Abstract
A systematic archaeological survey in the Southeast provinces of Konya has started to reveal the settlement pattern of the Bronze and Iron Ages in this region, which sheds light on the geo-environment, economy, road networks, interactions and cultures. This paper will specifically deal with the region of and around Meke Gölü and Karacadağ, located in Karapınar – Konya, and discuss the surveyed settlements and possible implications of the economy with salt trade as one of the main trade commodities. In this context the salt source of the saline lake Meke Gölü (Lake Meke), which is located south of Karacadağ, its significance and usage of salt will be explored. Finally, the equation of Meke Gölü with the liki (salt-lick) mentioned in the frontier description in the treaty between the Great Kings Kuruntija and Tutḫalija IV on the well-known Bronze Tablet discovered in Boğazköy – Ḫattuša, the capital of the Hittite Empire, will be suggested and debated.
Danksagung
Die Hobbyfotografen und Forscher Memduh Ekici und Dede Yunus Gürsoy aus Konya Ereğli haben mit mir wichtige Erlebnisse, Beobachtungen, Reportagen, Fotos und kurze Videoaufnahmen geteilt, die mir bei diesem Aufsatz geholfen haben, die rezente Geschichte der Salzverhüttung des Meke Gölü sowie den Konsum und Handel zu verstehen. Für ihre Hinweise und Hilfen schulde ich ihnen großen Dank. Ich danke auch Bülent Yılmaz und seiner Tochter Hafize Aybüge Gizem Yılmaz, Salzhändler in dritter Generation in Sivas (58 Yılmazlar Tuz), für wichtige Beobachtungen und Informationen. Gonca Dardeniz Arıkan, J. David Hawkins, Mark Weeden und den Gutachtern bin ich für wertvolle Kommentare, Literaturhinweise und Diskussionen zu Dank verpflichtet. Muhip Çarkı danke ich für die Anfertigung der Karte.
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- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- The Wars of Ebla at the Time of Minister Ibrium
- ‘I Have Made a Highway of Biainili’:
- Potters in Transition
- Ein neues zweisprachiges altbabylonisches Vokabular aus Ur
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- Ad astra: Graphic Signalling in the Acrostic Hymn of Nebuchadnezzar II (BM 55469)
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