7th Kültepe International Meeting (KIM)

Cumartesi, 1 Ağustos 2026 / Saturday, August 1^st, 2026

9:00      
Kayseri’den hareket / Buses leave Kayseri

Session 1: Gıdayı Pişirmek / Cooking Food
Oturum Başkanı / Chair: Luca Peyronel

9:30 – 10:00
M. Tarık Öğreten (Bitlis Eren University), Valentina Oselini (Milan University), Fikri Kulakoğlu (Ankara University)
Typological and Distributive Analysis of Oven and Hearth Installations in the Kültepe-Kanesh Lower Town 

10:00 – 10:30
Cécile Michel (CNRS, ArScAn, Nanterre & Hamburg University)
Cooking in the Old Assyrian texts from Kültepe: fire installations, fuel, and metal cooking pots

10:30 – 11:00
Kahve / Coffee

11:00 – 11:30
Valentina Orsi (Koç University), Giacomo Casucci (University of Pavia), Claudia Minniti (Sapienza University, Rome), Lorenzo Castellano (Brown University), Anacleto D’Agostino (University of Pisa)
racing the Flavours of Central Anatolia: Cooking Practices between Kültepe and Uşaklı Höyük (Middle Bronze Age – Late Bronze Age)

11:30 – 12:00
Giacomo Casucci (University of Pavia), Michele Rüzgar Massa (Bilkent University), James Osborne (University of Chicago)
Cooking Sets and Foodways at Türkmen-Karahöyük – A Diachronic Perspective across the 2^nd and 1^st Millennia BCE

12:00 – 14:00
Yemek / Lunch

Session 2: Kültepe’de Yeni Keşifler / Recent discoveries at Kültepe (1)   
Oturum Başkanı / Chair: Marcella Frangipane

14:00 – 14:30
Ryoichi Kontani (Notre-Dame Seishin University, Okayama), Yuji Yamaguchi (Okayama University), Fikri Kulakoğlu (Ankara University)
Public Building or Palace? The Large Building at Kültepe from the Late Chalcolithic to the Early Bronze Age

14:30 – 15:00
Yuji Yamaguchi (Okayama University) & Ryoichi Kontani (Notre-Dame Seishin University) Okayama
Late Chalcolithic Pottery from the Kültepe Central Trench

15:00 – 15:30
Fikri Kulakoğlu (Ankara University), Ryoichi Kontani (Notre-Dame Seishin University, Okayama), Elif Genç (Çukurova University, Adana)
Early Period Pottery Found in the Hrozný Trench in 1970

15:30 – 16:00
Kahve / Coffee

16:00 – 16:30
Luca Peyronel (Milan University), Fikri Kulakoğlu (Ankara University)
The Last Middle Bronze Age Occupation at Kültepe/Kanesh: New Evidence from the Upper and Lower Town

16:30 – 17:00
Dae-Young Gim (National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage), Song Lee Chae (NRICH), Young Hyun Kim (NRICH), Gang Min Seo (NRICH), Jong Won Jeong (NRICH), Ji Yeon Choi (NRICH & Ankara University), and Fikri Kulakoğlu (Ankara University)
Recent Excavations in the Eastern Sector of the Kültepe Mound: A Focus on the Hellenistic Cultural Layers

17:15 – 18:45
Höyük Gezisi / Visit to Kültepe Mound

19:00 – 21:00
Yemek / Dinner 21:00 Kültepe’den hareket / Buses leave Kültepe

Pazar, 2 Ağustos 2026 / Sunday, August 2^nd, 2026

9:00
Kayseri’den hareket / Buses leave Kayseri

Session 3: Gıda Tüketimi / Food Consumption   Oturum Başkanı / Chair: Elif Genç

9:30 – 10:00
Müge Bulu (Ankara University)
One Way or Another: Insights into the Food Processing and Consumption Practices at Middle Bronze Age Tell Atchana/Alalakh (Hatay, Türkiye)

10:00 – 10:30
Giulia Adelaide Grandi (University of Turin), Luca Peyronel (University of Milan), Fikri Kulakoğlu (Ankara University)
Ritual Consumption at Kültepe: The case of the Stone Building tableware assemblage

10:30 – 11:00
William Nation (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)
Libation and Ritual Drinking, and Commensality at Kültepe and Surrounding Regions

11:00 – 11:30
Kahve / Coffee

11:30 – 12:00
Nilgün Coşkun (Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi, Antakya) & Fikri Kulakoğlu (Ankara University)
Drinking Vessels of the Middle Iron Age in the Central Anatolian Plateau: An Archaeological and Iconographic Assessment

12:00 – 12:30
Néhémie Strupler (University of Hannover): Feeding Donkeys. Present Considerations, Past Reflections

12:30 – 14:00
Yemek / Lunch

Session 4: Kültepe’de Yeni Keşifler / Recent discoveries at Kültepe (2)  Oturum Başkanı / Chair: Cécile Michel

14:00 – 14:30
M. Tarık Öğreten (Bitlis Eren University), Fikri Kulakoğlu (Ankara University)
Static Analysis of Level II Structures at Kültepe-Kanesh Lower Town

14:30 – 15:00
Anacleto D’Agostino (University of Pisa), Ryoichi Kontani (Notre-Dame Seishin University, Okayama), Fikri Kulakoğlu (Ankara University), Federico Manuelli (CNR, Rome), Valentina Orsi (Koç University), Luca Peyronel (Milan University)
Anatolian Landscape Project: Pattern of Settlement between Kayseri and Yozgat Provinces

15:00 – 15:30
Kutlu Emre^† (Ankara University; read by Fikri Kulakoğlu)
      A Silver Smith Workshop in Kültepe Lower Town

15:30 – 16:00
Kahve / Coffee

Session 5: İnanç, Cinsiyet, Mektuplar / Religion, Gender and Letters
Oturum Başkanı / Chair: Jan Gerrit Dercksen

16:00 – 16:30
Anita Fattori (São Paulo University and ArScAn-HASAÉ, Nanterre)
The Social networks of Gubabtum Women in Old Assyrian Context

16:30 – 17:00
Federico Giusfredi (University of Verona)
The Gods in Kanesh, Gods of Kanesh and the Gods of the Anitta Text

17:00 – 17:30
Elliott Lairie (Lille University)
Power and Proximity: Social Interactions of Old Assyrian Men and Women with Royal Institutions

17:30 – 18:00
Matthias Adelhofer (Vienna University)
On reading aloud: the intentions behind different practices of punctuation in Old Assyrian texts

19:00 – 21:00
Yemek / Dinner

21:00
Kültepe’den hareket / Buses leave Kültepe

Pazartesi, 3 Ağustos 2026 / Monday, August 3^rd, 2026

9:00
  Kayseri’den hareket / Buses leave Kayseri

Session 6: Bitkiler ve Hayvanlar / Of Plants and Animals
Oturum Başkanı / Chair: Fikri Kulakoğlu

9:30 – 10:00
Andrew Fairbairn (The University of Queensland, Brisbane)
Archeobotanical remains of food in religious and domestic contexts from EBA and MBA Kültepe

10:00 – 10:30
Klaus Wagensonner (Yale University)
Tracing Plants in Kültepe and Beyond

10:30 – 11:00
Gojko Barjamovic (Yale University)Olives and Olive Oil in Old Assyrian Texts

11:00 –
11:30
Kahve / Coffee

11:30 – 12:00
Claudia Minniti (Sapienza University, Rome)
Animal husbandry strategies and dietary practices at Kültepe during the Middle Bronze Age

12:00 – 12:30
Derya Yılmaz Tekin (Ankara University), Abu B. Siddiq (Mardin Artuklu University), Hakan Erol (Ankara University)
Animal Economy in Central Anatolia during the Early 2nd Millennium BC: Zooarchaeological Data from Külhöyük (Ankara, Gölbaşı) and Written Records from Kültepe

12:30 – 14:00
Yemek / Lunch

Session 7: Anadolu’da Yeni Keşifler / Recent discoveries in Anatolia     Oturum Başkanı / Chair: Nilgün Coşkun

14:00 – 14:30
K. Serdar Girginer (Çukurova University), Özlem Oyman Girginer (Çukurova University), Muaz Koçak (Çukurova University)
Mining and Trade at Bileç Höyük during the 3rd Millennium BCE

14:30 – 15:00
Gian Maria Di Nocera (University of Tuscia), Francesca Balossi Restelli (Sapienza University, Rome)
Arslantepe and Central Anatolia in the Middle Bronze Age (2100-1750 BCE) : Architecture, Pottery and Contacts

15:00 – 15:30
Remzi Yağcı (Dokuz Eylül University)
Relations between Central Anatolia, Mesopotamia and Cilicia during the Middle and Late Bronze Age

15:30 – 16:00
Kahve / Coffee

16:00 – 16:30
Ekin Kozal (Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University)
Eğriköy Höyük: Present Knowledge and Research Perspectives

16:30 – 17:00
Genel Tartışma / General Discussion (Publication of the Proceedings, Ongoing research etc.)

17:15 – 18:30
Aşağı Şehir Gezisi / Visit to the Lower Town

19:00 – 21:00
Yemek / Dinner

21:00
  Kültepe’den hareket / Buses leave Kültepe