Browsing Dept. of Archaeology - Master's degree by Title
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Caveat emptor : the intellectual consequences of undocumented excavation, with special reference to Roman period archaeological material from Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2000)This paper explores how undocumented excavation affects archaeological research. Roman period remains in Anatolia are often victim to undocumented excavation. The problem is extensive and reflects the modern esteem for ... -
Ceramic workshops in Hellenistic and Roman Anatolia : production characteristics and regional comparisons
(Bilkent University, 2013)This thesis aims to study local ceramic productions in Anatolia during the Hellenistic and the Roman periods. It analyzes the ceramic productions of Phocaea, Magnesia ad Maeandrum and Cnidus in the western coast, Sagalassos ... -
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 ... -
The church at Choma (Hacımusalar, Elmalı-Antalya) and its materials
(Bilkent University, 2001)This thesis evaluates the evidence for the churches that have been excavated between 1998 and 2000 on the mound of Hacımusalar Höyük in the Elmalı plain in northern Lycia, a site that has been identified with the Choma ... -
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 ... -
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 cult of Iupiter Dolichenus : origins and iconography
(Bilkent University, 2007)This thesis examines the iconography of Roman deity Iupiter Dolichenus in order to gain an insight into cult’s hidden meaning. The image of weather gods from Iron Age to the Greco-Roman Period in Northern Syria is also ... -
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 ... -
Early bronze age daggers in Central Anatolia
(Bilkent University, 2012)The rapid development of metal technologies in the Early Bronze Age had played an important part in the “urbanization” of Anatolia. Daggers were the first and the most common metallurgical products in this new chapter ... -
Elmali plain : a review of its environmental setting and archaeological settlements
(Bilkent University, 1999)The Elm alı Plain is located in Northern Lycia, in the Teke Peninsula o f Southwest Anatolia. The plain is geographically in a transitional zone between the forest rich Taurus Mountains and the Highlands of the Anatolian ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
A forgotten borderland : the upper Tigris between Septimius Severus and Anastasius I
(Bilkent University, 2014)The archaeology and history of the Roman centres in the southeastern Anatolia has been a subject that has been generally neglected by modern scholarship. In this thesis I hope to help fill this major gap in scholarship. ... -
Greek influence in the anthropomorphic representation of deities in Hellenized Asia : Parthia, Nemrut Dağı, and Gandhara
(Bilkent University, 2003)This thesis analyzes the varying utilization of the Greek idea of anthropomorphic representation of deities in the Hellenized western Asia. In order to explore the different ways in which Greek models were absorbed and ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
Hellenistic settlement in smooth Cilicia (Cilicia pedias)
(Bilkent University, 2016-06)This thesis investigates the nature of the Hellenistic settlements in Smooth Cilicia from the perspective of five multi-period sites that give clear, stratified evidence for architecture and other aspects of material ...
