Yes / Bog bodies are among the best-known archaeological finds worldwide. Much of the work on these often extremely well-preserved human remains has focused on forensics, whereas the environmental setting of the finds has been largely overlooked. This applies to both the ‘physical’ and ‘cultural’ landscape and constitutes a significant problem since the vast spatial and temporal scales over which the practice appeared demonstrate that contextual assessments are of the utmost importance for our explanatory frameworks. In this article we develop best practice guidelines for the contextual analysis of bog bodies after having assessed the current state of research and presented the results of three recent case studies including the well-known finds of Lindow Man in the United Kingdom, Bjældskovdal (Tollund Man and Elling Woman) in Denmark, and Yde Girl in the Netherlands. Three spatial and chronological scales are distinguished and linked to specific research questions and methods. This provides a basis for further discussion and a starting point for developing approaches to bog body finds and future discoveries, while facilitating and optimising the re-analysis of previous studies, making it possible to compare deposition sites across time and space. / The Home Turf Project of Wageningen University and Research Centre, financed by the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO Vidi Project, no. 276-60-003).

Ce travail examine les changements dans l'organisation de Hattuša, une ville de l'âge du bronze au nord de l'Anatolie centrale, lorsqu'elle devient la capitale des Hittites. Cette étude pose de façon innovatrice le problème de l'organisation de la cité-état (1950-1750 av. J.-C.) et celle de la capitale de royaume (1700-1200 av. J.-C.), en regardant les liens entre organisation politique et réalité urbaine à travers une analyse diachronique, reproductible et multiscalaire du principal quartier d'habitation de la ville, la Westterrasse. L'analyse chronologique démontre que la phase la mieux attestée de la Westterrasse ne date pas des XIVe-XIIIe siècles av. J.-C., comme il est communément admis, mais des XVIe-XVe siècles av.J.-C. Les rapports entre les bâtiments, les voies de circulation et le système d'évacuation des eaux illustrent la planification de la Westterrasse, la gestion des aménagements collectifs, de l'habitat privé et souligne la médiation nécessaire pour leur cohabitation. La répartition des petits objets révèle les profils principaux de la population de la Westterrasse, qui sont replacés dans le contexte politique du devenir de la capitale hittite. / This study investigates changes in the organisation of the Bronze Age city of Hattuša (North Central Anatolia), during the time the site became the capital of the Hittites. Interweaving a diachronic, reproducible and multi-scalar analysis of the main living quarter of the city (the so-called Westterrasse), this study enables an innovative exploration of the organisation of the city-state (1950-1750 BCE) and capital of the Hittite kingdom (1700-1200 BCE), by attending to the links between politics and urban space. The chronological analysis demonstrates that the best-recovered phase of the Westterrasse dates to the 16th-15th century and not to the 14th-13th century as previously assumed. The study of the buildings, streets and sewage system indicate a high degree of planning for the Westterrasse with careful management of both public infrastructure and private dwelling, which underline the mediation necessary for their cohabitation. The insights afforded by examination of the distribution of finds reveal the broad contours of the population of the Westterrasse, as they are situated in the political context of the future Hittite capital.