A comparative analysis of the cultural interaction between the western and central areas of Anatolia in the third millennium B.C.

According to a comparative study between the archaeological data from the primary settlements and cemetery areas in the western and central Anatolian areas in the Early Bronze Age, a cultural interconnection can be inferred. The genesis of that interactive process has been analysed in the light of the clear stylistic uniformity found in the production of metal objects in the sites of western and central Anatolia, and appears to be related to a trade in metal. This trade extended from the central regions of the Anatolian plateau and of the Circumpontic region as far as the Aegean. This study will seek use a comparative analysis of metal tools and primary weapons to find reasons for this cultural interdependence between these two areas.