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Publication Metadata only A comparative look at Halaf and Ubaid period social complexity and the Tell Kurdu case(Tuba-Turkish acad Sciences, 2010) N/A; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 55583While the Uruk Period is generally accepted as the earliest state society in the Near East, Assessing the social, political and economic organization of the antecedent Halaf and Ubaid phases has been a matter of long-standing debate. Over-schematized evolutionary categories like "tribes" or "chiefdoms" provide little resolve in characterizing the socio-political complexity of Near Eastern prehistoty because they fail to account for the variability these phases encompass. This paper invites us to move beyond typological categories, yet considers issues of political economy and explores conscious strategies towards social complexity between these two well-known phases of Near Eastern prehistory. Located in the Hatay province of southern Turkey, Tell Kurdu has relatively wide horizontal exposures dating both to the Halaf-related and to the Ubaid-related phases, providing a unique opportunity to explore at a single settlement the contrasting levels of social complexity in the sixth and fifth millennia BC.Publication Open Access A Lower Paleolithic assemblage from western Anatolia: the lithics from Bozyer(Elsevier, 2019) Dinçer, Berkay; Çilingiroğlu, Çiler; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Roosevelt, Christopher Havemeyer; Roosevelt, Christina Marie Luke; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A; 235112In 2005 the Central Lydia Archaeological Survey (CLAS) identified an open-air Lower Paleolithic site called Bozyer near Lake Marmara in the province of Manisa, Turkey. Intensive survey of Bozyer in 2008 resulted in collection of over 300 stone tools. Subsequent systematic analysis attributed 189 of these lithics to a Lower Paleolithic industry. The assemblage is characterized by flakes and retouched flake tools, many of which were produced with the bipolar flaking technique; preferential use of locally available quartz and quartzite over chert; a low proportion of cores, most of which were reused as choppers and chopping tools; and the absence of bifaces and other large cutting tools. With few exceptions, similar assemblages are rare in Anatolia, and comparable industries from Eurasia and the Near East date to the Early Pleistocene period. The lithic industry from Bozyer thus joins other nearby sites in evidencing some of the earliest hominin activities outside Africa, shedding new light on growing understandings of Lower Paleolithic technology, mobility, and activities in Anatolia.Publication Metadata only A metal workshop? Multi-hollow anvils at Taştepe obası in southeastern Konya(Brill, 2017) N/A; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Maner, Çiğdem; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 104427During the first campaign of the Konya Ereğli Survey Project (keyar) in 2013, c. 12 km north of the Bolkar Mountains, a site called Taştepe Obası just north of the village of Çayhan was surveyed. In between domestic houses and in the field of Taştepe Obası, four large stones with man-made small circular depressions were discovered. These rocks, known as multi-hollow anvils or multi-hollow mortars, are important indications that metal ores were dressed here. The proximity to the metal-rich Bolkar Mountains might indicate the presence of a metal workshop. Very similar multi-hollow anvils have been discovered in the vicinity of the Kestel mine, where they were used for ore dressing of cassiterite, the first stage in the preparation of the ore for the smelting process. This article will introduce the site of Taştepe Obası and consider it in the context of ancient metal workshops in the region and the mining activities in the Bolkar Mountains.Publication Metadata only A Middle and Late Bronze Age site in the Gediz Valley: Kaymakçı(Ege Yayınları, 2018) Ünlüsoy, Sinan; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Roosevelt, Christopher Havemeyer; Roosevelt, Christina Marie Luke; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) / Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 235115; 235112Kaymakçı is a fortified Middle and Late Bronze Age site situated in the middle Gediz Valley in the prov- ince of Manisa in western Anatolia. Kaymakçı consists of an 8.6 ha citadel, dispersed extramural settle- ment, and a cemetery, among other features. The site was first discovered in 2001 and then studied non- invasively from 2006 on by the Central Lydia Archaeological Survey (CLAS). It was the largest site of its period in the Gediz Valley and is recognized as a significant regional capital during the Late Bronze Age. Excavations at Kaymakçı promise gains in understanding for both the scientific knowledge of second- millennium BCE central western Anatolia and its links to the Aegean and Anatolian worlds. This article discusses the results of excavations conducted at Kaymakçı between 2014 and 2016 by the Kaymakçı Archaeological Project. The excavations are concentrated in three broad areas that show differences in topography as well as spatial and architectural layout: “The Southern Terrace,” “The Inner Citadel and Surrounding Slope,” and “The Northern Fortifications,” The focus of the article is the architectural remains exposed in these areas and what they say about the general layout of the Bronze Age settlement at Kaymakçı / Kaymakçı Manisa İl sınırları içerisinde Orta Gediz Vadisinde bulunan tahkimli bir Orta ve Geç TunçÇağı yerleşmesidir. Kaymakçı yaklaşık 8.6 hektarlık bir alanı kapsayan kale içi yerleşmesi, bunun dışındadağınık bir sur dışı yerleşmesi ve mezarlık alanından oluşmaktadır. Yerleşme ilk olarak 2001 yılında keş-fedilmiş ve 2006 yılından itibaren ise Merkezi Lidya Arkeolojik Yüzey Araştırmaları (CLAS) kapsamındaaraştırılmıştır. Döneminin Gediz vadisindeki en büyük yerleşmesi olan Kaymakçı önemli bir bölgeselbaşkent olarak yorumlanmaktadır. Kaymakçı’da yürütülen kazı çalışmaları MÖ 2. binyılda Batı Anadoluhakkında bilimsel bilgilerimizi arttırmasının yanı sıra bu bölgenin Ege ve Anadolu’nun diğer yöreleriile olan bağlantılarını açığa çıkarma potansiyeline sahiptir. Bu makalede 2014 ve 2016 yılları arasın-da Kaymakçı’da gerçekleştirilen kazı çalışmalarının sonuçları tartışılmaktadır. Kazılar hem topoğrafikhem de mimari ve yerleşim düzeni açısından farklılıklar gösteren üç ayrı alanda gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bualanlar “Güney Teras”, “İç Kale ve Çevresi” ve “Kuzey Savunma Sistemi” olarak adlandırılmaktadırlar.Makale genel anlamda bu alanlarda açığa çıkarılan mimari kalıntılar ve bunların Kaymakçı’daki TunçÇağı yerleşmesinin düzeni hakkında sunduğu ipuçlarına odaklanmaktadır.Publication Open Access 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 HumanitiesThis 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.Publication Metadata only A petrographic study of selected soils/sediments from sixth millennium BCE levels of the Tell Kurdu site: a contribution to the definition of technosols(Springer Heidelberg, 2020) Akca, Erhan; Kadir, Selahattin; Kapur, Selim; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 55583N/APublication Metadata only A place of burning hero or ancestor cult at Troy(Amer School Classical Studies At Athens, 2011) 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; N/AThis article presents the evidence for Early Archaic ritual activity on the site of a Late Bronze Age cemetery a short distance outside the walls of Troy, at a spot known to excavators as "A Place of Burning." Here, as at the West Sanctuary adjacent to the citadel, the evidence follows a pattern similar to that found in hero and ancestor cults at other sites. Growing population in the region may have led the inhabitants of Troy to use associations with Bronze Age remains as a way of strengthening territorial claims and bolstering the power of the local elite.Publication Open Access A place of burning: hero or ancestor cult at troy(American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), 2011) 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; 57663This article presents the evidence for Early Archaic ritual activity on the site of a Late Bronze Age cemetery a short distance outside the walls of Troy, at a spot known to excavators as “A Place of Burning.” Here, as at the West Sanctuary adjacent to the citadel, the evidence follows a pattern similar to that found in hero and ancestor cults at other sites. Growing population in the region may have led the inhabitants of Troy to use associations with Bronze Age remains as a way of strengthening territorial claims and bolstering the power of the local elite.Publication Metadata only A resilient landscape: the land walls of constantinople and their surroundings(Christian Archaeological Soc, 2018) Department of Archeology and History of Art; Ricci, Alessandra; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 41889The land walls of Constantinople, built in the early years of the 5th century, substantially reinforced the city's defenses while contributing to the creation of the capital's urban identity. This paper considers a rarely touched-upon subject, that of the usage of agricultural spaces within the land walls and their immediate vicinity. The presence of horticultural activities noted along present-day sections of the land walls represents the intangible memory of patterns of usage now traceable to the Late Antique period.Publication Metadata only A review of cultural heritage education in Turkish schools (1962-2011)(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2013) Gueler-Biyikli, Senem; 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; N/ACultural heritage preservation has formed a key component of Turkish Social Studies instruction since the curriculum first was introduced in the 1960s. In this article, we trace changes over time in the way cultural heritage has been presented to students in Turkey. For this study, Turkish Social Studies textbooks for fourth through seventh graders (ages 9-10 to 12-13) published from 1974 to 2011 were examined, including both their texts and illustrations concerning cultural heritage and the closely related topic of tourism. Over nearly four decades, the textbook presentation of cultural heritage has shifted from a national focus to a focus on world cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible. The textbooks illustrate the high value placed on monuments and artwork that demonstrate the accomplishments and progress of Anatolian civilizations, specifically, the Seljuk and Ottoman Turks. Notably, the textbooks emphasize the economic value of monuments and sites for tourism revenues.Publication Metadata only A roman sprit-rigged vessel depiction from Marmara Island (Proconnesos), Turkey(Taylor & Francis Inc, 2021) Günsenin, Nergis; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Jones, Michael Rice; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; The Koç University Mustafa V. Koç Maritime Archaeology Research Center (KUDAR); College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 272049A Roman inscribed grave stela with a rare depiction of a sprit-rigged vessel was discovered in 1998 in the west necropolis of Saraylar on Marmara Island (ancient Proconnesos, modern Balikesir Province, Turkey). Dated to the 2nd-3rd century AD, it was stolen in 2002 and recovered in 2016, and is now housed at the Bandirma Archaeological Museum. This article details new information provided by this and other Roman sprit-rig depictions documented since the 1950s, and discusses the possible roles of sprit-rigged vessels in Roman trade on the Sea of Marmara and Aegean.Publication Metadata only A shared culture of heavenly fragrance: a comparison of late Byzantine and Ottoman incense burners and censing practices in religious contexts(Harvard University Press, 2015) Hedrick, Tera Lee; 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; N/AN/APublication Metadata only A social history of Ottoman İstanbul(Middle East Institute (MEI), 2010) 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; N/AN/APublication Metadata only A sound status among the Ottoman elite architectural patrons of sixteenth-century Istanbul mosques and their recitation programs(Univ Texas Press, 2018) 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; N/AN/APublication Metadata only A study of Ottoman narratives on architecture: text, context and hermeneutics(Seta Foundation, 2011) 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; N/AN/APublication Metadata only A tale of two cities: Thebes and Chalcis in a world of change (ninth to fifteenth centuries)(Taylor and Francis, 2021) Department of Archeology and History of Art; Kontogiannis, Nikolaos; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 258781Central Greece during the Byzantine era has often been summarily and perhaps simplistically considered by earlier historians as a primarily agrarian backwater, coming to forefront only. Chalcis gradually came under Venetian rule, and served as an international maritime colony. These divergent political conditions also gradually influenced the civic conditions and the urban fabric of both cities. Between the ninth and the twelfth centuries, the “special bond” between two cities was achieved through a matrix of economic, social, and political features, which can be traced down to the level of urban neighbourhoods. In both cities, similar patterns emerge on the basis of material culture and the concentration of activities. The establishment and continuous use of Byzantine neighbourhoods despite the deficiencies in our knowledge of their boundaries, organization, and exact size seem to represent a conscious choice on the part of the inhabitants. Defensive walls played a primary role, defining the walled area as primary and that outside the walls as secondary.Publication Metadata only Across the hellespont: Maydos (Ancient Madytos), Troy and The North-Eastern Aegean in the late eighth to early sixth century BC(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2016) Sazcı, Göksel; 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; N/AThis article presents new excavation results from three oval or apsidal houses discovered at the site of Maydos-Kilisetepe (ancient Madytos), which is located near the coast of the Hellespont on the Gallipoli peninsula. The houses date to the late eighth to early sixth century BC. The material from Maydos is evaluated in comparison with the nearby site of Troy (Ilion) and situated within the wider context of developments in the north-eastern Aegean region during the Late Geometric to Early Archaic periods. From the mid-eighth to the mid-seventh century, a cultural koine existed in the north-eastern Aegean, shown by the strong similarities in material culture among the sites in the region. Troy was most probably a large regional centre, while Maydos functioned as a smaller settlement within this network. The power and influence of this koine declined or was replaced in the mid-seventh century, when there was a sudden influx of Ionian-style ceramics at Maydos, around the same time that Troy experienced a destruction. The patterns of cultural interactions changed with the establishment of Greek (primarily Ionian and Athenian) colonies on both sides of the Hellespont during the second half of the seventh to the early sixth century.Publication Open Access Aegean trees and timbers: dendrochronological survey of the island of Symi(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2020) Christopoulou, Anastasia; Gminska-Nowak, Barbara; Wazny, Tomasz; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özarslan, Yasemin; Researcher; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Graduate School of Social Sciences and HumanitiesThe current study presents the results of the first dendrochronological survey performed over the East Aegean island of Symi. Research Highlights: Dendrochronological research of the East Aegean region is of paramount importance since dendrochronological data from the region, and especially the islands, are still limited. Background and Objectives: The main aim of the study is to explore the dendrochronological potential of the island, focusing on the dating of historical wood and buildings as well as dendroprovenancing. Materials and Methods: A total of 57 wood samples were collected from historical timber from windmills and architectural elements, including doors and warehouse planks, while 68 cores were collected from the three dominant tree species of the island—Cupressus sempervirens, Pinus brutia, and Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis—in an attempt to develop local reference chronologies that could be useful in dating historical timber Results: Of the historical timber, at least nine different species have been detected, with conifers representing the majority of the collected material. In total, 56% of the dendroarchaeological samples, belonging to four different species, were dated absolutely. According to cross-dating and dendroprovenancing results, Pinus nigra, Cedrus sp., and Quercus sp. represent timber imported from present-day Turkey while the fir samples collected from the windmills originate from Central Europe. The use of local timber is also highly probable although it could not be confirmed by the reference chronologies developed for the three dominant tree species of the island. Conclusions: The results of the study reveal the dendrochronological potential of the island from both dendroarchaeological and dendroecological perspectives. The finding that most of the wood was imported mainly from Turkey highlights the importance of timber trade with the Turkish mainland during the mid-18th and 19th centuries. Chronologies developed from living trees could be used in future studies for dating historical material while further research would increase our understanding of past timber trade and the island’s history.Publication Metadata only Agricultural practices at Bronze Age Kaymakçı, western Anatolia(Elsevier, 2021) Marston, John M.; Riehl, Simone; N/A; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Shin, Nami; Roosevelt, Christina Marie Luke; Roosevelt, Christopher Havemeyer; PhD Student; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A; 235112; 235115Archaeobotanical analysis at Kaymakçı, a second-millennium BCE site in western Turkey, gives the first evidence for Bronze Age agricultural practices in central western Anatolia, and represents one of a very few contemporary datasets for western Anatolia as a whole. Inhabitants of the site adopted a diversified agricultural system, with major crops including barley, free-threshing wheat, bitter vetch, chickpea, and grape. Spatial analysis of crop taxa suggests differential distribution of wheat and chickpea across the site, while initial results of diachronic analysis indicate a narrowing of wheat agriculture over time. The archaeobotanical assemblage of Kaymakçı is compared to those of contemporary sites throughout the Aegean and Anatolia, where it represents an intermediate position, an apparent hybrid of Aegean and Anatolian agricultural practices. This study provides a valuable new perspective on agriculture of the Late Bronze Age in a particularly understudied region of the eastern Mediterranean.Publication Open Access Agropastoral economies and land use in Bronze Age Western Anatolia(Taylor _ Francis, 2021) Marston, John M.; Çakırlar, Canan; Kovacik, Peter; Slim, Francesca G.; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Roosevelt, Christopher Havemeyer; Roosevelt, Christina Marie Luke; Shin, Nami; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) / Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED); College of Social Sciences and Humanities; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 235115; 235112; N/AThe Middle and Late Bronze Ages of western Anatolia (modern Turkey) remains poorly understood in comparison with its Mycenaean and Hittite neighbours, especially in agricultural economies and land use. Kaymakci is the largest Middle and Late Bronze Age citadel excavated to date in western Anatolia and new archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological data from the site presented here shed new light on regional agricultural economies and land use. Agricultural practices at Kaymakci focused on barley and bitter vetch farming and pig, caprine, and cattle husbandry within a diverse and extensive economic system that made substantial use of wild plants and animals for food, technology, and fuel. Goats and pigs were managed primarily for meat, while sheep and cattle were managed to produce a range of secondary products. Wood charcoal analysis reconstructs both deciduous and evergreen oak woodlands, which also dominate the contemporary landscape. In regional perspective, Kaymakci is most similar to the northern Aegean agricultural tradition, but with elements of Anatolian practices as well, representing a hybrid position between the Aegean and Anatolian worlds as seen in other lines of archaeological evidence from the site.