The purpose of this paper is to suggest mechanisms pertaining to the foundation of a new city on the Kerkenes Dağ, in the highlands of central Anatolia in the mid-first millennium BC. Archaeological evidence that Kerkenes was a new foundation is discussed, after which its thoroughly Phrygian culture is outlined. The core of the paper discusses possible explanations for the unexpected appearance of this new capital. Possibilities include Phrygianisation or acculturation, centralisation of pre-existing Phrygian settlements east of the Kızılırmak, eastward expansion of the Kingdom of Phrygia and a large migration from central or western Phrygia. It is proposed that a single large migration provides the most plausible explanation for the founding of the city, for the display of its Phrygian-ness and perhaps also for its ultimate failure.

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红河以东的弗里吉亚人：弗里吉亚化、迁移和遗弃

本文的目的是提出与公元前一千年中期在安纳托利亚中部高地 Kerkenes Dağ 建立新城市有关的机制。讨论了科尔克内斯是一个新基础的考古证据，然后概述了其彻底的弗里吉亚文化。论文的核心讨论了对这个新首都的意外出现的可能解释。可能性包括弗里吉亚化或文化适应、Kızılırmak 以东已有的弗里吉亚定居点的集中化、弗里吉亚王国向东扩张以及从弗里吉亚中部或西部大规模迁移。有人提出，一次大规模的迁移为这座城市的建立、它的弗里吉亚特色的展示以及它的最终失败提供了最合理的解释。