A test sounding in the western residential area Introduction The position of the Hellenistic town wall and the results of the architectural and intensive surface survey suggest that the western residential area must have held the original living quarters of Sagalassos. After the investigation of the chronological development and planning of the eastern residential area […]
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Survey of the Kales
Monday, August 10, 2009
During previous archaeological survey campaigns (1993-1997), we had observed that all the places with the toponym “kale” (or fortress in Turkish) bore the remains of (extensive) fortification walls or (smaller) forts. At that time, the dating of these kales was difficult since the pottery retrieved was highly undiagnostic. However, it was clear that these kales […]
Read full post »The Potters’ Quarter: Report 1
Monday, July 20, 2009
The 2009 excavation in the area of the Potters’ Quarter of Sagalassos is anticipated to last four weeks with focus on an area of the site that was excavated in both 2004 and 2008 field seasons. The area selected for excavation this campaign is situated immediately north of the 2008 excavation area in order to […]
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The position of the Hellenistic town wall and the results of the architectural and intensive surface survey suggest that the western residential area must have held the original living quarters of Sagalassos. After the investigation of the chronological development and planning of the eastern residential area through a programme of test soundings (1999-2008), geophysical survey […]
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The city is thought to have been surrounded by a fortification system from the late third century B.C. onward. This Hellenistic wall would then be dismantled during the Roman period and the main part of the fortification wall visible today was the result of a late antique reconstruction. The circuit of the Late Roman town […]
Read full post »The Potters’ Quarter: Aims 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
We plan to continue the open area excavations in the zone of the so-called Coroplast Workshop(s) in the Potters’ Quarter of Sagalassos. The preliminary results of the 2004 and 2008 campaigns in the area of the Coroplast Workshop(s) indicated the possible existence of a set of adjoining workshops, active in the late Roman period in […]
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