The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia: (Oxford Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia is a unique blend of comprehensive overviews on archaeological, philological, linguistic, and historical issues at the forefront of Anatolian scholarship in the 21st century. Anatolia is home to early complex societies and great empires and was the destination of many migrants, visitors, and invaders. The offerings in this volume bring this reality to life as the chapters unfold nearly ten thousand years (ca. 10,000-323 BCE) of peoples, languages, and diverse cultures who lived in or traversed Anatolia over these millennia. The contributors combine descriptions of current scholarship on important discussion and debates in Anatolian studies with new and cutting edge research for future directions of study. The 54 chapters are presented in five separate sections that range in topic from chronological and geographical overviews to anthropologically-based issues of culture contact and imperial structures and from historical settings of entire millennia to crucial data from key sites across the region. The contributers to the volume represent the best scholars in the field from North America, Europe, Turkey, and Asia. The appearance of this volume offers the very latest collection of studies on the fascinating peninsula known as Anatolia.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: The Handbook of Ancient Anatolia PART I: The Archaeology of Anatolia: Background and Definitions 2. The Land and Peoples of Anatolia Through Ancient Eyes 3. A History of the Pre-Classical Archaeology of Anatolia 4. Anatolian Chronology and Terminology PART II: Chronology and Geography 5. The Neolithic on the Plateau 6. The Neolithic in Southeastern Anatolia 7. The Chalcolithic on the Plateau 8. The Chalcolithic in Southeastern Anatolia 9. The Chalcolithic in Eastern Anatolia The Early Bronze Age 10. The Early Bronze Age on the Plateau 11. The Early Bronze Age in Southeastern Anatolia 12. Eastern Anatolia in the Early Bronze Age The Middle Bronze Age 13. The Karum Period on the Plateau 14. Southeastern and Eastern Anatolia in the Middle Bronze Age The Late Bronze Age 15. The Late Bronze Age in the West and the Aegean 16. The Hittites on the Plateau 17. Southern and Southeastern Anatolia in the Late Bronze Age The Iron Age 19. The Iron Age of Southeastern Anatolia 20. The Iron Age in Eastern Anatolia 21. The Greeks in Western Anatolia PART III: Philological and Historical Topics 23. Luwian and the Luwians 24. Urartian and the Urartians 25. Phrygian and the Phrygians 26. A Political History of Hittite Anatolia 27. Anatolia:The First Millennium in Historical Context 28. Monuments and Memory: Architecture and Visual Culture in Ancient Anatolian History PART IV: Thematic and Specific Topics 29. Eastern Thrace: The Contact Zone Between Anatolia and the Balkans 30. Anatolia and the Transcaucasus: Themes and Variations ca. 6400-1500 BCE 31. Indo-European and Indo-Europeans in Anatolia 32. Troy in Regional and International Context 33. Assyrians and Urartians 34. The Greeks in Anatolia: From the Migrations to Alexander From Pastoralists to Empires: Critical Issues 35. The Halaf Tradition 36. Millennia in the Middle? Reconsidering the Chalcolithic of Asia Minor 37. Interaction of Uruk and Northern Late Chalcolithic Societies in Anatolia 38. Ancient Landscapes in Southeastern Anatolia 39. Metals and Metallurgy 40. The Hittite State and Empire from Archaeological Evidence 41. The Hittite Empire from Textual Evidence PART V: Key Sites 43. Çatal Höyük: A Prehistoric Settlement on the Konya Plain 44. Ilipinar: A Neolithic Settlement in the Eastern Marmara Region 45. Arslantepe-Malatya: A Prehistoric and Early Historic Center in Eastern Anatolia 46. Titris Höyük: The Nature and Context of Third Millennium B.C.E. Urbanism in the Upper Euphrates Basin 47. Kültepe-Kanes: A Second Millennium Trading Center on the Central Plateau 48. Key Sites of the Hittite Empire 49. Ayanis: An Iron Age Site in the East 50. Gordion: The Changing Political and Economic Roles of a First Millennium City 51. The Stratigraphy of Kaman-Kalehöyük in Central Anatolia 52. Sardis: A First Millennium Capital in Western Anatolia

About the Author :
Sharon R. Steadman is Professor of Anthropology at SUNY Cortland and Director of the University's Brooks Museum. Gregory McMahon is Associate Professor of Classics, Humanities, and Italian Studies at the University of New Hampshire.

Review :
"The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia has much to recommend it. Most of its chapters are well written, researched, and presented, and will serve their purpose of introducing readers to ancient Anatolia admirably. The project was an ambitious one, involving the co-ordination of 56 scholars based in more than ten different countries, and the finished volume represents a rich resource for students and established scholars alike." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review "The chapters are generally of very high quality, and the information presented in them will be valuable to students and scholars alike who wish to engage with topics of Anatolian history, archaeology, and prehistory for the first time or as a part of ongoing research, or who wish to catch up on the present state of the field.... [T]he contents of the volume will make The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia a valuable addition to any scholarly collection." --RedState/RightShelf Review of Books