Introduction Tepe Duzen is – in the current stage of our knowledge – an area that was contemporarily inhabited with Sagalassos from the 5th to the 2nd century. It is located on a plateau at 1.8 km SW of the latter. The ceramics excavated during the campaigns of 2006, 2007 and 2008 have mainly been […]
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Tepe Düzen: Report 3
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The excavations at Tepe Düzen were executed by two teams of 2 archaeologists and 3 workmen each. The TD1 team was lead by Merve Özkılıç (Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul) and Roel Van Beeumen (K.U.Leuven) and the TD2 team was lead by Kim Vyncke and Laura Verheyden (both K.U.Leuven). In total 3 sondages and 1 excavation […]
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Friday, August 21, 2009
A wide range of mineral resources was exploited in the territory of Sagalassos, including ores, clays and natural building stones. Sagalassos is known as a large pottery producing centre, using several local clay resources, exporting its products all over the Roman Empire. Another craft activity was the melting and working of iron. Also, local limestone […]
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Monday, August 3, 2009
Priority of geophysical survey at Tepe Düzen in 2009 field campaign was extension of previously magnetically surveyed areas towards the south fortifications. In total an area of 4 ha was surveyed by magnetic method. Architectural remains of presumably Classical/Hellenistic period made of non-magnetic limestone blocks close to the surface and strongly magnetic top soil (in […]
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Monday, July 27, 2009
This year’s excavations at Tepe Düzen started with two sondages on the eastern part of the plateau, in order to find the origin and the use of the metal ores (magnetite and cassiterite) and semi-precious stones (beryl and grossular) that were found at Tepe Düzen last year. One sondage, lead by Kim Vyncke and Laura […]
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Monday, June 15, 2009Tepe Düzen is located on a plateau at 1.8km SW of Sagalassos. The ceramics excavated during the campaigns of 2006, 2007 and 2008 have mainly been dated between the fifth and second century B.C., after which the site was perhaps completely given up and all craft activities moved to the current site. The campaign of […]
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