The Gordion Excavation Seasons of 1969–1973 and Subsequent Research

Abstract

Principal results of the Gordion excavations of 1969–1973 and the research that followed include: 1) isolation of a considerable body of post-Hittite pottery fragments related to the "Handmade and Burnished Ware" whose presence in late Mycenaean contexts has recently drawn much attention; 2) broader knowledge of the architecture of the Early Phrygian citadel at phases well before the great destruction of the early seventh century B.C.; 3) discovery of a grand stairway at the Destruction Level; 4) vivid evidence for life in the working quarter of that level; 5) a more secure chronology for the rebuilt citadel of the Middle Phrygian period; 6) illumination on the uses of the buildings there; 7) information showing extensive rebuilding early in the Hellenistic period; and 8) evidence bearing on the question of whether or not Gordion became a Galatian settlement in the third century B.C.

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