Excavations at bakla tepe revealed an extensive late chalcolithic settlement yielding important information regarding the daily life and the character of this period in the izmir region. The 2009 season at liman tepe aimed at further documenting the stratigraphy of house 1 in its northern half, while also aiming to reach the levels at its southern end unexcavated until this year. Jan 22, 2017 in this article, a mycenaean pottery sherd from liman tepe is discussed. In particular, the excavations of liman tepe, kulluoba, and seyitomer have made an immense contribution to the establishment of a reliable west anatolian eba. Lecture on diverse underwater archaeology in turkey on tuesday. Izmirdeki liman tepe ve bakla tepe hoyuklerinde yap. Using the latest information on troy, liman tepe, bademgedigi tepe, and miletus together with firsthand knowledge of material from both east aegean littoral islands and the west anatolian inland sites, the article discusses the available settlement structure, makes use of some basic gis applications. Ultrahighresolution marine 2d3d seismic investigation. According to classical writers, klazomenai was the name of the iron age through to the archaic period site, but researchers of the prehistoric levels prefer to employ the geographic. Chronological and chemical approaches to obsidians from. Bakla tepe izmir, liman tepe izmir, hacilar burdur.
Larisa, or larissa, was an ancient greek city in the southwest of the troad region of anatolia. Indeed, evidence now suggests it was an important harbour long before the greeks came onto the. Imports from greece and cyprus indicate long distance trade relations. Alalakh, liman tepe, oymaagac hoyuk 5 work in turkey in august included visits to the excavations, directed by prof. In this article, the ovalplanned houses, which were unearthed in the liman tepe excavations and which date back to the middle bronze age, and their positions according to the settlement layout and the technical features have been evaluated in general terms together with the examples seen in the. Irfan tugcu osmaniye korkut ata university academia. The writers of the constitution of the united states studied the lycian federal system of government with proportional representation as a possible model for their own government. Read the latest articles of journal of archaeological science. Wolfson college, linton road, university of oxford, ox2 6ud, uk. The excavations at limantepe, west of izmir, display the first evidence of important prehistoric. Thermi, samos heraion, excavations at troy, liman tepe and bakla tepe, as well as through less extensively excavated sites, such as mikro vouni on samothrace, koukonissi on lemnos, emporio on chios, asomatos on rhodes. In this lecture material culture will be employed for evaluating settlement patterns, political organization, society, economy and symbolism. An archaic anchor arm from liman tepeklazomenai, turkey.
They covered parts of liman tepe and the modern harbour of iskele as well as the western part of the karantina island shore fig. This paper will represent the results of the 2009 season at liman tepe concerning the early bronze age within the perspective of previous years work. The project was a cooperative effort of the university of haifa and turkeys ankara university. With the help of israeli archaeologists led by michael artzy of haifa university, the team investigated a 300foot stone breakwater that formed one of the worlds. Online and pdf prices subject to vat depending on location please enquire at.
In this study, the provenance of 42 obsidians from the chalcolithic and early bronze age levels of two settlements bakla tepe and liman tepe located on the aegean coast of anatolia were investigated with an interdisciplinary approach using fissiontrack ft dating, instrumental neutron activation analysis inaa and epithermal neutron activation analysis enaa. Semantic scholar profile for rianne breider, with 1 highly influential citations and 4 scientific research papers. The aegean in the neolithic, chalcolithic and the early. The burnt layer that appears on nearly all the liman tepe remains of this period gives rise to the view that the incident which brought about the end of this period was most probably a settlementwide fire3. An interdisciplinary approach is used in this study to analyse obsidian artefacts from the. Previous work in the area had focused primarily on iron age and later periods, especially in bin tepe, or the thousand moundsa 72 km 2. Athens, greecea submerged port has been mapped at the site of lechaion, the western harbor of ancient corinth, according to an announcement made by the greek ministry of culture and published. Osterreichischer archaologentag 2021 on 810 april 2021 the 18.
The aim of this paper is to present the most recent work in relation to the izmir region and discuss new insights into obsidian procurement and distribution in the early bronze age in the light of archaeological data from the bronze age sites of bakla tepe and liman tepe on the west anatolian coastline. Proceedings of the international symposium the aegean. I have been certified in scuba diving since i was twelve, and have always been fascinated by the ocean. In preclassical antiquity and during the hellenistic and roman eras, it was a greek town called larisa. Similarity of ancient india,sumerians, mexican,mayan. The lycians spoke a language of their own, with its own unique alphabet, an indo. Excavations at liman tepe have revealed monumental architecture in the form of fortifications with horseshoe shaped. A number of 2d reconnaissance surveys were performed to evaluate seismic penetrability of the sediments and to pinpoint locations of interest for further investigation with an ultrahighresolution 3d survey.
The importance of the maritime contacts of the settlement is strongly supported by artifactual evidence retrieved from well. Excavations at the site began in 1979, but in 2000 ankara university archaeologist hayat erkanal and his team began working on a harbor complex buried just off liman tepe s coastline. Photo courtesy of liman tepe excavations project by anand holla when it comes to matters of rich underwater cultural heritage, few countries could rival the wealth of archaeological treasures. As a result of our investigations until the present figure 3, the oldest culture of liman tepe belongs to the. The latest underwater discoveries liman tepe harbor. A mycenaean pottery sherd from liman tepe with a warrior on chariot and its significance in aegean archaeology. Some of the main characteristics of liman tepe are a fortification wall that is partially submerged in the sea and an artificial early bronze age harbor, one of the oldest of its kind known in the aegean sea. Pdf on jan 1, 2003, hayat erkanal and others published 2002 yili liman tepe kazilari find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Liman tepe is an example of a centrally administrated early urban community with a strong economy. Aug 01, 2020 at both sites of bakla tepe and liman tepe the use of obsidian is evidenced from the earliest periods of occupation onwards i. Condition of the kiln and shape in liman tepe, during the excavations in 2012 at trench z7 on the southeast. Summary in this article, a mycenaean pottery sherd from liman tepe is discussed.
The town of limantepe, sometimes spelled liman tepe, located on turkeys western coast is the site of a prehistoric settlement that includes an ancient port dating from 2500 years located underwater offshore. Indigenous culture, migration and integration in the aegean islands and western anatolia during the late bronze and early iron age, edited by n. A coastal site in western anatolia where land routes meet the maritime world c. A late bronze age ship from liman tepe with reference to the late. A late bronze age ship from liman tepe with reference to the. To read about the excavation of a similar site, see diving into history. Bakla tepe represents an affluent inland village or small. Cline the renewed excavations at tel kabri and new evidence for the interactions between the aegean and the levant in the middle bronze ii period ca. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. A late bronze age ship from liman tepe with reference to. The tepe was used both as a fortress in case of attack and as a religious center honoring the villageas special deityoften a mother goddess.
Proceedings of the international symposium the aegean in the neolithic, chalcolithic and the early bronze. Tuncel, the aegean in the neolithic, chalcolithic and the early bronze age. A few of the many hundreds of tepes scattered over sivabhu, even into the middle east, are tepe yaya, tepe ya, tepe kilize, tepe liman, tepe catal. Ultrahighresolution 3d seismic surveys were performed in 2006 with the objective of imaging submerged harbour structures and buried architectural features in shallow coastal waters surrounding these sites.
Attending the liman tepe underwater excavation run by the university of ankara was, while hopefully not a onceinalifetime adventure, a brilliant introduction to the archaeological field experience. Liman tepe level vi as of the season of 2010, a fortified citadel with an impressive gateway accompanied by two rectangular towers have been unearthed at liman tepe belonging to level vi of the sites long stratigraphy fig. Early bronze age ii horseshoe shaped bastion at liman tepe. Among the finds is a fractured wooden anchor arm exposed in situ. Historical timeline of anatolia turkish cultural foundation. Corinths submerged port mapped archaeology magazine. Chronological and chemical approaches to obsidians from bakla. Hatter laboratory, recanati institute for maritime studies, university of haifa, 3498838 israel. Its surrounding territory was known in greek as the larisaia. It is apparent that the distribution of obsidian in western anatolia indicates an interaction and procurement system like the other. The prehistoric settlement is to some extent buried by layers belonging to classical klazomenai as well as by modern. Pdf on jul 5, 2017, irfan tugcu published liman tepe klazomenai antik liman. Protogeometric and geometric settlement klazomenaiklazomena, liman tepe. Despite all these disadvantages, liman tepe is being intensively investigated year after year and new important data concerning the worlds cultural history is being collected figure 3.
Liman tepe have revealed monumental architecture in the form of fortifications with horseshoe shaped bastions and a central complex belonging to the aegean early bronze age ii period. In excavations carried out in the southeast of the northern excavation site at liman tepe, a road extending in a northwestsoutheast direction belonging to the third architectural layer of the late bronze 1 erkanal and gunel 1995, 264265, fig. Liman tepe v and the new architectural concept of liman tepe iv, symbolism continued from the eb ii late through the eb iiib periods without any break in the population. The excavations at the site have provided us with important data, especially about the character of the early bronze age settlement.
Amongst many other aspects these excavations are destined to throw new light on our knowledge of early metallurgy in the eastern aegean, in the study of which it is planned my laboratory will take part in collaboration with professor erkanal and his colleagues. The piece, which was locally produced, probably belongs to. Sila votruba department of archaeology and history of art. The area is situated in the urban zone of the coastal town of urla near izmir. Archaeologists have revealed evidence of prehistoric occupation on this promontory at liman tepe contradicting the 2nd century ad traveller and writer pausanias, who declared that clazomenae was a lonesome place first occupied by greek migrants. The worlds oldest wooden anchor is just one discovery made since excavators at turkeys liman tepe, or harbor mound, turned their attention from land to sea. An archaic anchor arm from liman tepe klazomenai, turkey.
Late chalcolithic period, early bronze age, chiefdom system, early. Hayat erkanal director, liman tepe excavation tayfun caymaz archaeologist, liman tepe excavation muharrem bayar principal, bolvadin anadolu high school cumali ayabakan director, afrodisias museum lutfu ulukaya director, civril public library hasan ersoy librarian, civril public library turgay unal md munir saylan geography teacher. Jan 20, 2016 a tepe was a low, steep hill surrounded by a village. The town of limantepe, sometimes spelled liman tepe, located on turkeys western coast is the site of a prehistoric bronze age settlement that includes an. Cornell the malcolm and carolyn wiener laboratory for. Feasts for fertility are also known from other sites of western anatolia during the late eb iiiii, including. Liman tepe was inhabited from the neolithic period until the end of the late bronze age and continued into the classical penod as when it was known as clazomenai. Their finds revealed that the port sunk following a natural disaster, probably an earthquake, in the sixth century b. Comparisons with other, similar sherds suggest that warriors aboard a ship are depicted. Cornell the malcolm and carolyn wiener laboratory for aegean.
Evidence for holocene marine transgression and shoreline progradation due to barrier development in iskele, bay of izmir, turkey, journal of coastal research 24 2008, 126980 with b. In preclassical antiquity and during the hellenistic and. An overview of the western anatolian early bronze age. Pdf the monumental early bronze age settlement at liman tepe levels viiv predecessor of. Pdf on jun 21, 2020, irfan tugcu and others published liman tepe 2019 y.
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