Browsing Dept. of Archaeology - Master's degree by Title
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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 ... -
An historical and iconographical study of a group of twenty post Byzantine icons in the Antalya Museum
(Bilkent University, 1999)The present thesis explores a group of twenty unpublished Post Byzantine Greek Orthodox icons housed in the Antalya Museum. The entire collection of icons in the Antalya Museum numbers 172. These twenty icons, a ... -
History of archaeological and cultural heritage management in Turkey and Europe : a look from the past to the present
(Bilkent University, 2003)This paper explores the historical evolution of archaeological heritage management in Turkey and in Europe. Its overall aim is to draw attention to the growing significance of archaeological heritage management, and to ... -
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 ... -
The Jews and Christians of imperial Asia Minor, the literary and material evidence
(Bilkent University, 2002)This paper examines the effect of two religions on Asia Minor during the Roman Imperial period. The Jews existed long before the Christians, and although Judaism and Christianity greatly differed from each other to the ... -
The land of beautiful horses : stables in middle Byzantine settlements of Cappadocia
(Bilkent University, 2008)The present work is a study on horses and horse breeding in Middle Byzantine Cappadocia with special attention being paid to the architectural evidence, namely, the stables. The major aim here is to test the hypothesis ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
