7th Kültepe International Meeting (KIM)
Kültepe ve Çevresindeki Bölgelerde Gıda Üretimi ve Tüketimi
Food Production and Consumption at Kültepe and Surrounding Regions
Organisation: Fikri Kulakoğlu, Cécile Michel, Luca Peyronel, Elif Genç
Kültepe, Kayseri, 31 Temmuz – 3 Ağustos 2026 / July 31st – August 3rd, 2026
Cuma, 31 Temmuz 2026 / Friday, July 31st, 2026
14:30 Kayseri’den hareket / Buses leave Kayseri
15:00 – 15:30 Kayıt / Registration at Kültepe
15:30 – 16:00 Toplantı Açılış Töreni / Conference Opening
Hoşgeldiniz ve Tanıtım / Welcome and Introduction
16:00 – 16:45 Açılış Konferansı / Keynote Opening Lecture
Marcella Frangipane (Rome): Food Control in Early Centralised Societies. Varying relations between political power and territorial productive components in Anatolia and Mesopotamia,
16:45 – 17:30 Açılış Konferansı / Keynote Opening Lecture
Jan Gerrit Dercksen (Leiden):Where and how to eat in ancient Kaneš,
19:00 – 20:00 Akşam Yemeği / Dinner
21:00 Kültepe’den hareket / Departure from Kültepe to the hotel
Cumartesi, 1 Ağustos 2026 / Saturday, August 1st, 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): Tracing 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 2nd and 1st 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 2nd, 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 3rd, 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
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