ATS1248 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: History Of Turkey, Kul-Oba, Gordium
17 Oct 2018
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9th and 8th centuries gordion was a prosperous city. The midas mound largest of the burial mounds. Royal tombs are almost always locked whereas mound is conspicuous and several attempts to dig into it. Excavated in 1957 inside was a wooden chamber containing remains of a man aged 60-65 who died naturally/non-violently. Chamber made of whole logs of wood (bark is still preserved) The environment lacked free oxygen (packing of earth on top of burial chamber) - helped preserve. Internal room wooden furniture with intricate, geometric designs, bronze vessels (no gold) Analysis of cauldrons and ceramic vessels show the food/drink served (barley beer, stew) Who owned the tomb member of phrygian elite (not midas, greek legend as the dates do. Inscriptions show guests at the party not match up) Text the cimmerians destroyed gordion in 695 bce. Radiocarbon dating the destruction layer dates to 840 805 bce. New dates mean destruction layer cannot represent destruction brought about by the.
