The tradition of cooking in Anatolia from beginning to the end of the early Bronze age

In this study, the cooking tradition and the burning of fire traces in Anatolia are explained. Correspondingly, from the beginning the development of the cooking tradition in Anatolia is explained. The thesis subject is ?The Tradition of Cooking in Anatolia from beginning to the end of the Early Bronze Age?. The occurance of cooking traditions and its developments in Anatolia are explained in this context. In addition, the structures are researched in detail which shows the hearth, the furnace, the cupola furnace and the floor furnace as fire structures. Correspondingly, the settlements where the first traces of fire have been seen in the world and the development of history of fire are defined.The main topics are specified in three parts in this thesis study. In the first part, the settlements where the first traces of fire were seen in the world is explained. Also the caves where the first traces of fire in the world were seen are explained. In addition to this, the developments of hominids, the duration of fire use, the progress of hearth and furnace structures created by ancient people are explained. Besides this, the settlements where the first traces of fire structures were seen and fire which was used as from in the Paleolithic Age in Anatolia are specified. In the second part of the text, the development of techniques of the hearth, the furnace, the cupola furnace and the floor furnace which were seen in Anatolia and the shape and the qualifications of this structures are studied. In addition, the qualification of characteristic fire structures which are situated in the settlements in Anatolia are evaluated. In conclusion, in the third part of the research, distribution on the settlements in Anatolia of this fire structures and its differentiation on the map are seperated as groups. The distribution of the hearths, the furnaces, the cupola furnaces and the floor furnaces on Anatolia settlements are shown and the properties and intended purposes of this structures are explained in detail in the third part. As a result of this research, the fire use, occuring this fire structures and cooking tradition in Anatolia are evaluated in detail from beginning to the end of the Early Bronze Age. A great deal of local and foreign literatures were used and the research subject is explained in more detail. At the end of the research, the important data and information emerged about the subject of the fire structures and cooking traditions which were existed in Anatolia.