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Publication Metadata only “And in the soup kitchen food shall be cooked twice every day”: gustatory aspects of Ottoman mosque complexes(Taylor and Francis, 2016) Department of Archeology and History of Art; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Ergin, Nina Macaraig; Faculty Member; College of Social Sciences and HumanitiesN/AItem Metadata only “Princeton’s gift to Turkey”: exploring the political matrix of the Orpheus mosaic from Jerusalem and Late Ottoman Sardis(Penn State University Press, 2023) 0000-0003-0979-2510; L Çelik, Semih; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Roosevelt, Christina Marie Luke; Faculty Member; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 235112Whereas it has often been argued that conflict and Western imperial ambitions and ensuing Ottoman defensive policies guided the direction of late nineteenth-and early twentieth-century archaeology in Anatolia and the Middle East, here we offer a perspective of high-profile American-Ottoman mutual partage diplomacy. This view stems from the relationship between Princeton University and the Imperial Museum in Constantinople. From a multiscalar approach that includes microlocal and macroimperial histories, we demonstrate how this American alliance trumped Ottoman citizenship and transcended physical and political jurisdictions. “Princeton’s Gift to Turkey”—the excavation, transfer, and installment of the Orpheus mosaic from the northwest corner of the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem to the Imperial Museum—triggered a lasting relationship between Osman Hamdi Bey and Howard Crosby Butler. Underwritten by financial means and technological capacity, this alliance foreshadowed the transformative period at Late Ottoman Sardis. © 2023 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.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; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; 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 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; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Maner, Çiğdem; Faculty Member; 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; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Roosevelt, Christopher Havemeyer; Roosevelt, Christina Marie Luke; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; 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 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; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; 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; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Aslan, Carolyn Chabot; Faculty Member; 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 Metadata only A resilient landscape: the land walls of constantinople and their surroundings(Christian Archaeological Soc, 2018) Department of Archeology and History of Art; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Ricci, Alessandra; Faculty Member; 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; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Aslan, Carolyn Chabot; Faculty Member; 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; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Jones, Michael Rice; Faculty Member; 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.