Theses - Department of Archaeology: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Foreigners and foreignness in Hittite Anatolia
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)Identifying foreigners and foreign elements, and understanding how foreignness was conceptualized in the Hittite world is challenging. Since the Hittite society was complex and, it included various different languages and ... -
The socio-political structure of Western Anatolia during the (L)BA
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)The socio-political structure of western Anatolia during the (Late) Bronze Age is the focus of this thesis. It is visible that the western Anatolian Bronze Age is relatively an understudied subject in comparison to Central ... -
Changing perceptions of sculptural polychromy in Europe: from Ancient Greece to the 21st century
(Bilkent University, 2021-06)This thesis examines the perception of polychromy in Greek sculptures over different periods by using archaeological and art historical data. To examine the usage of polychromy in Antiquity, ancient sources and technological ... -
Managing intangible cultural heritage in Turkey: four cases originating in antiquity
(Bilkent University, 2021-06)This thesis concerns the intangible cultural heritage of Turkey. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has taken various steps to safeguard and promote intangible cultural heritage ... -
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, ... -
Green museums: an introduction and a possible implementation in Ankara
(Bilkent University, 2020-06)This thesis explores study the concept of green museums, reviews informational resources on this topic, evaluates the possibility of a green museum in Ankara as a case study and makes suggestions about its implementation. ... -
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 ... -
The Mother of Gods from right here: the goddess Meter in her Central Anatolian contexts
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)There are upwards of sixty different cult epithets for the Phrygian goddess Meter in Central Anatolia alone during the Roman Imperial period. Considering that only three or four of her epithets are known from the Hellenistic ... -
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 ... -
Persian period tombs in Western Antolia as reflections of social and political change
(Bilkent University, 2019-07)Fourteen tombs in western Anatolia, from Hellespontine and Greater Phrygia, Lydia, Lycia, and Caria are analyzed in order to understand the social and political change in the Persian period, and to understand the relationship ... -
Rural administration in Hittite Anatolia
(Bilkent University, 2019-05)Administration is a tool consisting of a set of processes that underpin modern management methods in all realms of society. Its use is taken for granted in most present day cultures, by all governments and in most ... -
The Late Iron Age pottery from Kaman - Kalehöyük
(Bilkent University, 2018-12)This thesis investigates the pottery of the Late Iron Age Kaman-Kalehöyük which is in Kırşehir province. The aims of the thesis are to understand the pottery of Kaman-Kalehöyük with their raw material and the production ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
Community archaeology in Pakistan: three sites in Gandhara as a case study
(Bilkent University, 2018-05)This thesis examines the scope of conducting a community archaeology project at three archaeological sites from Gandhara, Pakistan; Mankiala, Mohra Muradu and Jandial. In analyzing this possibility, the context in which ... -
Palaeolithic research in Anatolia -history, problems and perspectives-
(Bilkent University, 2018-04)The main purpose of this thesis is to try to evaluate Palaeolithic archaeology according to the academic atmosphere in Turkey and its current situation independent from the events which lie in its background. The Palaeolithic ... -
A group of seven column capitals from Roman Ancyra : a unique composite style
(Bilkent University, 2017-09)This thesis focuses on seven column capitals from Roman Ancyra. They have a specific style, which is unique to Ancyra, featuring acanthus leaves, lotus leaves, and flutes. Their context is established by providing a general ... -
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 ...
