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Near Eastern Archaeology
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Hatay Mustafa Kemal University: Hatay, TR

2019-12 to present | Assoc. Prof. Dr. (Archaeology Department)
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Mustafa Kemal University: Hatay, TR

2016-01-01 to 2019-12 | Assistant Professor (Department of Archaeology)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Universita degli studi Firenze: Firenze, IT

2008 to 2012 | Ph.D
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Middle East Technical University: Ankara, Ankara, TR

2003 to 2006 | MSc (Settlement Archaeology)
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Bilkent University: Ankara, TR

1998 to 2003 | BA (Archaeology and History of Art)
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Works (19)

Embracing Heritage, Empowering Communities: Visualizing Fieldwork and the 6 February 2023 Earthquakes at the Bronze Age City of Tell Atchana, Alalakh

Journal of Field Archaeology
2024-11-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Murat Akar; Onur Hasan Kırman; Müge Bulu; Hélène Maloigne; Tara Ingman; Gökhan Tektaş; Baran Kerim Ecer
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SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR KÜLTÜREL MİRAS VE İYİLEŞTİREN ARKEOLOJİ: KAHRAMANMARAŞ MERKEZLİ 6 ŞUBAT DEPREMLERİ SONRASI AÇÇANA HÖYÜK, ESKİ ALALAH KENTİ KERPİÇ ANITLARININ KORUNMASINDA KOLEKTİF SÜREÇLER

Anadolu (Anatolia)
2024-10-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Murat Akar
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BEFORE THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE RE-URBANIZATION AT THE HINTERLAND SITE OF TOPRAKHİSAR HÖYÜK (HATAY, TÜRKİYE)

Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi
2024-08-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Murat Akar; Müge Bulu; Demet Kara
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A lead figurine from Toprakhisar Hoyuk: magico-ritual objects in the Syro-Anatolian Middle Bronze Age

Anatolian Studies
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Akar, Murat; Kara, Demet
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Human mobility at Tell Atchana (Alalakh), Hatay, Turkey during the 2nd millennium BC: Integration of isotopic and genomic evidence

PLOS ONE
2021-06-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
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The formation of collective, political and cultural memory in the Middle Bronze Age: foundation and termination rituals at Toprakhisar Höyük

Anatolian Studies
2020 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0066-1546
Part of ISSN: 2048-0849
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Genomic History of Neolithic to Bronze Age Anatolia, Northern Levant, and Southern Caucasus

Cell
2020-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0092-8674
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Arkeolojik ve Tarihsel Bağlamı İçerisinde Mitanni İmparatorluğu’nun Batı Sınırı: Alalah Aççana Höyük Geç Tunç Çağı Tabakalarına Ait Bir Değerlendirme

Colloquium Anatolicum
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: MURAT AKAR
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Into the Hinterland: The Middle Bronze Age Building at Toprakhisar Höyük, Altınözü (Hatay, Turkey)

ADALYA
2018 | Journal article | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: MURAT AKAR
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Toprakhisar höyük kazısı: MÖ 6. binyıldan 1. binyıla Amik Ovası merkezleri ve Altınözü kırsal yerleşimleri arası politik, ekonomik ve kültürel ilişkiler

Anadolu (Anatolia)
2018 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0570-0116
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Archaeomagnetic Records from Early Bronze to Iron Age Mediterranean Settlements

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
2017 | Conference paper
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Late Middle Bronze Age International Connections: An Egyptian Style Kohl Pot from Alalakh

Questions, Approaches, and Dialogues in the Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology. Studies in Honor of Marie-Henriette and Charles Gates
2017 | Book chapter
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Pointed Juglets as an International Trend in Late Bronze Ritual Practices: A View from Alalakh

Overturning Certainties in Near Eastern Archaeology: A Festschrift in Honor of K. Aslihan Yener
2017 | Book chapter
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The Role of Harbour Towns in the Re-Urbanization of the Levant in the Middle Bronze Age (1800-1600 BC). Perspectives from Eastern Cilicia and the Amuq Plain of Hatay

2015 | Interactive resource
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Provisioning an urban center under foreign occupation: zooarchaeological insights into the Hittite presence in late fourteenth-century BCE Alalakh

Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies
2014 | Journal article
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The Forgotten Kingdom: Photography and Archaeology at Ancient Alalakh

2014 | Edited book
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The Late Bronze Age Fortresses at Tell Atchana/Alalakh. Architecture and Identity in Mediterranean Exchange Systems

Across the Border: Late Bronze Iron Age Relations between Syria and Anatolia, Amsterdam: Peeters
2013 | Journal article
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A Kingdom and Its Capital in the Borderlands: The Sir Leonard Woolley Excavations at Tell Atchana, Ancient Alalakh

The Discovery of an Anatolian Empire: A Colloquium to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Decipherment of the Hittite Language
Book chapter
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Alalah-Tell Açana/ Alalakh--Tell Atchana

Hititler. Bir Anadolu Imparatorluğu. Hittites. An Anatolian Empire, Istanbul
Book chapter
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