tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post6225076277861801451..comments2024-03-09T15:46:44.638+01:00Comments on For what they were... we are: From the Net: 'Evidence of Massacre in Bronze Age Turkey' (Past Horizons)Majuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-68724646926804349852012-02-27T19:52:35.595+01:002012-02-27T19:52:35.595+01:00Thanks, Andrew. Interesting historical contextuali...Thanks, Andrew. Interesting historical contextualizing.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-22987700245273470742012-02-27T18:31:27.273+01:002012-02-27T18:31:27.273+01:00IIRC, the bones are identified with the late Akkad...IIRC, the bones are identified with the late Akkadian Empire around the time of its collapse in favor of the Kassites (who would later fall subject to the Mittani).andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-50397489785617355642012-02-26T06:21:36.262+01:002012-02-26T06:21:36.262+01:00No big deal. That's why I split the blog in tw...No big deal. That's why I split the blog in two. I addressed the Armenian genocide last time in <a href="http://forwhatwearetheywillbe.blogspot.com/2011/12/armenian-genocide-turkish-negationist.html" rel="nofollow">this entry</a> (Dec 2011). Feel free to discuss there.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-66842539454037420942012-02-26T06:07:20.674+01:002012-02-26T06:07:20.674+01:00Sorry, I can agree to thatSorry, I can agree to thatJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024219782322596271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-29520231758911760452012-02-24T05:39:46.764+01:002012-02-24T05:39:46.764+01:00It'd be nice, Joy, if you kept that debate to ...It'd be nice, Joy, if you kept that debate to other spaces more focused on present day.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-56656865870822053422012-02-24T02:55:37.866+01:002012-02-24T02:55:37.866+01:00There is a rumor that a lot of people were killed ...There is a rumor that a lot of people were killed in Turkey 1915 - 1923 as well. And so it goes. For what they were... we are... indeedJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024219782322596271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-34989079622750628272012-02-22T03:19:25.057+01:002012-02-22T03:19:25.057+01:00It is at least the same site, although the dates m...It is at least the same site, although the dates mentioned here are wider.<br /><br />It is <a href="http://homepages.wmich.edu/~bfv7046/thbib.html" rel="nofollow">the same narrow area of West Kurdistan</a> as earlier Gölbeki Tepe and Tell Halaf: a most productive region in archaeological and prehistorical-cultural terms.<br /><br />It is outside of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hittite_Empire.png" rel="nofollow">the Hittite area</a>, except at its most extreme expansion. That region would later be the center of Mitanni in fact. Hurrian area in other words.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3023805782808412230.post-85393547150152418572012-02-22T02:59:38.533+01:002012-02-22T02:59:38.533+01:00I think that this is the same collection of bones ...I think that this is the same collection of bones that produced an interesting ancient DNA analysis published in late 2010 and discused at Dienkes:<br /><br />http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2010/10/ancient-mtdna-from-titris-hoyuk.htmlAndrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.com