Rodney S. Young directed excavations for the Museum at the site of Gordion on the central plateau in Anatolia (modern Turkey) in alternate years from 1950 to 1973. Traces of occupation as early as the Early Bronze Age have been identified, but Gordion flourished in the time of the historic King Midas, toward the end of the eighth century B.C. The three huge tumuli-covered wooden burial chambers detailed here contained a wealth of bronze vessels, fine wooden furniture, and pottery.
University Museum Monograph, 43
- ISBN10 0934718393
- ISBN13 9780934718394
- Publish Date 29 January 1982
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Pennsylvania Museum
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 353
- Language English