This paper presents archaeological and analytical data on metal artefacts from Hüseyindede (Çorum, Turkey), dated to the Old Hittite period (ca 16th century BC). Hüseyindede, which is set in a rural landscape, demonstrates continuity in alloying traditions from the Early Bronze Age III (ca 26th/25th–22nd/21st century BC) and the Assyrian Trading Colonies period (20th–18th century BC) to the emergence of the Hittites. In addition to known alloying practices of the period, the site presents, for the first time, evidence of the existence of copper-nickel alloys, namely cupronickels, which so far have been documented only at the Late Bronze Age capital of the Hittites, Boğazköy/Hattuša. The Hüseyindede cupronickel objects now pinpoint the presence of this technology to regions spreading out from the Halys basin from the Old Kingdom Hittite period.

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深入了解古赫梯冶金：Hüseyindede（土耳其Çorum）的合金化实践

本文介绍了来自 Hüseyindede（土耳其Çorum）的可追溯到旧赫梯时期（约公元前 16 世纪）的金属制品的考古和分析数据。Hüseyindede 位于乡村景观中，展示了从早期青铜时代 III（约公元前 26/25-22/21 世纪）和亚述贸易殖民地时期（公元前 20-18 世纪）到赫梯人。除了该时期已知的合金化实践外，该遗址还首次提供了铜镍合金存在的证据，即白铜，迄今为止仅在青铜时代晚期赫梯人的首都博阿兹科伊有文献记载/哈图沙。Hüseyindede 白铜物体现在将这项技术的存在精确定位到从古王国赫梯时期从哈利斯盆地扩展的区域。