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Absolute and relative dating of Hallan Çemi Tepesi
(Bilkent University, 2007)This thesis challenges the claim that Hallan Çemi (near Batman in Southeastern Turkey) was occupied during the Epipaleolithic (11th millennium BP). While techno-typological analyses of some objects, chipped stone in ... -
An architectural and conceptual analysis of Mesopotamian temples from the Ubaid to the old Babylonian period
(Bilkent University, 2007)This study attempts to explore the architecture of Mesopotamian temples from the Ubaid to the Old Babylonian period. It analyses the ways in which the layout of the temples changed and developed through time. It argues ... -
Asardibi (Casara), a classical, hellenistic and early Roman harbor in the Rhodian Peraea
(Bilkent University, 1997)Casara is an ancient town on the Bozbumn peninsula, the ancient Loryma peninsula on the southwestern coast of Turkey. The site has been visited by modem scholars for general epigraphic surveys since the end of the ... -
Continuity and change: an annales approach to the Late Chalcolithic period in North Mesopotamia
(Bilkent University, 2018-05)The semantic context of the cultural patterns of the past is beyond our perception. This fact, regardless of time and space, thus, makes any type of social organizations that existed in the past complex and transitive. ... -
The Cypro-Anatolian connections in the late Bronze Age
(Bilkent University, 1999)The relations between Anatolia and C3^rus in the Late Bronze Age have been neglected in contrast to the growing interest in the Eastern Mediterranean trade. The main goal of this thesis is to bring this subject to light. These ... -
Evaluating the Oylum Höyük MBA painted ware within the frameworks of the Syro-Cilician, Levantine and Khabur painted ceramic cultures
(Bilkent University, 2008)Oylum Höyük, located on the bank of the Akpınar River in modern Kilis region, is an important mound, with cultural connections to North Syria, Mesopotamia and Anatolia. As a consequence of its advantaged position, Oylum ... -
Figural Anatolian stamp seals from three Assyrian colony period sites : Karahöyük-Konya, Acemhöyük and Kültepe
(Bilkent University, 2016-09)The first half of the 2nd millennium B.C. in Anatolia is marked by the presence of Assyrian merchants, who settled down in the region. The foreigners introduced a new glyptic tradition to Anatolian inhabitants, who up to ... -
Figural motifs on Halaf pottery: an iconographical study of late neolithic society in Northern Mesopotamia
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)Information about the lifestyles of ancient cultures, their daily activities, religious beliefs, close or long distance trade relations, or cultural interactions come from their products. Ancient material productions can ... -
Harbor settlement patterns of the second millennium BC in Cilicia and the Amuq
(Bilkent University, 2013)This thesis is a study on harbor settlement patterns in the northeastern Mediterranean of the second millennium BC based on geo-archaeological evidence. The purpose of the thesis is to assess a hypothesis that estuaries ... -
Hittite rock reliefs in Southeastern Anatolia as a religious manifestation of the late bronze and iron ages
(Bilkent University, 2016-09)The LBA rock reliefs are the works of the last three or four generations of the Hittite Empire. The first appearance of the Hittite rock relief is dated to the reign of Muwatalli II who not only sets up an image on a living ... -
The initial stage for early Bronze Age Cyprus: metallurgy of the Philia culture from a maritime cross-cultural perspective
(Bilkent University, 2018-05)The Philia phase is characterized by whole-scale changes in the economy, technology and society of Cyprus, which mark a profound break with the Chalcolithic period on the island. The products of this new culture were so ... -
LBA I ceramics from Kinet Höyük Period 15 a statistical assessment of the cross-regional standardization of Hittite ceramics in Late Bronze Age Anatolia
(Bilkent University, 2022-03)This project examines the LBA I ceramics from Kinet Höyük Period 15 contexts, which are marked by the introduction of Hittite material culture. It aims to understand to what extent ceramic production in Kinet follows the ... -
Male nudity in ancient Mesopotamian art
(Bilkent University, 2012)This thesis attempts to study nude male representations in Mesopotamian art. It analyzes examples of male nudity in art and textual material from the Protoliterate to the Neo-Assyrian period in Northern and Southern Iraq. ... -
Middle Bronze Age Cyprus inter-site relationships: a social network analysis approach
(Bilkent University, 2018-05)For the Middle Cypriot period in Cyprus, general scholarly view holds the belief that there was an increasing social complexity leading to the transformation of the island during the Late Cypriot period. This evolutionary ... -
Middle Iron Age pottery from Yassihöyük (Kırşehir) : A Central Anatolian assemblage
(Bilkent University, 2017-08)This thesis analyses the Middle Iron Age (MIA) pottery from Yassıhöyük (Kırşehir). The MIA (ca. 9th-8th c. BC) is represented by 3 rooms and 5 pits in three structural phases of the Iron Age level. The thesis aims to ... -
Old Hittite polychrome relief vases and the assertion of kingship in 16th century BCE Anatolia
(Bilkent University, 2015)The Old Hittite polychrome relief-decorated vases have attracted scholarly interest since the first substantial fragment was discovered at Bitik in the 1940s. Academics have concurred that the vases illustrate cult practice, ... -
Origins of pottery technology in the ancient Near East: an examination of the technological and socioeconomic factors that contributed to the innovation and widespread use of pottery
(Bilkent University, 2004)The objective of this thesis is to research the invention and innovation of pottery technology in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, in particular the Late and Final PrePottery Neolithic B and Early Pottery Neolithic in the ... -
Phoenicians in Cilicia during the Middle Iron Age: the scope of their presence
(Bilkent University, 2020-06)This thesis is a study on the use of Phoenician language for the monumental inscriptions which were set up in Plain Cilicia, and dated to the mid 8th c. BC. This thesis aims to assess the hypothesis that Phoenician, ... -
A phytolith study from Kinet Höyük Hatay
(Bilkent University, 2019-12)Phytolith studies are now an established subbranch of archaeobotanical studies. However, there is a very limited number of phytolith studies focused on Anatolia. Kinet H oyük is one of the eligible sites since extensive ... -
Relating architecture to social complexity in the early Bronze Age : Southeastern Anatolia
(Bilkent University, 2001)The relationship of architecture to social complexity is a subject that is often pronounced. This thesis aims to study how architecture relates to social complexity for a particular period and place: for the Early Bronze ...
