Early and Middle Iron Age in Caria and Lycia Regions

After the end of the Late Bronze Age in the 12th century BC, significant economic, military, climatic and migration changes occurred in Anatolia and all the Aegean and Mediterranean regions. The capital Hattusa was abandoned, and Troy VI was destroyed by an earthquake. During this period, migration waves from the Aegean and Mediterranean regions also affected Anatolia. In the Southwestern Anatolia Region, which was preferred by migrants due to its fertile geography, migrants and their peoples formed new cultural regions in large numbers. Both the cultures brought together by migrants and the cultural transfer experienced through trade are seen in both the architecture and ceramics of the Caria and Lycia regions. Relations between Attica and the Dodecanese Islands are also present in large regions and in regions adjacent to Southwestern Anatolia. Between the 12th century BC and the end of the 8th century/7th century BC. In the period from the beginning of the century to the Early and Middle Iron Age, traces in both Caria and Lycia regions were shaped especially around geometric ornaments and therefore also called the Protogeometric and Geometric Period. In this context, within the scope of the thesis, the development and change of settlements in Caria and Lycia regions from the Early Iron Age to the Middle Iron Age were examined according to the compatibility between ceramics, architecture and small finds.