Trust and accountability in Hittite bureaucratic networks (ca. 1650-1190 BCE)
Public support
Provider
Czech Science Foundation
Programme
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Call for proposals
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Main participants
Orientální ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.
Contest type
M2 - International cooperation
Contract ID
26-24309K
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
Trust and accountability in Hittite bureaucratic networks (ca. 1650-1190 BCE)
Annotation in Czech
This project proposes a novel approach to investigate trust and accountability systems in early complex economies with a case study on the Hittite kingdom and empire (1650-1190 BCE). The goal will be to explore the procedures employed by the Hittite administration for monitoring economic transactions and secure their integrity, the type of transactions commanded by central and peripheral institutions, the personnel entrusted with the transactions, their roles, their mutual interactions and their range of action within the Hittite territorial domain. Current research has mostly addressed individual aspects of this topic in traditional perspectives, especially focusing on iconographic and textual sources. This project proposes an innovative interdisciplinary framework that integrates for the first time the systematic study of historical and archaeological records with cutting-edge geochemical provenance study of ancient artifacts, with a focus on non-destructive portable X-Ray Fluorescence analysis.
Scientific branches
R&D category
ZV - Basic research
OECD FORD - main branch
60102 - Archaeology
OECD FORD - secondary branch
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OECD FORD - another secondary branch
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CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Oct 1, 2026
Realization period - end
Dec 31, 2029
Project status
Z - Beginning multi-year project
Latest support payment
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Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP26-GA0-GF-R
Data delivery date
Oct 9, 2026
Finance
Total approved costs
8,152 thou. CZK
Public financial support
8,152 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK