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In this paper 34 earrings are presented, all of which are curated in the Archaeological Museum of İznik in southwestern Marmara region of Turkey. They are significant, as very few items of jewellery from Bithynia have been
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In this study, it was aimed to examine two sarcophagi with the depiction of Eros Komos and dated to the Roman Period, which were found during the 2021 excavations in Hisardere Nekrolpol in the Iznik District of Bursa.In the study,... more
In this study, it was aimed to examine two sarcophagi with the depiction of Eros Komos and dated to the Roman Period, which were found during the 2021 excavations in Hisardere Nekrolpol in the Iznik District of Bursa.In the study, analogical evaluations were made with the literature review, petrographic analyzes were carried out by taking samples from the sarcophagi and the ancient stone quarries in the vicinity in order to determine the quarries and workshops. As a result of the studies, it was seen that the use of Eros Komos depictions in Roman city and Attica sarcophagi became widespread after the second half of the 2nd century AD. In Anatolian workshops, complete and in-situ examples of sarcophagi containing these scenes, which were produced for a short time under the influence of Attica, are rare. In addition, a complete and in-situ example of the group of “plaster column sarcophagi” attributed to the Nicaea workshops, but which could not be definitively judged, is the subject of this study. During the literature studies, in addition to the canonical Eros Komos types, new types parallel to local beliefs were also identified in the sarcophagi examined in this article. These data, which were determined for the first time with this article, will shed light on other studies to be carried out.
European travellers writing about İzmir and environs in the XVIII-XIX. centuries have called the hot spring we know today as Halkapınar the “Diana Baths”. They have not specified what kind of building complex was found around the... more
European travellers writing about İzmir and environs in the XVIII-XIX. centuries have called the hot spring we know today as Halkapınar the “Diana Baths”. They have not specified what kind of building complex was found around the Halkapınar pond. Corinthian capitals kept inside the gardens of Halkapınar IZSU facilities today are also but a small part of the building materials here. These capitals, which enable us to date the building complex to an extent, are important in the sense that they bring together the testimony of the ancient age with that of XVIII-XIX. centuries. This paper discusses the dating of Halkapınar  Corinthian capitals as well as the identity of the building complex found in this hot spring in the light of both ancient and XVTII-XIX. century sources.
MÖ I. yüzyıldan itibaren imparatorluk kimliği kazanmaya başlayan Roma, hemen hemen tüm Akdeniz coğrafyasının mutlak hâkimi haline gelmişti. Gerek Roma’da gerek merkezden yönetilen eyaletlerde İmparatorluk, ihtişamını düzenli şehirler ve... more
MÖ I. yüzyıldan itibaren imparatorluk kimliği kazanmaya başlayan Roma, hemen hemen tüm Akdeniz coğrafyasının mutlak hâkimi haline gelmişti. Gerek Roma’da gerek merkezden yönetilen eyaletlerde İmparatorluk, ihtişamını düzenli şehirler ve bu şehirlerde girişilen imar faaliyetleri ile göstermekteydi. Akdeniz’de yaşanmaya başlanan Roma Barışı ile gelişen ticaret sonucunda kalabalıklaşan kentlerde kamu-sal alanların yeniden düzenlenmesi, hatta imar edilmesi ihtiyacı doğmuştur. Bu ya-şanan hızlı gelişim sonucunda Helenistik dönemden beri taş bezemeciliğinde öne çıkan kentler, yeni imar edilen Roma kentlerinde mimari bezeme biçemleri ile yeni akımlar yaratmışlardır. Ephesos, Pergamon ve Aphrodisias gerek hammaddeye olan yakınlığı gerek plastik işçiliğindeki gelenekleri nedeniyle tüm Anadolu, hatta Akde-niz coğrafyasında hâkim akımlar haline gelmiştir. MS II. yüzyılın ikinci yarısından itibaren mimari plastik ve bezeme biçemini etkisi altına almaya başlayan Aphrodi-sias Okulu’nun yaratılarını, Roma, Yunanistan, Suriye-Filistin ve Kuzey Afrika’nın yeniden imar edilen kentlerinde görmek mümkündür. Aphrodisias Bezeme Oku-lu’nun özgün biçemini yansıtan eserlerin yanı sıra Anadolu dışında üretilen eserler-de yerel biçemlere, hatta unsurlara yer verdiği örneklere de rastlamak mümkündür. Yazılı kaynaklara göre Roma İmparatorluğu tekelinde olan taş ocaklarından mimari elemanlar yarı işlenmiş olarak sevk edilmekteydi. Olasılıkla sevk edilen bu başlıkla-ra taş ustaları da eşlik etmekteydi. Farklı lisanların konuşulduğu ve birden çok ırkın bir arada yaşadığı Roma kentlerinde, bu taş “ticareti” sanatsal etkileşim ile birlikte kültürel etkileşimi de beraberinde getirmekteydi.

Rome, which acquired the identity of an empire from the first century BCE, had become the absolute ruler of almost all of the Mediterranean. In both Rome and the provinces governed by the center, the Empire showed its grandeur through well-ordered cities and building activities in these cities. The need for reorganization and even reconstruction of public spaces emerged in the cities which got crowded as a result of the growing trade following the Roman Peace in the Mediterranean. As a result of this rapid development, the cities which were prominent in stone ornamentation during the Hellenistic period created new trends with their architectural ornamentation styles in the newly built Roman cities. Ephesos, Pergamon and Aphrodisias became dominant schools in Asia Minor and even throughout the Mediterranean due to their proximity to raw materials and their long tradition of working stone. It is possible to see the works of Aphrodisias School, which started to influence the architectural ornamentation style with the second half of the 2nd century onwards, in the newly built cities in Rome, Greece, Syria-Palestine and North Africa. In addition to the works that reflect the original style of Aphrodisias Ornamentation School, it is possible to see examples that include local styles and even elements in the works produced outside of Asia Minor. According to the written sources, the architectural elements of the stone quarries which were monopolized by the Roman Empire were shipped in semi-finished form. They were probably accompanied by stonemasons. In the Roman cities where different languages were spoken and multiple races lived together, this stone “trade” brought cultural interaction together with artistic interaction.
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The purpose of this first international video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the archaeology of Izmir and its environs in western Anatolia during the Middle Ages, i.e. a period between the fifth and... more
The purpose of this first international video conference was to create an analytical framework for understanding the archaeology of Izmir and its environs in western Anatolia during the Middle Ages, i.e. a period between the fifth and fifteenth centuries AD, with its social and material contexts. We intended thus to bring together researchers who can present especially new syntheses of archaeological, historical, numismatic and sigillographic data concerning Medieval Smyrna and its environs. In this online conference we have also included three papers on the archaeology of Smyrna in the ancient Greek and Roman periods which composed our first session.
This video conference took place on November 18, 2022 in Izmir, Turkey with an archaeological excursion to the sites and museums within the city of Izmir on November 19. All the lectures and discussions in our e-conference were on Zoom and in English, and were recorded for later viewing on YouTube for participants who were unable to attend the live performance presentation. The symposium was first announced in May 2022. Between May and September 2022 there were more than ten paper applications from six countries, including – in alphabetical order – Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Turkey and U.S.A., ten of which were accepted. Three speakers held their lectures both physically in Izmir and virtually on Zoom; the rest of the papers were presented on Zoom. Session 1 was organized in the Main Conference Hall of the Faculty of Letters in Tınaztepe Campus (in Block C), and Session 2 was organized in the office of Professor Laflı. This book was arranged mainly in November 2022 where papers were placed in order by speakers’ turns at the conference. It was constantly being updated in its online version on our Academia account. It is also published by the Press House of the Dokuz Eylül University in December 2022.
This first symposium on the archaeology of western Anatolia is dedicated to the 20th death anniversary of Professor Ekrem Akurgal, founder of modern Turkish archaeology, who passed away on November 1st, 2002.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1o__WLJLyM