persia high plateau, Parsa, in the north of the Persian gulf. The major capitals such as Persepolis, Ecbatana, Susa, Behistun and Babylonia, and the inscriptions found in significant kingdom centers reveal that Achaemenid Kingdom is the heir to thousands-year history of Mesopotamia. We define Late Iron Age insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LIA); as a period including the dates of the fall of Urartu and Achaemenid dynasty insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(645/625-330 BC);. It consists of two phases; the first phase known Post-Urartian and Media insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(645/625-550 BC); and the second phase defined as Pers-Achaemenid domination insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(550-330 BC);. LIA ceramics show peculiar characteristics in surface processing, technic and form. The potteries are the products of a new tradition and culture. Urartu’s monochrome and shiny red lining ceramics give place to a new type of pottery which has got thick cream lining and which can be designed in different forms such as monochrome, bichrom and polychrome. However, we do not know much about the relationships between the end of one’s ceramic tradition and the other’s beginning because of few data between the fall of Urartu state and the period when dyed pottery rises with Achaemenid.
Keywords : Urartian, Post Urartian, Media, Scythian, Cimmerian, Achaemenid, Eastern Anatolia, Satrap, Dye Ornamented Pottery, Late Iron Age, Triangle Ware, Apadana