Keşan Höyük
Keşan Höyük
Middle–Late Bronze (2000–1200 BCE)·Thracian Bronze Age·🇹🇷 Edirne Province, Thrace, Turkey
About
About Keşan Höyük
Keşan Höyük in Edirne Province, Thrace, Turkey is a Middle–Late Bronze (2000–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Thracian Bronze Age. Thracian Bronze Age mound on Thracian plain. Stratified deposits with radiocarbon sequence and imported materials trace long-distance exchange. Systematic and rescue excavations exposed houses, fortifications and craft zones preserved as a multi-period tell on aerial imagery.
Why it mattersKey Thracian Bronze Age sequence for Edirne Province, Thrace; defines regional chronology for Middle–Late Bronze.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Phasing precision vs radiocarbon plateau
- 02Ritual vs domestic architecture?
Theories
- 01Regional centre model
- 02ceremonial/territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.2000–1200 BCE
- Period
- Middle–Late Bronze (2000–1200 BCE)
- Culture
- Thracian Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Thracian Bronze Age mound on Thracian plain
- Rediscovered
- 1991 survey; systematic excavations
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c.2000
Initial founding / earliest level
c.2000 BCE
Major architectural rephase — walls and houses rebuilt in stone/mudbrick
1986
Modern systematic excavations / rescue programme
On the ground
Structures & features
40.8500° N · 26.6200° E · 45 m · 3 mapped features
Keşan Höyük — Central mound/acropolis
structureMain stratified summit with houses/fortifications and sequence
40.8503° N · 26.6202° EKeşan Höyük — Lower town / extramural area
complexLower town or extramural cemetery/workshop zone
40.8496° N · 26.6203° EKeşan Höyük — Craft / midden quarter
workshopWorkshop or midden with pottery and tools
40.8502° N · 26.6196° E
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