Routes are part of broader 'landscapes of movement', having an impact on and being impacted by other socio-cultural processes. Most recent studies on connectivity networks remain highly topographic in scope, incidentally resulting in the restitution of a long term fixity. The anachronistic transposition of best known route networks across various ages, irrespective of context-specific circumstances, further enhances this static approach. On the other hand, when changes in connectivity are considered, trends are generally analysed over 'big jumps', often spanning several centuries.

This article aims to contextualise dynamics of change in route trajectories within shorter and well-defined chronological boundaries with a case study on the evolution of route landscapes across the Taurus mountains under the Hittite kingdom and empire (ca. 1650–1200 BCE). I will adopt an integrated approach to multiple datasets, aiming to investigate variables operating at different time depths. In the conclusions, I will argue that, while the Hittite route system in the target area was in part rooted on previous patterns of connectivity, some eventful shifts can also be individuated and historically explained. This enables, in turn, an enhanced perspective on the formation and transformation of Hittite socio-cultural landscapes.

路线是更广泛的“运动景观”的一部分，对其他社会文化过程具有影响并受到其影响。关于连接网络的最新研究在范围上仍然是高度地形的，偶然导致长期固定性的恢复。不论上下文具体情况如何，跨各个年龄段的最著名路由网络的过时转换都会进一步增强这种静态方法。另一方面，当考虑到连通性的变化时，通常对跨越数个世纪的“大跃进”进行趋势分析。

本文旨在通过对赫梯人王国和帝国（约1650年至1200年）跨越Taurus山脉的路线景观演变的案例研究，来在较短且定义明确的时间范围内对路线轨迹变化的动态进行情境化。我将对多个数据集采用集成方法，旨在研究在不同时间深度下运行的变量。在结论中，我将争辩说，尽管目标区域中的赫梯路线系统部分地植根于以前的连通性模式，但某些事件性的变化也可以被单独化并进行历史解释。反过来，这可以增强对赫梯社会文化景观的形成和转变的认识。