- Turkey
Sadık Sulan
Ataturk University, Archaeology, Post-Doc
- Parion Antik Kentiedit
The Ancient City of Parion, which is located in the Kemer village of Biga municipality of Çanakkale province in today’s Turkey, which is an important port city in the area is known as Troas in antiquity. In the ancient city of Parion, the... more
The Ancient City of Parion, which is located in the Kemer village of Biga municipality of Çanakkale province in today’s Turkey, which is an important port city in the area is known as Troas in antiquity.
In the ancient city of Parion, the Tavşandere Necropolis has been excavated since 2005 and the Toprak Kuleler Necropolis has been excavated since 2011. Parion has been continuosly settled from the Archaic Period to the Byzantine Period which has been attested by the necropolis excavations. These studies sheds light to the scientific world by the information regarding burial customs and the addition of new tomb types throughout the previously mentioned ages.
In Parion which is given the colonial status of colony with the Roman colonisation, political, economic and social structure has reached a peek in the Roman Imperial Period. This influence is witnessed by details shown in the grave types apparently as well as public structure.
Subject of the study is the architecture of chamber tombs of which seven are masonry and the other two are rock-cut chamber; the graves have been studied in depth and dated with the related plan, cross-section and facade drawings being presented.
The gifts found in the chamber tombs dating to the Roman Period have been processed in digital environment and defined in the context of catalog studies. These gifts consist of 26 pieces of terracota works, 7 pieces of glass ware, 5 pieces metal ware, 11 coins, 4 pieces of jewellery.
Chamber tombs exposed to illegal excavations during antiquity and today. Among the chamber tombs OM 5, which has been preserved until a certain level in context, reveals multiple burial (desynchronized) application. The study of the tomb has been carried out by defining the date of the tomb and in archaeological manner. Individuals buried in this grave (OM 5) are thought to provide important contributions to the determination of the social and demographic situation of the city during the Roman Period by age and DNA analysis of each individual will be presented to the scientific world in another academic work.
In the ancient city of Parion, the Tavşandere Necropolis has been excavated since 2005 and the Toprak Kuleler Necropolis has been excavated since 2011. Parion has been continuosly settled from the Archaic Period to the Byzantine Period which has been attested by the necropolis excavations. These studies sheds light to the scientific world by the information regarding burial customs and the addition of new tomb types throughout the previously mentioned ages.
In Parion which is given the colonial status of colony with the Roman colonisation, political, economic and social structure has reached a peek in the Roman Imperial Period. This influence is witnessed by details shown in the grave types apparently as well as public structure.
Subject of the study is the architecture of chamber tombs of which seven are masonry and the other two are rock-cut chamber; the graves have been studied in depth and dated with the related plan, cross-section and facade drawings being presented.
The gifts found in the chamber tombs dating to the Roman Period have been processed in digital environment and defined in the context of catalog studies. These gifts consist of 26 pieces of terracota works, 7 pieces of glass ware, 5 pieces metal ware, 11 coins, 4 pieces of jewellery.
Chamber tombs exposed to illegal excavations during antiquity and today. Among the chamber tombs OM 5, which has been preserved until a certain level in context, reveals multiple burial (desynchronized) application. The study of the tomb has been carried out by defining the date of the tomb and in archaeological manner. Individuals buried in this grave (OM 5) are thought to provide important contributions to the determination of the social and demographic situation of the city during the Roman Period by age and DNA analysis of each individual will be presented to the scientific world in another academic work.
Research Interests: Architecture, Death and Burial (Archaeology), Ceramics (Archaeology), Roman imperialism, Arkeoloji, and 20 moreRoman Imperial Coins, Roman colonisation, Greek and Roman Tombs, Troas, Burial Customs, Built chamber tombs, Kaya mezarlar, Necropolis, Multiple Burials, Rock-Cut Chamber Tombs, çanakkale, Parion, Mimari, Oil lamps, Archaeology of Northwestern Anatolia (Troad), Brick Vault, Unguentarium, Roman Archaeology, Tonozlu Yapılar, and oda mezar
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Parion Antik Kenti’nin güneydoğu sınırında yer alan Toprak Kuleler mevkinde, 2011-2017 yılları arasında yapılan kazı çalışmaları ile yan yana beş adet oda mezar açığa çıkarılmıştır. İrili ufaklı moloz taşlar ve harç yardımıyla inşa... more
Parion Antik Kenti’nin güneydoğu sınırında yer alan Toprak Kuleler mevkinde, 2011-2017 yılları arasında yapılan kazı çalışmaları ile yan yana beş adet oda mezar açığa çıkarılmıştır.
İrili ufaklı moloz taşlar ve harç yardımıyla inşa edilmiş olan oda mezarların beden duvarları içten ve dıştan sıva tabakası ile kaplanmıştır. Eşik seviyesine kadar yeraltında olan mezarların girişleri güneye bakmakta olup, birer monolit kapı bloğu ile kapatılmıştır. Mezarların üst örtüsünde, istisnasız olarak beşik tonoz uygulaması görülmektedir. Anakayanın tıraşlanması ile düzleştirilen mezar zeminleri bazen iki tekne ile bölünmüş bazen de tek mekân oluşturularak gömüye hazırlanmıştır.
Söz konusu beş adet oda mezar zemininde ve kaçak kazılar ile mezar dışına rastgele atılan toprak içerisinde 22 adet pişmiş toprak eser, 6 adet cam eser, 5 adet metal eser, 11 adet sikke ve 3 adet takı olmak üzere toplamda 47 adet buluntu ele geçmiştir.
Belli bir tabakaya kadar kontekstinin korunduğu belirlenen OM 5 adlı mezar, içerisinde üst üste ve yan yana 26 adet gömüye rastlanması ve çoklu gömü uygulamasına işaret etmesi ile bu mezar topluluğu içinde ayrı bir önem arz etmektedir. Bu çalışmada mimarileri ve buluntularının inceleneceği söz konusu mezarlar, Parion kentinin Erken Roma İmparatorluğu Dönemi’ndeki kimliğine, sosyal, demografik ve dini açıdan önemli katkılar sunmuştur.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Oda Mezar, Erken Roma, gömü, Parion, Troas.
Five adjacent built chamber tombs were revealed as a result of an intense excavation period lasting from 2011 to 2017 within the Toprak Kuleler locality on the southeastern limits of the ancient city of Parion.
The tombs that were built by means of using rubble and mortar were found to be covered with a layer of stucco both from inside and outside. Entrance to the tombs, which are all below the ground level, was made possible by small entrances all opening to the south and understood to be closed by monolith blocks. All tombs were covered by a built barrel vault. Floors of the chambers were carved from the bedrock itself and in some examples was divided by two basins or was left undivided.
A total of 47 artefacts were recovered from the chambers as well as from the soil taken out by the illegal excavations comprising of 22 ceramics, 6 glass artefacts, 5 metal objects, 11 coins and 3 pieces of jewellery.
One of the tombs with a partially preserved context, named as OM 5, especially stands out from the rest as it housed a mass burial made of 26 bodies piled on top or aside of each other. All these tombs and their remains, which will be evaluated within this study, posses a high potential for a better understanding of the social, demographic and religious identity of Parion during the Early Imperial Period.
Keywords: Chamber Tomb, Early Roman, burial, Parion, Troad.
İrili ufaklı moloz taşlar ve harç yardımıyla inşa edilmiş olan oda mezarların beden duvarları içten ve dıştan sıva tabakası ile kaplanmıştır. Eşik seviyesine kadar yeraltında olan mezarların girişleri güneye bakmakta olup, birer monolit kapı bloğu ile kapatılmıştır. Mezarların üst örtüsünde, istisnasız olarak beşik tonoz uygulaması görülmektedir. Anakayanın tıraşlanması ile düzleştirilen mezar zeminleri bazen iki tekne ile bölünmüş bazen de tek mekân oluşturularak gömüye hazırlanmıştır.
Söz konusu beş adet oda mezar zemininde ve kaçak kazılar ile mezar dışına rastgele atılan toprak içerisinde 22 adet pişmiş toprak eser, 6 adet cam eser, 5 adet metal eser, 11 adet sikke ve 3 adet takı olmak üzere toplamda 47 adet buluntu ele geçmiştir.
Belli bir tabakaya kadar kontekstinin korunduğu belirlenen OM 5 adlı mezar, içerisinde üst üste ve yan yana 26 adet gömüye rastlanması ve çoklu gömü uygulamasına işaret etmesi ile bu mezar topluluğu içinde ayrı bir önem arz etmektedir. Bu çalışmada mimarileri ve buluntularının inceleneceği söz konusu mezarlar, Parion kentinin Erken Roma İmparatorluğu Dönemi’ndeki kimliğine, sosyal, demografik ve dini açıdan önemli katkılar sunmuştur.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Oda Mezar, Erken Roma, gömü, Parion, Troas.
Five adjacent built chamber tombs were revealed as a result of an intense excavation period lasting from 2011 to 2017 within the Toprak Kuleler locality on the southeastern limits of the ancient city of Parion.
The tombs that were built by means of using rubble and mortar were found to be covered with a layer of stucco both from inside and outside. Entrance to the tombs, which are all below the ground level, was made possible by small entrances all opening to the south and understood to be closed by monolith blocks. All tombs were covered by a built barrel vault. Floors of the chambers were carved from the bedrock itself and in some examples was divided by two basins or was left undivided.
A total of 47 artefacts were recovered from the chambers as well as from the soil taken out by the illegal excavations comprising of 22 ceramics, 6 glass artefacts, 5 metal objects, 11 coins and 3 pieces of jewellery.
One of the tombs with a partially preserved context, named as OM 5, especially stands out from the rest as it housed a mass burial made of 26 bodies piled on top or aside of each other. All these tombs and their remains, which will be evaluated within this study, posses a high potential for a better understanding of the social, demographic and religious identity of Parion during the Early Imperial Period.
Keywords: Chamber Tomb, Early Roman, burial, Parion, Troad.
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Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı’nın 10 Haziran 2016 Tarih ve 111054 Sayılı ruhsatnamesine göre Parion kazısı 2016 yılı çalışmaları, 12 akademisyen, 9 arkeolog, 2 mimar, 8 restoratör- konservatör, 23 arkeoloji öğrencisi ve 18 işçiden oluşan bir... more
Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı’nın 10 Haziran 2016 Tarih ve 111054 Sayılı
ruhsatnamesine göre Parion kazısı 2016 yılı çalışmaları, 12
akademisyen, 9 arkeolog, 2 mimar, 8 restoratör- konservatör, 23 arkeoloji
öğrencisi ve 18 işçiden oluşan bir ekip tarafından, 13 Temmuz- 06 Eylül
2016 tarihleri arasında Bakanlığımıza sunulan kazı programı çerçevesinde,
güney nekropolis, tiyatro, odeion, Roma hamamı, yamaç hamamı, agora ve
dükkânlar, su kemeri, su kuyusu 1, oda mezarlar ve mozaikli yapı olmak
üzere, antik kentin 10 ayrı bölgesinde gerçekleştirilmiş olup, 487 kalem etütlük
ve 15 adet envanterlik eser ortaya çıkarılmıştır.
ruhsatnamesine göre Parion kazısı 2016 yılı çalışmaları, 12
akademisyen, 9 arkeolog, 2 mimar, 8 restoratör- konservatör, 23 arkeoloji
öğrencisi ve 18 işçiden oluşan bir ekip tarafından, 13 Temmuz- 06 Eylül
2016 tarihleri arasında Bakanlığımıza sunulan kazı programı çerçevesinde,
güney nekropolis, tiyatro, odeion, Roma hamamı, yamaç hamamı, agora ve
dükkânlar, su kemeri, su kuyusu 1, oda mezarlar ve mozaikli yapı olmak
üzere, antik kentin 10 ayrı bölgesinde gerçekleştirilmiş olup, 487 kalem etütlük
ve 15 adet envanterlik eser ortaya çıkarılmıştır.