Eastern Anatolia pastoral culture and pastoral architecture: On ethnoarchaeological view

In this study, living cultures in terms of ethno-archaeological in order to understand and interpret in the 2nd millennium BC in East Anatolia, formation process, which is consist of today?s transhumance activities and in plateau architecture, has been examined.In the 2nd millennium BC, because of nomadic lifestyle In East Anatolia region, this period appears to be archaeological problem in terms of formation process. Therefore, in East Anatolia, for better understand lifestyle and traditions of communities who lived in the 2nd millennium BC, plateau culture and plateau architecture which ongoing at present, has been examined. We believe that same subsistence economy continue in same geography. Especially, In the 2nd millennium BC in region, in order to formation process which is consist of in terms of architecture, formation-transformation process which is consist of today?s at plateaus that?s are completely abandoned in different periods, has been examined and evaluated from a different stand point.