Ausgrabungen in der Unterstadt von Boğazköy II
Der Große Tempel von Ḫattuša, die Magazine in seinem Umfeld und das sogenannte Südareal
By (author) Andreas Schachner
Hardback (Published)
(October 2024)
ISBN: 9783752008036
9.33 x 13.19 inches
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The so-called Great Temple and the monumental buildings in its vicinity characterize the Hittite capital ?attusa (UNESCO World Heritage Site) until today. The detailed presentation of all the building remains now provides a sound basis for the first time for an assessment of the cultural and architectural history of this ensemble, which is exemplary for Hittite culture in Central Anatolia. Its construction during the formative phase of the Hittite empire can be associated with religious developments indicated by political and social factors as well as with the urban transformation of ?attusa from an Anatolian city to the religious and political center of an ancient Near Eastern empire.
English summary: The so-called Great Temple and the monumental buildings in its vicinity are the most emblematic structures in the Hittite capital Hattusa. It is one of the best-preserved ensembles of monumental Hittite architecture, which stands par excellence for Hittite culture in Central Anatolia and is today visited by all visitors to the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The edifices were investigated in several stages between 1907 and 1969 so that the history of research into this extensive Bronze Age settlement is reflected in an exemplary way in the changing development of the excavations and their reappraisal. The differentiated presentation of all buildings creates, for the first time, a sound basis for including these buildings in modern research questions of archaeology as well as cultural and architectural history. The work results not only in changes in the evaluation of the spatial structures and their functions but especially in the solution to the question of when this ensemble was founded. The construction of these buildings already in the formative phase of the Hittite empire can be associated with politically and socially indicated religious developments and with the urban transformation of Hattusa from an Anatolian city to the religious and political center of an ancient Near Eastern empire. German description: Der sogenannte Grosse Tempel und die monumentale Bebauung in seinem Umfeld sind die pragenden Bauten in der hethitischen Hauptstadt Hattusa. Es handelt sich um eines der am besten erhaltenen Ensembles monumentaler hethitischer Architektur, das par excellence fur die hethitische Kultur in Zentralanatolien steht und heute von allen Besuchern der UNESCO-Weltkulturerbestatte besichtigt wird. Die Bauwerke wurden in mehreren Etappen zwischen 1907 und 1969 zwar untersucht, aber nie im Detail vorgelegt. In der wechselvollen Entwicklung der Grabungen und deren Aufarbeitung spiegelt sich die Geschichte der Erforschung der bronzezeitlichen Grosssiedlung exemplarisch. Die differenzierte Vorlage samtlicher Baubefunde schafft nun erstmals eine fundierte Grundlage dafur, diese Gebaude in moderne Forschungsfragen der Archaologie sowie der Kultur- und Architekturgeschichte einzubeziehen. Aus den Arbeiten ergeben sich nicht nur Veranderungen in der Bewertung der Raumstrukturen und deren Funktionen, sondern insbesondere fur die Frage, wann dieses Ensemble gegrundet wurde. Die Errichtung dieser Bauwerke bereits in der Entstehungsphase des hethitischen Grossreichs lasst sich mit politisch und gesellschaftlich indizierten religiosen Entwicklungen ebenso verbinden wie mit der stadtebaulichen Umgestaltung Hattusas von einer anatolischen Stadt zum religiosen und politischen Zentrum eines altorientalischen Grossreichs.
- By (author) Andreas Schachner
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