Talk:Arslantepe

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Propose renaming and moving page to "Melid"

Since this is an archaeological site, it should be listed under its contemporary name (the usual rendering is Melid[1]).

Moved Categorystuff (talk) 01:22, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you mean 'historic' name? In any case, it has a modern name (and so presumably a modern settlement) and that name is used to identify the archaeological site (cf. links on page.) -LlywelynII (talk) 11:37, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Panoramic movie of site

Is located here. Not sure how (or whether legal) to include it on the page, though. -LlywelynII (talk) 11:37, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Louis Delaporte

Louis-Joseph Delaporte(1874-1944) and his book: "Les Hittites" (there must be an article about him!) Böri (talk) 11:55, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Name change to Arslantepe

Official name is frequently used than 'Melid'

https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5908/ https://www.oldest.org/culture/swords/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287858135_Arslantepe-Malatya_A_Prehistoric_and_Early_Historic_Center_in_Eastern_Anatolia 88.230.168.151 (talk) 15:19, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't. Having the real name instead of the turkish name helps a lot. having all these turkish names a gloss over the authentic ancient anatolian names greatly obscures the history.

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I cleaned up the archaeology and the early period things and pulled a few weeds but the post 3rd millennium, Neo-Hittite etc, part needs much work. And I won't reopen the naming argument but I note that the site appears, as far as I can see, to have only been called Melid by the Neo-Assyrians and briefly at that, while having several earlier names. So it should be Arslantepe but that is water under the bridge.Ploversegg (talk) Ploversegg (talk) 16:08, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ploversegg Are you sure? I'd be happy with move I think. Doug Weller talk 16:52, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, an article title search for Arslantepe turns up 20X the number for Melid and some

of those are about some obscure beetle. And when a site has different names in different periods

I think its good to stick with the "archaeology" name to avoid confusion. Plus, I

hate on modern names for sites as it can attract unwanted attention. So yes I would

be comfortable with a move.Ploversegg (talk) 17:36, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ploversegg Ok. Doug Weller talk 17:40, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've poked at this article a few times in the past but now I see that it is a much more Notable site than I earlier appreciated. Ploversegg (talk) 17:49, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]