Mycenaean

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Bilim dünyasında Truva medeniyetinin kökeni üzerinden devam eden bir tartışma vardır. Bu medeniyetin kökeni hakkında tarihçiler ve arkeologlar arasındaki hâkim görüş Truvalıların Yunan kökenli olduğu yönündedir, ancak bu görüş ile ilgili kesin bir kanıt da yoktur. Buna karşılık, bu makalede Truvalıların kökenlerinin, Anadolu’da yaşamış uygarlıklardan birine kadar uzanabileceği de öne sürülmektedir. Dolayısıyla, yapılan bu araştırma, Geç dönem Tunç Çağı üzerine varolan ikincil kaynaklardan yararlanılarak eski topluluklar arasındaki etkileşimler üzerinden Truva uygarlığını tanımlamak için medeniyetler arasındaki ilişkiler incelenmektir. Bu çalışmanın ışığında yapılan değerlendirmelerle, kültürlerin toplumsal dinamiklerinin kültür ve dil sembolleriyle ifade edilişlerinin anlaşılmasında kültürlerarası iletişimin önemli bir işlevi olabileceği yönteminden yola çıkılmıştır. Truva medeniyetinin sinemada nasıl anlatıldığı ve Truva’nın literatürdeki mitolojik algısı bu makalede incelenen diğer önemli konulardır. İncelenen kaynaklar, bilim dünyasında hala geçerli bir cevabı olmayan Truvalıların kökenleri hakkında ipucu bulmamıza yardımcı olacaktır.

ABSTRACT
There is an ongoing debate in the scientific world about the origin of the Trojan civilization. The prevailing view amongst historians and archaeologists about the origin of this civilisation is that the Trojans were Greek, but there is still no definitive evidence regarding this argument. In contrast, it is also suggested that the origins of the Trojans may be traced to one of the Anatolian tribes discussed in this paper. The aim of this research is, therefore, to examine the range of relationships between civilisations to identify the nationality of Trojans in the context of interactions amongst ancient communities during the Late Bronze Age, as explored through secondary sources. Under the light of this study, evaluation of this argument will concentrate on how that intercultural communication can be an important function in understanding the expressions of the social dynamics of cultures with the symbols of culture and language. How Troy is depicted in cinema, and the mythological perception of Troy in literature are additional important points analysed in this paper. This information examined will help us find clues concerning the origins of the Trojans, which still remains without an acceptable answer in the scientific world.

How to download Sir Arthur Evan’s Scripta Minoa, Volumes 1 & 2, (Linear B), in their entirety: Until recently, anyone searching for Scripta Minoa could download the files from Heidelberg University. But it is no longer possible to do so without the downloaded page being truncated at the top. To illustrate this, we try to download page 5 of Scripta Minoa, Vol. 1, here, the result above being what we actually see, the example in this case being, page 5, Preface. Note that we see only a window [1] to the entire page [2]. Consequently, if  you try to download the rest of the page, Heidelberg University blocks the rest of that page [2], or any other page, rendering the Heidelberg University site useless to download Scripta Minoa, Volumes 1 & 2. The alternative route to download Scripta Minoa, Volumes 1 & 2. Instead, go to this post on our home site, Minoan Linear A, Linear B, Knossos & Mycenae and follow the explicit instructions to the letter to download Scripta Minoa, Volumes 1 & 2.

Archaeology seems to support the idea of widespread Minoan trading contacts and a significant number of Minoan colonies. The distribution of the place name “Minoa” in the Aegean and in the eastern and central Mediterranean also appears to imply Minoan colonies. However, we must not forget that it was the famed archaeologist Arthur Evans who gave the Minoan civilization its name. It is possible that the Minoans went by a different name entirely. If the Bronze Age Cretan king was known as “Minos”,  it is quite possible that the king’s colonies were named “Minoa” after him, but this is just speculation.

In this paper, we focus on the entanglement of the LBA town of Mycenae, and discuss the history of the settlement, from the earliest beginnings (EH-MH), through the formation (LH I-IIIA1) and functioning (LH IIIA2-B) of the palatial town, to its gradual decomposition (LH IIIC), focusing mostly on LH IIIA2 and LH IIIB phases. Building from the relational archaeology, we discuss Mycenae of this period as an urbanized settlement and focus on a set of functional and social relations within the site. Despite the unique status of Mycenae, the features that seem to be characteristic of a Mycenaean palatial town (consisting of a palace, a central authority occupying the elite core of the settlement, and a lower town) can be clearly recognized. Those are: a) division of the settlement between the palatial zone and the lower town, b) social and economic dominance of the palace over the community , c) prevalence of single-family multi-room houses outside the palatial zone, and d) mixing of residential and funerary zones, and especially presence of elite tombs in the centre of the settlement.