Geç Tunç çağı (MÖ. 14. yy) bir işlik alanın incelenmesi: Aççana Höyük/antik Alalakh'ta piroteknoloji

This study will offer new insights in pyrotechnology by examining a craft quarter excavated at Tell Atchana/ancient Alalakh during the 2003¬?2004 seasons. Tell Atchana/ancient Alalakh was the capital city of the territorial kingdom of Mukish, which controlled the Amuq Plain of Hatay during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. Its strategic location within a dynamic trade network and the continuous changes in the political environment created a complex and hybrid culture at Alalakh. This social complexity is also traceable in its production technologies. The domestic units ? with eight distinct pyrotechnological installations ? will give us the opportunity to investigate the diverse uses of fire as technology. These representative households will illuminate the significance of pyrotechnology in the social and economic context of a Late Bronze Age capital city.