METU SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTION: DETAILS FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBITIONS

Authors : Ilker Koç

Pages : 18-26

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Publication Date : 2018-07-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :The activities of the Science and Technology Collection located within the Middle East Technical University campus are concentrated on four main areas. These are Science and Technology History Exhibition, Classic Automobiles Exhibition, Hands-on Science Center and Open Air Exhibition Area. The Science and Technology History Exhibition can be grouped in three types of exhibitions. The first group is composed of exhibitions showing the advancement of science and technology in Anatolia down the ages. The second group includes exhibitions showing the enhancement of technologies such as writing, medicine and textile. The third group, on the other hand, is composed of exhibitions where certain working spaces (blacksmith, coppersmith, pharmacy, photography studio and laboratory, radio repair shop etc.) from Ottoman and Republican periods are reconstructed. In these collections, the replicates of archaeological objects and the originals of Ottoman and Republican periods objects are put on display. In this article, general information will be provided with regards to exhibitions showing the development of science and technology in Anatolia throughout the millennia, and more detail will be given on the Hittite Period Exhibition. Extensive information will be given on some selected objects of Hittite Period Exhibition, such as Alaca Höyük reliefs, earthenware pipes used as part of water supply system of the city, a Hittite musical instrument (lute/guitar-like), a saw, a pot bellows, a loom, and clothes and shoes of soldiers.
Keywords : Anatolia, Hittite, Exhibition, Science, Technology