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K. Aslıhan Yener, often anglicised as K. Aslihan Yener, is a
Turkish American Turkish Americans () or American Turks are Americans of ethnic Turkish origin. The term "Turkish Americans" can therefore refer to ethnic Turkish immigrants to the United States, as well as their American-born descendants, who originate eith ...
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whose work on
Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
tin Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn () and atomic number 50. A silvery-colored metal, tin is soft enough to be cut with little force, and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. When bent, a bar of tin makes a sound, the ...
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s in
Anatolia Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...
revealed a new possible source of the important metal.


Education and career

Yener was born in
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to
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parents, and moved to the
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, in
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at the age of six months. In 1964, she entered
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in
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planning to study chemistry. Soon she visited her native Turkey and subsequently transferred to
Robert College The American Robert College of Istanbul ( or ), often abbreviated as Robert or RC, is a Selective school, highly selective, Independent school, independent, mixed-sex education, co-educational, Education in Turkey#Private schools, private Second ...
in Istanbul in 1966, where she studied the humanities. While studying a course in
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s in
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, she noticed and became interested in the earlier
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periods at those sites. After graduating from Robert College in 1969 she continued graduate school and majored in
archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...
. She received her
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from
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in New York in 1980, and was an associate
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of
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at
Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Boğaziçi Üniversitesi''), also known as Bosphorus University, is a Public university, public research university in Istanbul, Turkey, historically tied to a former American educational insti ...
from 1980 to 1988. Aslıhan Yener became a professor of Anatolian Archaeology in the Archaeology and History of Art Dept. at
Koç University Koç University () is a private non-profit research university in Istanbul, Turkey. It started education in temporary buildings in İstinye in 1993, and moved to its current Rumelifeneri campus near Sarıyer in 2000. Koç University is ranked hi ...
and an associate professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department at the
University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...
, Oriental Institute. Aslıhan Yener joined the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago in 1993, where she is currently Associate Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology. She is currently the director of the Asi River Valley Regional Project and conducts research on the site of Alalah, which was the capital of the Mukish Kingdom during the Hittite period (Late Bronze Age, 2000-1200 BC). She is currently an emeritus associate professor at the University of Chicago.


Book

Yener is the author of the book ''The domestication of metals: the rise of complex metal industries in Anatolia'' (Brill, 2000).Reviews of ''The domestication of metals: the rise of complex metal industries in Anatolia'': * * * *


See also

*
Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
*
Tin sources and trade in ancient times Tin is an essential metal in the creation of tin-bronzes, and its acquisition was an important part of ancient cultures from the Bronze Age onward. Its use began in the Middle East and the Balkans around 3000 BC. Tin is a relatively rare elemen ...
* Göltepe


References


External links


The Göltepe/Kestel Project
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