Kerkenes is the largest pre‐Hellenistic city in Turkey. It covers 2.5 square kilometers and is enclosed by a 7‐km‐long stone wall. This Iron Age, Phrygian city was well planned, only inhabited for forty to sixty years, and then purposefully destroyed and abandoned. Not only were the city wall and architecture planned but interconnected water management features for the city were also part of how the city was conceived. While some might view the management of water in the city as an indication that the social elite wanted to control the water, the available evidence does not support this idea. Drawing on Linton and Budds's hydrosocial cycle, this article uses water as a lens to examine hydrosocial relations at Kerkenes, specifically instances where water is part of the dialectical and relational process in the production of food, crafts, health, and politics. This article argues that using water as a lens can help archaeologists find traces of sociocultural, economic, and political relationships and may not only reveal insights into water negotiations in the past but also inform contemporary water concerns.

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生产需要水：一个古老的安纳托利亚城市中水社会循环的物质遗迹

克尔内斯（Kerkenes）是土耳其最大的古希腊时代的城市。它占地2.5平方公里，被7公里长的石墙包围。这个位于弗里吉亚州铁器时代的城市经过精心计划，仅居住了40至60年，然后有目的地被摧毁和废弃。不仅规划了城墙和建筑，而且为城市提供了相互联系的水资源管理功能，这也是城市构想的一部分。尽管有些人可能将城市的水管理视为社会精英想要控制水的一种指示，但现有证据并不支持这一想法。本文利用Linton和Budds的水社会循环，以水为视角来考察克尔肯内斯的水社会关系，特别是在食品，手工艺品，保健品，和政治。本文认为，以水为镜片可以帮助考古学家发现社会文化，经济和政治关系的痕迹，不仅可以揭示过去对水谈判的见解，还可以为当代的水问题提供信息。