Proceedings of the 1st Kültepe International Meeting. Kültepe, September 19-23, 2013. Studies Dedicated to Kutlu Emre / editors Fikri Kulakoğlu, Cécile Michel.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Fikri Kulakoğlu and Cécile Michel -- Tahsin Özgüç : The Nestor of Anatolian Archaeology / Kutlu Emre -- Part 1. Kültepe Archaeology, Chronology and Population -- Current Research at Kültepe / Fikri Kulakoğlu -- The Relative Chronology of the Old Assyrian Period and its Consequences / Mogens Larsen -- Paternal Estates in Old Assyrian Society / Thomas Klitgaard Hertel -- Part 2. Kültepe Archives Belonging to Assyrians -- The Archive of Ali-ahum (I). The documents excavated in N-O-P/20 in 1950 / Jan Gerrit Dercksen -- The Archive of Šu-Ištar son of Aššur-bāni (Kt 92/k 264-1008) / Hakan Erol -- The Archive of Elamma son of Iddin-Suen and his Family / Klaas R. Veenhof -- Women in the Family of Alāhum son of Iddin-Suen (1993 Kültepe archives) / Cécile Michel -- A letter of Ennam-Aššur son of Šalim-ahum Discovered in 2001 at Kültepe / Murat Çayır -- The Remaining Unpublished Kültepe Tablets from the Hrozný Excavations in 1925 Housed in Istanbul / Veysel Donbaz -- Part 3. Writing -- Old Assyrian Writing and the Secret of Kültepe Eponym List A / Guido Kryszat – Old Assyrian Literacy : Formulating a Method for Graphic Analysis and Some Initial Results / Edward Stratford -- Part 4. Anatolian Settlements and Daily Life -- Simulating Pas Human Landscapes : Models of Settlement Hierarchy in Central Anatolia during the Old Assyrian Colony Period / Alessio Palmisano and Mark Altaweel -- Village Life in Ancient Anatolia : the case of Talwahšušara / Xiaowen Shi -- Representations of Religious Practice at Kültepe : Alabaster Idols of Early Bronze Age / Güzel Öztürk -- Part 5. Metals and Minerals -- Ancient Stone Materials Used For Ore Enrichment In Anatolia / Ergun Kaptan -- Cassiterite (Tin) Mineralization Related with Erciyes Volcanic Activities and the Mode of Formation of the Hematite-Cassiterite-Yazganite-Tridymite Paragenesis and its Implication for Bronze Alloys / Evren Yazgan -- Continuity of Tin Bronze Consumption during the Late 3rd Millennium BC at Kültepe / Joseph W. Lehner, Evren Yazgan, Ernst Pernicka and Fikri Kulakoğlu -- The Archaeometallurgical Study on Metal Artifacts of Kültepe in the Assyrian Trade Colony Period / Levent Ercanlı -- Part 6. Kültepe after the Middle Bronze Age -- Kültepe after Kaneš / Gojko Barjamovic -- Recent Practices for the Conservation of Adobe Ruins of Kültepe / Mehmet Uğuryol and Drahşan Uğuryol.

This first volume of the Kültepe International Meetings gathers interdisciplinary studies dedicated to Kültepe, ancient Kaneš (central Anatolia), and its environment, mainly during the Bronze Age. This book is the first of a new series dedicated to the site of Kültepe, ancient Kaneš, in central Anatolia. It is the report of a conference which took place at Kültepe on September 2013. Contributions written by the best specialists of the field focus on Kültepe and its environment, mainly during the Bronze Age, and on its Assyrian settlement located in the lower town. The volume brings about a reflection on archaeological and textual materials, and provides an interdisciplinary summary of the state of research. It is divided into six sections dedicated to the following topics : archaeology, chronology and population of Kültepe ; archives unearthed in the houses belonging to Assyrians; Old Assyrian writing and literacy ; Anatolian settlements and daily life ; metals and minerals ; Kültepe after the Middle Bronze Age.