Late Bronze Age Relations of İzmir Region with Mainland Greece and Aegean Islands

With the topic of "Late Bronze Age Relations of İzmir Region with Mainland Greece and Aegean Islands", it has been discussed the effects of Mainland Greece and Aegean Islands to the İzmir Region in the West Anatolian Coast during the Late Bronze Age. Archaeological evidences from Panaztepe, Limantepe, Bayraklı, Çeşme Bağlararası, Bademgediği, Ayasuluk and Milet in the İzmir Region reflects their important role for the interaction between the Mainland Greece and Aegean Islands in the Late Bronze Age. This period characterized with the Mycenaean Culture in the Aegean and that is why archaeological finds in the İzmir Region mainly represented with the Mycenaean Culture. However, Hittite Culture in the Central Anatolia were also effective in the West Anatolian Coast during this period. This Hittite effects mostly observed in the in the settlements of Çine Tepecik and Kaymakçı, located in the inland area of the West Anatolian lands. Aegean Sea, Great Menderes River and Gediz River Valleys were the main passing routes for these interactions between two cultures. The effects of Mainland Greece and Aegean Islands to the İzmir Region can be confirm with the archaeological finds such as architectural features, pottery, small finds and grave types. And of course, the most intensive find is pottery. In this thesis, the existence of all these archaeological finds related to the Mainland Greece and Aegean Island in the İzmir Region were examined in detail.