Palmissano, A;
Altaweel, M;
(2015)
Simulating past human landscapes: Models of settlement hierarchy in Central Anatolia during the Old Assyrian Colony period.
In: Kulakoğlu, Fikri and Michel, Cécile, (eds.)
Proceedings of the 1st Kültepe International Meeting. Kültepe, September 19-23, 2013. Studies Dedicated to Kutlu Emre.
(pp. 131-146).
Brepols: Turnhout, Belgium.
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Abstract
This paper introduces a spatial interaction model to understand past human settlement hierarchy in Central Anatolia during the Old Assyrian colony period (c. 1970-1700 BC). The distribution of settlement sizes in this region was relatively broad; numerous small and medium sized sites arose, while few sites became large. These settlement size structures reflect the actual political landscape in the early 2nd millennium, which was divided into several independent city-states governed by a king or a ruling couple.1 It is not well understood how such settlement size structures developed on the basis of inter and intraregional interactions and socio-environmental factors. Therefore, a methodology is needed for understanding the causal logics behind past human settlement structures and, based on this, we propose applying a novel method to predict which sites and areas would have become prominent in this period by using known archaeological sites as point data and historical information for calibration purposes. The case study’s modelling results can be checked against empirical results of archaeological surveys undertaken in Anatolia in the past decades. The model addresses to which extent geography, transportation, external contacts, and socio-economic factors make locations attractive for trade and settlement and why some archaeological sites become relatively major urban centers in the period discussed. This includes how political and geographic constraints affect regional settlement transformations, while also accounting for uncertainty in the archaeological data. This methodology builds on a series of spatial interacti
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | Simulating past human landscapes: Models of settlement hierarchy in Central Anatolia during the Old Assyrian Colony period |
| ISBN-13: | 9782503555454 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503555454-... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1449693 |
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