Browsing Dept. of Archaeology - Master's degree by Title
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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 ... -
The legacy of the hippodrome at Constantinople
(Bilkent University, 1998)Circuses were among the most popular Roman entertainment buildings from the early seventh century BC up to the sixth century AD. Although they were primarily designed for chanot races, circuses remained closely tied to the ... -
A life on top : a survey of stylite saints
(Bilkent University, 2003)This thesis presents the available information about the stylite saints who lived during the Byzantine period within the borders of modern Turkey. Stylites are Christian ascetics who lived on top of columns. There are over ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The monuments of Roman Ancyra reviewed
(Bilkent University, 1998)In this paper, the accepted conclusions o f Roman Ancyra's monuments are reinterpreted based on the analysis o f the original excavation, epigraphic and numismatic reports. As will be garnered from this study, no conclusive ... -
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 ... -
The Neolithic of Central and Northwestern Anatolia, Thrace and its relations with Southeastern Europe
(Bilkent University, 2000)In this thesis, I intend to focus on the Neolithic of North-West Anatolia. Thanks to recent research activities by M.Özdoğan (1997; 1998c& d; 1999b), T. Efe (1995, 2000) and J. J. Roodenberg (1995a& b; 2000a& b) it is now ... -
The Nereid Monument relief sculptures in review
(Bilkent University, 1999)The Nereid Monument is a 4th century funerary monument from Xanthos, Lycia. It is richly adorned with sculptural decorations. The sculptural reliefs of the Nereid Monument display a fusion of local Lycian traditions with ... -
Obsidian, trade and society in the central Anatolian Neolithic
(Bilkent University, 2009)The major scope of this thesis was a reappraisal of obsidian and trade connections in the Central Anatolian Neolithic, to what degree external relations shaped and altered the cultural setting of a community, and what ... -
The Oikoi building at Labraunda: its function(s)
(Bilkent University, 2022-09)This thesis investigates the function of the Oikoi building at Labraunda in the 4th century BC. The Oikoi building was constructed as part of the extensive Hekatomnid building program at Labraunda in the 4th century BC ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ...
