TAY - Archaeological Settlements of Turkey
Türkiye Arkeolojik Yerleşmeleri (TAY) Projesi, dünya kültür emanetlerinin önemli bir parçası olan Türkiye kültür varlıklarının bulgularının, kronolojik bir envanterinin çıkartılması ve bu bilginin uluslararası platformda paylaşılması amacına yönelik olarak tasarlanmıştır. En azından 400.000 yıl eskiye uzanan kültürel verileri barındıran Anadolu ve Trakya toprakları üzerinde, 1800'lerin ilk yarısından başlayan araştırmaların sonuçları ile çağdaş yüzey araştırmaları ve kazıların bilgileri dağınık ve çoğunlukla ulaşılamaz durumdadır. Birçok yerleşmenin yeri bilinmemekte, birçoğu da tahribatın/yapılaşmanın kurbanı olmuş ya da olmaktadır. Bu tahribata karşı ve bu emanetleri korumaya yönelik öncelikle yapılabilecek en önemli çalışma, kültürel verilerin merkezi bir yapı içinde toplanması ve derlenmesidir: Belgeleme olmadan koruma olmaz. İlk kez bu projeyle, Türkiye arkeolojik yerleşmeleri, höyükler, tümülüsler, anıtlar, mezarlıklar, ören yerleri, yerleşme yerleşme, höyük höyük, tümülüs tümülüs belgelenmektedir.
Archaeological Sites
- AlalakhThe archeological site of Tell Atchana (ancient Alalakh) is located in the northeastern Mediterranean region of the Republic of Turkey in the state of Hatay.
- AphrodisiasThe sun rises in Aphrodisias above the Baba Mountain. In the old days it used to be called Salbakos. The 2308-meter high top of Salbakos provides, bad then as well as now, the valley with the fruitful waters of the melted snow. The village Geyre, which is 13 kilometers from the city of Karacasu in the Aydin province, is situated in the green nature as well. Its olive trees, walnut trees, pomegranate trees and wine gardens have beoome an inseparable unity.
- Ausgrabungen in MiletMiletus was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia (in what is now Aydin Province, Turkey), near the mouth of the Maeander River in ancient Caria.Before the Persian invasion Miletus was considered the greatest and wealthiest of Greek cities.
- Ephesus ExcavationsGreat effort is being devoted to excavating this almost 5000-year-old site, and to uncovering the history of the ages through its ruins.
The British engineer J. T. Wood directed the first archaeological investigations from 1869 onward, under the auspices of the British Museum, D. G. Hogarth continued the excavations, and Wood's quest for the Temple of Artemis, from 1904 onward. - Excavations at Hierapolis in PhrygiaExcavations of selected graves will be undertaken in order to establish chronological fix-points both for the growth of the necropolis and for its reuse in later periods. The preserved skeletons will open up for a long series of studies about the ancient population, both along traditional lines on sex, age, nutrition, bone malformations, diseases, but also involving DNA- and isotope-studies. For this part of the project a collaboration has already been established with the Institute of Biology a
- Gobeklitepe World's First TempleGobeklitepe is a pre-historic site, about 15 km away from the city of Sanliurfa, Southeastern Turkiye. What makes Gobeklitepe unique in its class is the date it was built, which is roughly twelve thousand years ago, circa 10,000 BC.
- KlazomenaiKlazomenai is located in modern Urla (Vourla in Greek) on the western coast of Anatolia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of İzmir, at about 20 miles west of İzmir. The city was originally located on the mainland, but probably during the early fifth-century Ionian Revolt from the Persians, it was moved to an island just off the coast, which Alexander the Great eventually connected to the mainland with a causeway.
- MagnesiaMagnesia is located in Tekinköy village of Ortaklar resort in Germencik city of Aydin, on the road between Ortaklar and Söke. Magnesia can be reached via either Izmir-Aydın road or through Selçuk; from Aydın, through Germencik, or through Söke. It is exactly 100 km from İzmir, 4 km from Ortaklar and 16 km from Söke. For those who prefer the highway, Magnesia can be reached 1.5 km after turning toward the Ortaklar direction at the Bodrum-Söke turning point.
- Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua (MAMA) XIThe aim of the MAMA XI project is to make available some 600 unpublished inscriptions and other ancient monuments, recorded by Sir William Calder (1881-1960) and Dr Michael Ballance (†27 July 2006) in the course of annual expeditions to Asia Minor in 1954-1957. The project is funded by a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
- Penn Museum Digital Gordion Archaeological ProjectGordion is one of the most important archaeological sites in the Near East, occupied for more than 4,000 years from the Bronze Age to modern times. It had a strategically important location in what is now Central Turkey (100 km southwest of Ankara). Its heyday was in the first half of the first millennium BCE when it was the royal capital of the powerful Iron Age kingdom known as Phrygia to the Greeks and Mushki to the neighboring Assyrian empire.
- Pergamon: The city and its landscapeSituated in western Turkey, 110 km north of İzmir at the northern edge of the plain of the Bakır Çayı (the ancient River Kaikos) some 30 km inland. The present-day town of Bergama (pop. ca 70,000) lies at the foot of the ancient acropolis of Pergamon. The ancient city lies on a 300-m high spur and was definitely inhabited from the second millennium BC through the late Byzantine period (14th century AD), surrounded by walls of various extent and configuration. Only in Roman times did the city
- Priene ExcavationIn the 18th and 19 th centuries the research work undertaken was for the Temple of Athena. In 189 R Kekule and Karl Humann visited the city and decided to do archaeological research, the systematic excavation thus began. The excavation work was for the Berlin Museum.
- Sagalassos: Archaeological Research ProjectSagalassos is an archaeological site in southwestern Turkey, about 100 km north of Antalya (ancient Attaleia), and 30 km from Burdur and Isparta. The ancient ruins of Sagalassos are 7 km from Ağlasun in the province of Burdur, on Mount Akdağ, in the Western Toros mountain range, at an altitude of 1450-1700 metres. In Roman Imperial times, the town was known as the 'first city of Pisidia', a region in the western Taurus mountains, currently known as the Turkish Lakes Region.
- Tarsus-Gözlükule Archaeological ProjectThe prehistoric mound of Gözlükule is located in the Northeastern Mediterranean coastal plain of Çukurova (ancient Cilicia) at the southern end of the principal pass (Cilician Gates) through the Taurus Mountain range.
- The Amorium Excavations ProjectAmorium is the longest ongoing British excavation ever conducted in Turkey. Work at Amorium started in 1987 under the directorship of the late Prof. R. Martin Harrison of the University of Oxford. There have been field seasons every year since (with the exception of 1999), making a total of 22 years to date. The team of archaeologists, surveyors, conservators, and students that works at Amorium is very international. In recent years, for example, there have been as many as 40 team members from 1
- The Excavations at HattushaDeep in the heart of Anatolia, aproximately 150 km east of Ankara and near the northern border of ancient Cappadocia, the center of a powerful empire was located: Hattusha, the Capital city of the Hittites.
- The Kerkenes ProjectKerkenes is the largest pre-Hellenistic site from the Anatolian Plateau (Turkey) – 7 km (4 mi) of strong stone defenses, pierced by seven gates, that enclose 2.5 km² (1.0 sq mi). It is located about 200 km (120 mi) east from Ankara (35.06E, 39.75N), between the towns of Yozgat (W) and Sorgun (E).
- Tushpa ExcavationsTushpa (Classical Armenian: Տոսպ Tosp; Assyrian: Turuspa) was the capital of Urartu in the late 9th century BC. The city later became known as Van, derived from Biaina, native name of Urartu.
- Van-Ayanis ExcavationsThe fortress of Ayanis, 35 km. north of the modern town of Van, was built on a rocky hill measuring 100 x 400 metres, near the village of Agartı on the eastern shore of the Lake Van.
The Ayanis Fortress was built by Rusa II, a king of the Urartian Kingdom who ruled between 680 and 640 B.C. The citadel was constructed just after 673-672 B.C according to the last dendrochronological studies made by P. Kuniholm. - ZeugmaZeugma has become one of the most frequently heard words over recent months, not just in the Turkish but in the world press. Founded by the Macedonian Seleucid ruler Nicator I, this Hellenistic city grew in prosperity during Roman times since it lay on the trade road which stretched eastwards across Asia to China.
- ÇatalhöyükThe Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük was first discovered in the late 1950s and excavated by James Mellaart between 1961 and 1965. The site rapidly became famous internationally due to the large size and dense occupation of the settlement, as well as the spectacular wall paintin gs and other art that was uncovered inside the houses.
- Barcın Höyük ExcavationsThe Barcın Höyük Excavations Project investigates the settlement remains of an early farming community of the seventh millennium BC. The archaeological site of Barcın Höyük is located in the Yenişehir Valley in Bursa in northwest Anatolia. The excavations have been ongoing since 2005.
- Yenikapı ShipwrecksIt wouldn’t be wrong if said that a Byzantine ship cemetery was found under Yenikapı; the best evidence are the 37 shipwrecks acquired throughout the years after the discovery… The riddle of Yenikapı shipwrecks reveals it’s secret as the researches continue. Interdisciplinary studies run by ancient ship experts educated by our Istanbul University team enables long forgotten ship building traditions to be acknowledged again. Our team that will be examining the anatomy of 27 shipwrecks is the group which took the biggest responsibility in the field after Istanbul Archaeological Museums who was in charge of the excavations. The number of shipwreck that are going to be reborn after conservation and restoration is 31.