Assoc. Prof. ALİ ÇİFÇİ

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Çifçi is an archaeologist and ancient historian specializing in protohistory and the archaeology of the Near East, with particular research interests in Anatolian civilizations, socio-economic structures, and cultural heritage management.

Dr. Çifçi received his BA in History from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and went on to complete both his MA and PhD in Archaeology at the University of Liverpool’s Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology. He was a Senior Fellow at the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) at Koç University in Istanbul from 2015 to 2016.

His research encompasses field archaeology, material culture studies, and ancient socio-economic systems. Dr. Çifçi has participated in numerous excavations in eastern Turkey and, since 2015, has co-directed the Elbistan-Karahöyük and Hamzatepe archaeological excavations. Since 2019, he has also directed systematic archaeological surveys in the northern districts of Kahramanmaraş Province.

Dr. Çifçi is the author and co-author of many scholarly publications, including monographs and peer-reviewed articles on Urartian economy, Neo-Hittite archaeology, and Anatolian settlement patterns. In addition to his research, he teaches undergraduate courses in ancient history and archaeology - such as Ancient Mesopotamian History, History and Civilization of the Ancient Near East, and The Hittite Empire- and supervises graduate theses on related topics.

Notable publications include:

· The Socio-Economic Organisation of the Urartian Kingdom (Brill, 2017)

· “The Economy of the Urartian Kingdom” in Archaeology and History of Urartu (Biainili), edited by G.R. Tsetskhladze (Peeters, 2021)

· “Urartian Studies during the Foundation of Modern Nation States: Archaeological Traditions, Ideologies and Perceptions” (Ancient West & East, 19, 2020)

· “Urartian Irrigation Systems: A Critical Review” (Ancient Near Eastern Studies, 50, 2013), co-authored with A.M. Greaves

· “‘I Have Made a Highway of Biainili’: Transportation and Road Networks in the Territories of the Urartian Kingdom” co-authored with B. Gökce (Altorientalischen Forschungen, 48/2, 2021)

· “Elbistan Karahöyük and Hamzatepe Excavations 2015–2020: A Hittite Settlement and Cemetery in the Elbistan Plain” in The Archaeology of Anatolia, Volume IV: Recent Discoveries (2018–2020), edited by S. Steadman and G. McMahon (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021), co-authored with B. Uysal

· “Yörükselim Stele: A Neo-Hittite Period Stele From Kahramanmaraş Museum” co-authored with G. Başpınar, (Anatolica, 48, 2023)

· “The “Worthless Stones” of Zincirli: Osman Hamdi Bey and the German Excavations of 1888–1902”, co-authored with O. Satır, (Anadolu Araştırmaları, 31, 2024)