Karkiya or Karkisa was a Late Bronze Age region in western Anatolia known from references in Hittite and Egyptian records.
The name Karkisa/Karkiya has been argued to be related to later terms for Caria such as Greek Kares, Akkadian Karsa, and Persian Karka.
[1][2][3] However, the linguistic link is not firmly established, since the differences between the earlier and later terms do not follow regular patterns of sound change[4] and the relevance of such laws to the transmission of toponyms between languages has been questioned.
Its identification with the later area of Caria is motivated by textual evidence which potentially suggests a location to the north of Lukka, south of Arzawa-Mira, west of Tarhuntassa, but inland from Millawanda.
[6][2][5] Woudhuizen has located the Bronze Age forerunners of Karkiyans amongst the Cyclades,[7] though there is no known archaeological evidence for or against such migrations.