PUBLISHED 2014. Please visit the publication's webpage
The site today known as Troy (Turkish Hisarlik, Homer's Ilios, Greek and RomanIlion/Ilium) is situated in northwestern Asia Minor, five kilometers from the present coastline at the Dardanelles (ancient Hellespont), at 26°14´E and 39°52´N. Its sequence of occupation spans several millennia from the beginning of the Bronze Age (3000 BC) to the Byzantine period (12th century AD). Troy's high profile is obviously due to the fact that it has been regarded as the scene of the Trojan War, a story told in Homer's Iliad and still part of popular culture. In the course of an exceptionally long history of research, beginning with Heinrich Schliemann's excavations during the 19th century, Troy - its mythological or literary associations notwithstanding - has become an important archaeological site in its own right. This is only partly due to the attention and research that have gone into the investigation of the site. With its unique, continuous sequence of settlements spanning the entire Bronze Age, Troy is certainly one of the most prominent archaeological sites in Anatolia and the Aegean.
The publication project is directed by Prof. Ernst Pernicka.