This Bachelors of Philosophy Thesis builds upon the present body of literature and research concerned with the relationship between craft production and the emergence of complex societies. This is done by examining the evidence for textile production at the Early Bronze Age
site Karataş, in the Elmalı plain of SW Turkey. This research uses the tools of textile production to draw conclusions about the settlements complex social organization. Karataş consists of a central mound, approximately 100 m in diameter with a 1.9 ha settlement surrounding it. Excavation at this site began in 1963 and continued to 1975, conducted by Bryn Mawr College
under the directorship of Dr. Matcheld Mellink (Warner 1994: Preface, 5). This research
demonstrates that Karataş went through varying degrees of economic centralization leading
ultimately to the sites abandonment. By conducting a GIS analysis of the distribution of artifacts associated with textile production, this research reveals a concentration of textile production in the fourth period of the sites habitation (EBA II). This concentration is presented as possibly the result of an increase in political authority, emanating from the central mound, which was not previously present within this ancient community. It is followed by a gradual decentralization of textile production in the fifth and sixth periods (EBA II-III) and then abandonment. The final decentralization reflects a loss of political control across the settlement, and may be tied directly to the abandonment.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PITT/oai:PITTETD:etd-05052010-175523 |
| Date | 12 May 2010 |
| Creators | Cannon, Joshua Warren |
| Contributors | Dr. William Harbert, Dr. Kathleen Allen, Dr. Bryan Hanks, Dr. Rita P. Wright |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh |
| Source Sets | University of Pittsburgh |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-05052010-175523/ |
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