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    Rock faces, opium and wine: speculations on the original viewing context of persianate manuscripts
    (De Gruyter, 2013) Department of Archeology and History of Art; Ergin, Nina Macaraig; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 52311
    One of the most delightful and interesting features of Islamic miniature painting in the Persian-speaking world is the appearance of hidden faces and figures in the background of compositions, which usually consist of rocky outcrops, tree roots or boulders. Scholars have provided different reasons for this feature, from narrative enhancement to the artists' creativity and imagination. Although accepting these reasons as valid, this paper proposes an additional raison d'etre - that is, the original viewing context of the majlis where wine and opium consumption were part of the entertainment, as both textual and visual evidence demonstrates. Based on first-hand accounts of users of psychoactive substances as well as psychological studies on their effect on creativity and visual perception, I argue that opium and wine consumption caused a perceptional shift that rendered the hidden figures even more entertaining than they would have been in a sober state of mind.
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    Ottoman royal women's spaces the acoustic dimension
    (Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Press, 2008) Department of Archeology and History of Art; Ergin, Nina Macaraig; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 52311
    In their discussion of space in relation to gender, historians of women in the Middle East so far have focused primarily on physical and visual access. This paper argues that women's acoustic space merits closer consideration, especially since acoustic methods of communication very often could and did exceed the limits of vision and visually bounded space. This argument is based on three different case studies concerning Ottoman royal women of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: (1) harem women's auditory access to imperial council meetings; (2) common petitioners' auditory access to the mother of the sultan as she traveled by carriage through the imperial capital during her frequent processions; and (3) Qur'anic recitation and prayers as commissioned by female mosque patrons. These case studies have more wide-ranging implications in that they allow for conceptual experimentation leading towards a refinement of the categories of private/public, male/female space, based on the permeability of acoustic space.
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    A new funerary inscription from Olympos (Lycia) and an addendum to TAM II 1075
    (Phaselis Research Station / Phaselis Araştırma İstasyonu, 2021) Department of Archeology and History of Art; Demirhan Öztürk, Ezgi; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities
    This paper presents two funerary inscriptions found in Olympos, one of which has not been pub-lished before (no. 1). The inscription dated to the Ist-IInd centuries A.D. was recorded in 2015, and it belongs to the tomb of Arteimas and his family. Another funerary inscription (no. 2) was published with the number 1075 in TAM II, and we make an addendum to the published inscription. The rest of the inscription belong-ing to the tomb of Pausanias was noticed in 2015 in the course of a survey and the remaining five lines of this inscription were recorded with the inv. No. 37. / : Bu makalede Olympos'ta bulunan ve biri daha önce yayınlanmamış (no. 1) ve diğer yazıta (no. 2) addendum yapılmış iki mezar yazıtı tanıtılmaktadır. MS I-II. yüzyıllara tarihlenen bir numaralı yazıt 2015 yılında kaydedilmiş olup, yazıt Arteimas ve ailesinin mezarına aittir. Bir diğer mezar yazıtı olan (no. 2) TAM II'de 1075 numara ile yayımlanmış olup; yazıta tarafımızdan bir addendum yapılmıştır. Yazıtın geri kalanı 2015 yılında bir kontrol sırasında fark edilmiş ve geri kalan beş satır tarafımızdan yeniden kaydedilmiştir, yazıt Pausanias'ın mezarına aittir.
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    Photographs as testimony: understanding antiquities in late 19th-Century Konya and the fate of some spoliated reliefs from the Seljuk Walls
    (Murat Serdar, 2022) Department of Archeology and History of Art; Yalman, Suzan Ayşe; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 50754
    The late nineteenth century was a period of transition and transformation for the Ottoman Empire. New laws were established in 1869, 1874, and 1884, in response to increasing foreign interests in antiquities found in the Ottoman lands. Moreover, in 1889, a new regulation was established for the Imperial Museum and in 1899 its first branch opened in Konya. During the fifteen years between 1884 and 1899, what kinds of developments occurred in Konya in terms of protecting antiquities? The city’s medieval walls are especially important as a case study. For instance, while on the one hand antiquities were coming under protection, on the other, the city’s renowned thirteenth-century Seljuk walls were being destroyed. Was there an explanation for this seemingly contradictory situation? The textual sources do not provide sufficient information regarding the dismantling of the walls. However, as a new technology, photography offers critical testimony for the time period in question. In this article, I try to shed light on the late nineteenth-century cultural context and the fate of the walls through the lens of photographs taken during those years. While discussing this period, I focus on some spoliated reliefs exhibited together as a frieze on the Konya walls. / On dokuzuncu yüzyılda Osmanlı Devleti’nde “âsâr-ı atîka” olarak bilinen eski eserler, 1869 ve 1874’ten sonra, 1884 yılında yeni bir Âsârı Atîka Nizamnamesi ile daha kapsamlı bir şekilde korunmaya alınmıştı. Daha sonra, 1889 yılında Müze-i Hümayun Nizamnamesi çıkartılmış ve 1899 yılında da Konya Âsâr-ı Atîka Müzesi Anadolu’da Müze-i Hümayun’un ilk şubesi olarak açılmıştı. Bu gelişmeler Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun modernleşme çabalarının önemli bir kesitiydi ve vilayetlerdeki eserleri korumak için Osmanlı valileri yetkilendirilmekteydi. Nizamnamelerdeki değişikliklerden sonra müzenin açılışına kadar geçen on beş yılda Konya’daki süreç koruma anlayışı açısından nasıl ilerlemişti? Bu çerçevede bir vaka örneği olarak şehrin Ortaçağ surlarının akıbeti önem taşımaktadır. Örneğin, bir yandan Konya’daki eski eserler koruma altına alınırken, diğer yandan şehrin on üçüncü yüzyıldan kalma meşhur Selçuklu surları yık(tır)ılıyordu. Çelişkili görünen bu durumun bir açıklaması olabilir miydi? Elimizdeki yazılı kaynaklar, özellikle surların akıbeti konusunda yeterli bilgi içermemektedir. Ancak, yeni bir teknoloji olan fotoğraf, o dönemdeki gelişmelere tanıklık edilebilmesi açısından önem taşır. Bu makale, Konya’nın on dokuzuncu yüzyıl sonundaki kültür tarihine ve surlarının akıbetine, o yıllarda çekilmiş ve özellikle surlarda bir friz olarak sergilenen bazı devşirme rölyeflerin fotoğrafları aracılığıyla ışık tutmayı hedefler.
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    An insight into Old Hittite metallurgy : alloying practices at Hüseyindede (Çorum, Turkey)
    (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2019) Department of Archeology and History of Art; Arıkan, Gonca Dardeniz; PhD Student; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities
    This paper presents archaeological and analytical data on metal artefacts from Hüseyindede (Çorum, Turkey), dated to the Old Hittite period (ca 16th century BC). Hüseyindede, which is set in a rural landscape, demonstrates continuity in alloying traditions from the Early Bronze Age III (ca 26th/25th-22nd/21st century BC) and the Assyrian Trading Colonies period (20th-18th century BC) to the emergence of the Hittites. In addition to known alloying practices of the period, the site presents, for the first time, evidence of the existence of copper-nickel alloys, namely cupronickels, which so far have been documented only at the Late Bronze Age capital of the Hittites, Boǧazköy/Hattuša. The Hüseyindede cupronickel objects now pinpoint the presence of this technology to regions spreading out from the Halys basin from the Old Kingdom Hittite period. / Bu makalede, Eski Hitit Dönemi’ne (yaklaşık M.Ö. 16. yy) tarihlenen Hüseyindede (Çorum, Türkiye) yerleşiminde ele geçen maden eserlerin arkeolojik ve analitik verileri sunulmaktadır. Kırsal olarak tanımlanabilecek bir alanda konumlanmış olan Hüseyindede yerleşimi, Erken Tunç Çağı III (M.Ö. 26./25.–22./21. yy) ve Assur Ticaret Kolonileri Çağı’dan (M.Ö. 20.–18. yy) Hititlerin ortaya çıkışına kadar geçen süreçte, maden alaşımlama teknikleri açısından bir sürekliliğin var olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Dönemin bilinen alaşımlama tekniklerinin yanı sıra Hüseyindede’de, kupro-nikel olarak isimlendirilen ve Geç Tunç Çağı’nda Hititlerin başkenti Boğazköy/Hattuša’dan bilinen bakır-nikel alaşımlarının en erken örneklerinin bulunduğuna dair kanıtlar, bu çalışmada sunulmaktadır. Hüseyindede’de ortaya çıkarılan kupro-nikel eserler sayesinde bu alaşımlama teknolojinin, Kızılırmak kavsi içerinde Eski Hitit Dönemi’nden itibaren bilindiği saptanmıştır.
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    Wild Goat style ceramics at Troy and the impact of Archaic period colonisation on the Troad
    (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2013) Pernicka, Ernst; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Aslan, Carolyn Chabot; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 57663
    The establishment of colonies along the Hellespont by inhabitants of Ionia, Athens and Lesbos is well-known from historical texts. Recently, stratified contexts at Troy as well as other surveys and excavations have yielded new information about the chronology and material markers of Archaic period settlements in the Troad and the Gallipoli peninsula. The archaeological evidence for colonisation in this region is not clearly seen until the late seventh to early sixth century BC when there is a dramatic change in the material culture. Destruction evidence from Troy indicates that the new settlers probably entered a weakened and depopulated region in the second half of the seventh century BC. The Ionian colonists transplanted their pottery traditions and started production of East Greek style ceramics in the Troad. Neutron Activation Analysis of Wild Goat style ceramics found at Troy offers further confirmation for the existence of Hellespontine Wild Goat style ceramic production centres. The Wild Goat style examples from Troy help to define the characteristics of the Hellespontine group, as well as the chronology and impact of colonisation in this area.