Troia 1987-2012: Grabungen und Forschungen, Volumes II & III

Volume III, in 2 parts, was published in 2020. Please visit the publication's webpage.

The site today known as Troy (Turkish Hisarlık, Homer’s Ilios, Greek and Roman Ilion/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. 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 most recent excavations resumed in 1988 under the direction of Manfred Korfmann (1942-2005). Results include a reappraisal of earlier work, especially stratigraphy and chronology, a comprehensive, interdisciplinary regional study of the site and its surrounding landscape (the Troad), and new discoveries, particularly a previously unknown larger Bronze Age settlement around the central citadel. Subsequent to the untimely death of Manfred Korfmann the applicant was entrusted with the directorship of the project. His primary concern has been to complete unfinished work at Troy in the spirit of his predecessor.

Prof. Ernst Pernicka, retired professor from Heidelberg University, Senior Professor at Tübingen University, and scientific director of the Curt-Engelhorn-Center for Archaeometry, has been involved with the project since the beginning and is the lead researcher of the publication project. Please visit the webpage for the first volume, Troia 1987 - 2012: Grabungen und Forschungen, Volume I.