This article presents previously unknown archaeological evidence of a mid-second-millenniumbckingdom located in central western Anatolia. Discovered during the work of the Central Lydia Archaeological Survey in the Marmara Lake basin of the Gediz Valley in western Turkey, the material evidence appears to correlate well with text-based reconstructions of Late Bronze Age historical geography drawn from Hittite archives. One site in particular—Kaymakçı—stands out as a regional capital and the results of the systematic archaeological survey allow for an understanding of local settlement patterns, moving beyond traditional correlations between historical geography and capital sites alone. Comparison with contemporary sites in central western Anatolia, furthermore, identifies material commonalities in site forms that may indicate a regional architectural tradition if not just influence from Hittite hegemony.

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被遗忘的王国的故事？公元前第二个千年中安纳托利亚中西部的调查考古学和历史地理

这篇文章介绍了以前不为人知的关于千年中期的考古证据公元前王国位于安纳托利亚中西部。在土耳其西部盖迪兹山谷马尔马拉湖盆地的中央莉迪亚考古调查工作期间发现的物证似乎与从赫梯档案中提取的青铜时代晚期历史地理的基于文本的重建密切相关。特别是一个遗址——Kaymakçı——作为区域首府脱颖而出，系统考古调查的结果使人们能够了解当地的定居模式，超越了历史地理和首府遗址之间的传统相关性。此外，与安纳托利亚中西部的当代遗址进行比较，确定了遗址形式的材料共性，如果不仅仅是受到赫梯霸权的影响，这可能表明区域建筑传统。