Atchana Höyüğü (Antik Alalakh) ve Tayinat Höyüğü (Antik Kunulua) arasındaki ilişki: Geç Tunç Çağı'ndan Demir II/III'e tabaklar üzerinde bir vaka çalışması

This thesis studies the cultural continuity between Tell Atchana, ancient Alalakh and Tell Tayinat, ancient Kunulua from the perspective of platters from the Late Bronze Age to Iron II/III. By examining the platters both typologically and petrographally, it aims to understand the continuation of platters through the Bronze Age- Iron Age transition, to detect the significant changes in the form and to see how they line up with different times, site and context, and finally analyze them in the microscopic level in order to see if there are any changes in the fabric that refers to possible sources of clay or production methods. In addition, this study also aims to test the possibility of establishing a reliable dating for a mixed context by using the results of secure data based on their platters. It will contribute to understand the cultural continuity between Tell Atchana, ancient Alalakh and Tell Tayinat, ancient Kunulua and provide an insight to the general understanding of platters as a separate form and its importance among other pottery assemblages.