Posted on 11/08/2014 11:06:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A team of archaeologists have unearthed new evidence of massive, monumental defensive works at the Citadel Mound site of ancient Gordion in Turkey. Excavations have also revealed ancient industrial activity dating back to the 11th century BCE...
Brian Rose of the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues have uncovered massive defensive walls, part of a road, and industrial work spaces dated back to some of the earliest periods of the site...
"Gordion’s historical significance derives from its very long and complex sequence of occupation, with seven successive settlements spanning a period of nearly 4500 years," says Rose. "What we discovered was a large glacis or stepped terrace wall over 2.5 m in height, dating to the Early Phrygian period, that supported a substantial fortification wall nearly 3 m. wide. This had proven that the western side of the mound was fortified, and that those fortifications had already been established in the Early Phrygian period (9th c. B.C.), neither of which had been known previously."*
...Additionally, Rose's team excavated a sondage trench through what has been designated the Terrace Building, a structure discovered during previous excavations and thought to be a building where industrial activities occurred. They uncovered a large industrial kiln surrounded by ceramic remains that helped to date the feature to the Early Iron Age, or the 11th century BCE. Above and east of the kiln they excavated an Early Iron Age house structure, which contained objects related to textile manufacture, such as spindle whorls and loom weights, and a bell-shaped pit that contained fragments of Early Iron Age handmade wares and animal bones. "The evidence yielded by the sondage demonstrates that there was considerable industrial activity in this area before the Terrace Building was constructed, beginning in the 11th c. B.C.," wrote Rose in a recent newsletter report.
(Excerpt) Read more at popular-archaeology.com ...
View of the Gordion Citadel Mound and previously excavated fortifications. Note the scaffolding at the Citadel Gateway in the background, a visible reminder of the ongoing architectural conservation and restoration work at the site. Vikicizer, Wikimedia Commons
Detroit. Sound familiar?
Was there any gold?
No, but there were plenty of old, rusted out mufflers.
There is a funny story from that period in Turkey, based on archeological findings.
There was a very large medical school there, surrounded by tall, thick, formidable walls. Medical students were similar in many ways to priests, in that they were supposed to be chaste and celibate. A large stone artifact of the time, found at the site, was a list, by the faculty, of all the known ways the students had figured out how to get over the wall, so they could go into town to drink, gamble, and frequent prostitutes.
It was a long list.
:’)
That guy should did have the touch.
;’)
The gold is in the "grills" of all the bros walking around, not their mufflers. . .
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