Charles Gates received his Ph.D. in
Classical Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania (1979), and taught at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before joining the faculty at
Bilkent in 1990. His fields include Minoan and Mycenaean, Greek, and Byzantine
art and archaeology. His latest publication is a book, Ancient Cities: The
Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece, and Rome
(London and New York: Routledge, 2003). A member of the Kinet Höyük
excavations since 1993, he works primarily on the site's Iron Age and
Hellenistic levels.
Publications
Books
2003. Ancient Cities: The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East, Egypt,
Greece, and Rome London and New York: Routledge.
2002. Turkish-English/English-Turkish Dictionary and Phrasebook New York: Hippocrene Books.
1983. From Cremation to Inhumation: Burial Practices at Ialysos and Kameiros During
the Mid-Archaic Period, ca. 625-525 B.C. Occasional Paper 11, Institute of
Archaeology, UCLA Los Angeles: Institute of Archaeology, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Edited Books
2009. Gates, C., Morin, J. & T. Zimmermann (eds.), Sacred Landscapes in Anatolia and Neighboring Regions. BAR International Series 2034. Oxford: Archaeopress.
Articles
2008. "Cities, Ancient, and Daily Life.” in D. M. Pearsall (ed.), Encyclopedia of Archaeology. San Diego, CA: Elsevier/Academic Press, 996-1002.
2006. "Orientalizing and Archaic East Greek Pottery Types from Kinet Höyük (Cilicia)," in B. Avunç ed.,Hayat Erkanal’a Armağan: Kültürlerin Yansıması / Studies in Honor of Hayat Erkanal: Cultural Reflections Istanbul: Homer Kitabevi ve
Yayıncılık, 368-372.
2005.
"The Place of the Achaemenid Persian Period in Archaeological Research in
Cilicia and Hatay (Turkey)," in P. Briant and R. Boucharlat (eds.),
L’archéologie de l’empire achéménide: nouvelles recherches Paris: De Boccard, 49-69.
2004.
"The Adoption of Pictorial Imagery in Minoan Wall Painting: A Comparativist
Perspective," in Anne Chapin, ed., Charis. Studies in Honor of Sara A.
Immerwahr. Hesperia Supplement 33 Princeton, NJ: American School of
Classical Studies at Athens, 27-46.
1999.
"Research in Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Cilicia: Whence and Whither?" in É.
Jean, A. M. Dinçol, and S. Durugönül, eds., La Cilicie: Espaces et Pouvoirs
Locaux (2e millénaire av. J.-C. - 4e siècle ap. J.-C). Actes de la Table ronde
internationale d'Istanbul, 2-5 novembre Paris: Institut Français d'
Études Anatoliennes Georges Dumézil - Istanbul; and de Boccard, 2001 265-268.
1999. "Why Are There No Scenes of Warfare in Minoan Art?" in R. Laffineur, ed.,
POLEMOS. Le contexte guerrier en Egée à l'Age du bronze. Aegaeum 19,
277-283.
1999. "Kinet Höyük 1992-1997: The Achaemenid Persian and Hellenistic Periods,"Olba
2, 323-332.
1996 "American Archaeologists in Turkey: Intellectual and Social Dimensions,"
Journal of the American Studies Association of Turkey 4, 47-68. [available
online at http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~jast/Number4/Gates]
1995.
"Defining Boundaries of a State: The Mycenaeans and their Anatolian Frontier,"
in R. Laffineur and W.-D. Niemeier, eds., POLITEIA. Society and State in the
Aegean Bronze Age. Aegaeum 12, 289-297.
1994.
"Priene, Miletus, and Didyma,"Ankara Scene vol. 21, no. 2, 1-8.
1993. "Cappadocia,"Ankara Scene vol. 20, no. 6 1-7; Reprinted -
Ankara Scene vol. 25, no. 3 March 13, 1998 1-8.
1992. "Art for Children in Mycenaean Greece," R. Laffineur and J. L. Crowley, eds.,
EIKON. Aegean Bronze Age Iconography: Shaping a Methodology. Aegaeum 8, 161-171.
1989. "Iconography at the Crossroads: the Aegina Treasure," R. Laffineur, ed.,
TRANSITION. Le monde égéen du Bronze Moyen au Bronze Récent. Aegaeum 3, 215-225.
1985. "Rethinking the Building History of Grave Circle A at Mycenae," American Journal of Archaeology 89, 263-274.
Book Reviews
2008. Review of Stephanie Moser, Wondrous Curiosities: Ancient Egypt at the British Museum (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2006). Museum History Journal 1, 288-289.
2007. Review of John E. Curtis and Nigel Tallis (eds.), Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005). American Journal of Archaeology 111, 583-584.
2005.
Review article. "Tracking the Achaemenid Persians in Anatolia," American Journal of Archaeology 109, 789-792.
2000.
Review of Roger Matthews, ed., Ancient Anatolia. Fifty Years' Work by the
British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara (London: British Institute of
Archaeology at Ankara, 1998). American Journal of Archaeology 104,
800-801.
1997.
Review of Irene Bald Romano, Gordion Special Studies 2. The Terracotta
Figurines and Related Vessels. University Museum Monograph 86 Philadelphia:
The University Museum, 1995. Journal of Hellenic Studies 117,
258-259.
1996.
Review of Ian Morris, Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical
Antiquity Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992 and Ian Morris, ed.,
Classical Greece: Ancient Histories and Modern Archaeologies Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1994. Bulletin, Society for the Anthropology of
Europe vol. 10, no. 2 9-10.
1993.
Review of Howard Colvin, Architecture and the After-Life New Haven: Yale
University Press, n.d., Bulletin. Society for the Anthropology of Europe
vol. 7, no. 3 10.
1988.
Review of R. Laffineur, ed., Thanatos. Les coutumes funéraires en Egée à
l'âge du bronze Liège: Université de Liège, 1987, American Journal of
Archaeology 92, 605-606.
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