= D'Agostino A. − Orsi V. − Torri G., Looking for traces of cultic practices at Uşaklı Höyük.
Some remarks about buildings, texts and potsherds, in: News from the Lands of the Hittites 3/4 113-142. [Abstract: Uşaklı Höyük, probably the site of ancient Zippalanda, was an important settlement during the
Hittite period. The two Late Bronze Age monumental buildings uncovered on the lower terrace and
on the southern slope of the mound were in all likelihood official structures, where the performance
of activities related to the cultic sphere might have played a significant role.
Archaeological evidence, together with an analysis of the Hittite epigraphic sources, can shed light
on the historical, social, and cultural environment of the city. Texts relating to the city of Zippalanda
give us some hints about the issues of production, function, and use of pottery vessels employed in
rituals and festivals. In the Hittite ceramic production, a neat functional distinction between cultic
and common vessels is usually unlikely, but a general use in activities related to cultic practises may
be hypothesised for different Uşaklı’s typologies.] Neue Abfrage | New Search