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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 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 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 Metadata only A pottery kiln from Tatarlı Höyük (Adana, Turkey) and its implications for Late Bronze Age pottery production in Cilicia and beyond(Koc Univ Suna & İnan Kıraç Res Ctr Mediterranean Civilizations-AKMED, 2018) Girginer, K. Serdar; Oyman Girginer, Özlem; N/A; Arıkan, Gonca Dardeniz; PhD Student; Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) / Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED); Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 313982This article documents a Late Bronze Age II (1450-1200 B.C.) pottery kiln unearthed at Tatarli Hoyuk, Adana (Turkey). This pyrotechnical installation, with its associated ceramic assemblage and production remains, offers an overview of the pottery kiln technologies in Cilicia during the end of the Late Bronze Age. The typological features of the Tatarli Hoyuk pottery kiln presents encouraging similarities to northern Syrian and Mesopotamian updraft pottery kiln technologies rather than those of central Anatolia, even though the political and social influence of the Hittite Empire has been documented by ceramic and seal collections of the settlement.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 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 Metadata only Agropastoralism in middle bronze through early iron age Naxcivan: zooarchaeological and paleoethnobotanical data from Qizqala(Elsevier, 2020) Proctor, Lucas; Gopnik, Hilary; Bakhshaliyev, Veli; N/A; Lau, Hannah Kwai-Yung; Researcher; Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (RCAC) / Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi (ANAMED); N/A; N/AExcavations at the site of Qizqala in the Sarur Rayon of Azerbaijan's Autonomous Republic of Naxcivan have yielded evidence of a fortified settlement occupied from the Middle Bronze through the Early Iron Ages (2500-800 BCE), as well as a rich mortuary landscape of monumental kurgan burials dating to the Middle Bronze Age. This study describes the combined faunal and macrobotanical evidence for agropastoral production from the settlement at Qizqala and from animal offerings incorporated into nearby contemporaneous mortuary contexts. Such data provide a unique opportunity to elucidate the underlying subsistence system supporting the inhabitants at Qizqala, and to compare this system with the choices ancient people made when interring their dead in the nearby kurgans. While this dataset is modest, our goal is to integrate both plant and animal data stemming from different types of social practices in order to draw a more holistic view of agropastoral production and ritual practice during this period.Publication Metadata only Analysis and interpretation of neolithic period footprints from Barcin Hoyuk, Turkey(2018) Atamtürk, Derya; Gerritsen, Fokke; Duyar, İzzet; Department of Archeology and History of Art; Özbal, Rana; Faculty Member; Department of Archeology and History of Art; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 55583Presented here are a pair of preserved footprints discovered in 2014 at the site of Barcin Hoyuk, a Neolithic site located in northwestern Turkey. Found within the entrance of Structure 2a, the footprints date to approximately 6400 cal. BC. Footprints are rarely discovered in prehistoric settlements, adding significance to their study and to the conditions that led to their formation and ultimate preservation. This article provides anthropological estimations for the individuals who left the footprints and discusses the possibility of symbolism using contextual information and ethnographic and archaeological parallels. The measurements and analyses confirm that the footprints are the bare left and right foot of a single individual and provide clues about the biological profile of the individual. The footprint of the right foot produces various measurements such as footprint length, breadth and heel breadth. When compared with known standards, the print appears likely to be of an adult male 169.9 cm tall (with a 16.78 CI at 95% ranging from 153.1-186.66 cm) and weighing 71.9 kg (with a 31.14 kg CI at 95% ranging from 40.76 - 103.04 kg).