Dombalaktepe is a mound located in the Kamaz Valley, just east of the Ondokuz Mayıs University Kurupelit Campus in the Atakum District of Samsun Province. With the permission of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the support of Ondokuz Mayıs University, the excavation of the mound was carried out in 2021 by It started with the scientific consultancy of Asc. Prof. Dr. Atila Türker. The fact that the prehistoric and prehistoric results were obtained according to the preliminary results at Dombalaktepe showed that the long-occupied mound has the potential to yield versatile results. The purpose of the excavations is to bring a new stratigraphy to Anatolian archeology in the Black Sea Region in the light of scientific research, to conduct inter-institutional and interdisciplinary studies, and to carry out applied education in which the students of Ondokuz Mayıs University Archeology Department take an active role.
n this sense, increasing and diversifying the number of public collaborations through archaeological excavations and researches in Dombalaktepe, reconsidering Black Sea archeology in a temporal dimension, updating the chronology of Black Sea archeology with new data, archeological data obtained as a result of excavations, interdisciplinary working groups, including archaeometric analysis, and various branches of science. methods, to provide field training to undergraduate and graduate students, especially at Ondokuz Mayıs University, to provide them with experience and professional knowledge, to introduce scientific research methods through scientific publication of the findings and to conduct social archeology studies by exhibiting the finds in the museum, to make the special position of the mound in the valley tourism It is aimed to create recreation and destination areas by evaluating its potential. In line with these purposes, undergraduate and graduate students of Ondokuz Mayıs University Archeology Department took responsibility as team members in the field and workshop studies carried out in the mound in 2021.
Necessary interviews were held in order to carry out various archaeometric analyzes on the archaeological remains obtained in cooperation with KİTAM. The preliminary observations obtained draw attention to the importance of dealing with the archeology of the Black Sea Region with new approaches and methods, and also reveal that the Dombalaktepe settlement contains up-to-date data on the lifestyle of the prehistoric communities living in the region.
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The ancient city of Sebastopolis, one of the largest Roman cities in the Black Sea region, is located within the borders of Sulusaray district of today's Tokat province. A salvage excavation was carried out in the city for the first time by the Tokat Museum in 1987-1990, and during these excavations the city wall, Roman bath, Byzantine church and mosaic pieces were unearthed. The excavations, which started again in 2010 after a long break in the ancient city of Sebastopolis, were conducted under the presidency of the Tokat Museum, under the scientific consultancy of Markus Kohl. Cleaning and drilling works were carried out in the areas where the remains of baths and churches were unearthed during the rescue excavations carried out by the Tokat Museum in 1987-1990. Excavations in the city were interrupted and then resumed in 2013 under the scientific consultancy of Şengül Dilek Ful. In the first season of the works carried out between 2013-2018, the rescue carried out by the Tokat Museum in previous years was carried out in areas expropriated by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, where the remains of the Roman Bath and Byzantine Church were found during the sounding excavations. The excavations, which were interrupted for two years, were carried out by it was started again by a team of Ondokuz Mayıs University Archeology Department students under the scientific consultancy of Asc. Prof. Dr. Akın TEMÜR. The works of 2021 are mainly concentrated on the Byzantine Church.
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The Apollon Smintheus Sanctuary (Smintheion), located in the town of Gülpınar, Ayvacık, Çanakkale, is a project of special importance for Western Anatolian Archeology, where there are building remains from the Hellenistic and Roman periods and traces of the settlement dating to the Chalcolithic Period.During the excavations, which started in 1980 under the direction of Prof. Dr. Coşkun Özgünel, many structures such as the bath, residences and the sacred street related to the sanctuary were unearthed, as well as the temple. The excavation director of the project has been Asc. Prof. Dr. David Kaplan continues.
Apollon Smintheus Sanctuary is the second most important sanctuary of Troas after the temple of Athena in Troy. The importance of the sanctuary stems from the fact that it is the only example with a mouse symbol among the known Apollo cults in Anatolia. Etymologically, Apollon Smintheus means "Lord of Mice". Apollo Smintheus appears in the Troas region as a god who protects the farmers from mice.
The most important structure of the Apollon Smintheus Sanctuary is the Temple of Apollon Smintheus, and the temple built in Ionic style dates back to 150 BC. The most striking aspect of the Temple of Apollon Smintheus is the reliefs that take their subject from the Trojan War, which is described in Homer's Iliad. The temple, decorated with relief friezes on the Iliad, is unique in this context. The temple in question is characterized by its unique architectural style and its unique plastic works in the Hellenistic Period Western Anatolian architectural art.
During the archaeological excavations carried out in the Apollon Smintheus Sanctuary (Smintheion), the remains of a prehistoric settlement dated to 5 thousand BC were also found. The Middle Chalcolithic Period, which is one of the least known periods of Western Anatolian prehistory, also represents a period when many Aegean islands were first settled and cultural interactions and trade began to increase in Western Anatolia and the Aegean world. The Chalcolithic Smintheion settlement is important in that it represents a period that characterized the pre-Troas region of Troas.
A museum where the temple friezes are exhibited has been opened to visitors in the area where excavations are continuing. Although the restoration works of the temple continue, some of the architecture has been restored.
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Parion is located on the Anatolian side of the Propontis (Sea of Marmara) region, including the Biga Peninsula, in the west of Anatolian Turkey. Parion is situatedin Kemer Village, connected to the town of Balıklı Çeşme, in the Biga District of Çanakkale. Parion is located at Bodrum Burnu (Cape Bodrum). The city was founded at bothsides of a river where it empties into the sea and has a natural harbor, very much like other colonies established in the region during the 7th and 8th centuries BC. Although there is no definitive information about the foundation of Parion reports that the foundation of the city, which might be dated to 709 BC, might, amongst others, be related to the colonization by the city of Miletus, Erythrai, and Paros. In addition to these sources, Pausanias indicates that Parion was colonised by the city of Erythrai Modern research partially confirms the information provided by historical sources. Both modern and historical sources indicate that three cities may betaken as the founders of Parion: Erythrai, Paros, and Miletus.
There is a strong discussion about the role of Erythrai on the names of Oikists (= founders) and this discussion maystem from the fact that the names of some people came to light. Concludes that Paros was highly influential and likely to be the origin for the name of Parion. The city of Miletus was known as the founder of many colonies in the region. However, the only information on this issue is provided by ancient literary sources, as the excavation of Parion is currently in its initial stage, and no new archaeological evidence has yet been discovered.
In 2004, ground work started in the area of (what would become) the Sout Necropolis of the ancient city, in preparation of the construction of an elementary school, and subsequently graves and archaeological materials were uncovered. dating to Antiquity. Upon this development, rescue excavations were carried out in the area of the necropolis by the Archaeological Museum of Çanakkale in the same year. In 2005, however, systematic excavations were carried out in the ancient city for the first time by a team under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Cevat Başaran, who previously already had conducted archaeological surface research in the region between 1999 and 2002. Excavations have been continuing since 2015 under the director of Prof.Dr.Vedat KELEŞ.
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With the permission of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums, the Bolu/Claudiopolis Stadium excavation works were started on 21.07.2022 under the presidency of the Bolu Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism and the Museum Directorate. Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Archeology Lecturer Assoc. Dr. It started on 21.07.2022 under the coordination of Davut YİĞİTPAŞA.
STADION
The city of Bithynium-Claudiopolis was established in the center of Bolu, in the area covering Hisartepe, Kargatepe, Fırkatepe and Uğurluanip hill. stadium; It was built by leaning on the south slope of Hisartepesi by using natural slope, using cut stones, without using mortar and with cladding technique. It extends parallel to İzzet Baysal Street in Akpınar district. As a result of the studies, it has been determined that 94.50 meters of the structure is still standing, and about the same amount has been destroyed long ago. Although it has only one row, it is considered to have been built in a 'U' plan type with a semicircular turning section called sphendone, since it continues in an inclined manner. A total of 5 sitting rows were unearthed. Seating rows are divided into 16 keiles (seating section between steps) with step sections descending in the north-south direction. The number of steps identified in the widest part of the stadium is 14.
STADION BOOK
The construction epitaph of the stadium was written on thin plates in a very regular way and placed in four panels on the balustrade that separates the running area from the spectator tribune in the middle of the building, thus emphasizing it visually. Although hundreds of building inscriptions belonging to the Roman Period are known in Anatolia, the architectural equivalent of this inscription found in Bolu is unknown. Approximately 20 meters. long inscription, 1 m. separating the running field from the northern spectator tribune. 7 thin marble slab inscriptions, which were seated on 4 panels in the middle of the high balustrade wall, were unearthed and 4 slabs could not be found. Inscription; It is engraved in two lines with fairly regular letters. The fact that these four panels, on which the inscription is placed, are visually brought to the fore; It gives the impression that this place forms the very middle of the stadium. In its Turkish translation, it is understood that the building was financed by Domitius Ponticus Iulianus and his family and was dedicated to Emperor Hadrianus, who was the ruler of the period.
OTTOMAN BATH
It was concluded that an architectural structure was found during the 2008 excavation, and that it belonged to an Ottoman Period building from the terracotta pipe and ceramic fragments, but no determination was made about the function of the building. The walls of the building, which is understood to be a bath, were built with coarse rubble stone, bricks and plenty of mortar. The walls of the building are plastered from the inside, but they are completely poured. It is an unpretentious, small size and single person bathing in the Ottoman period (Girçık, Çıkçık) bath. The name of the building, which was called 'Gir-Cik Bath' due to its lack of production, has been carried to the present day as 'Cik Cik Bath'.
Asc. Prof. Dr. Davut YİĞİTPAŞA
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