‘Pisidian’ culture? The Classical-Hellenistic site at Düzen Tepe near Sagalassus (southwest Turkey)

In 2005, during the annual ‘intensive’ archaeological survey in the peri-urban zone of Sagalassus (Pisidia, southwest Anatolia), the remains of an extensive Classical-Hellenistic settlement were identified at Düzen Tepe, 1.8km southwest of Sagalassus. The results of three seasons of site investigati...

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Published in:	Anatolian studies Vol. 60; pp. 105 - 128
Main Authors:	Vanhaverbeke, H., Waelkens, M., Vyncke, K., De Laet, V., Aydal, S., Mušič, B., De Cupere, B., Poblome, J., Braekmans, D., Degryse, P., Marinova, E., Verstraeten, G., Van Neer, W., Šlapšak, B., Medarič, I., Ekinci, H.A., Erbay, M.O.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01-01-2010 The British Institute at Ankara British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara
Subjects:	Ancient civilizations of the near east Archaeological excavation Archaeological surveys Architecture Art and archaeology Cities Excavations Forts Grec and Roman periods Limestones Mesopotamia and Near East Minor Asia and Hittites Pottery Promontories Wood buildings Antiquity Classical Period Hellenistic period Pisidia Anatolia Turkey Asia Minor Europe Site Cartography Architecture Fauna Excavation report Geophysics Archaeometry Sounding Ceramics Archaeozoology Settlement Survey Radiocarbon Town Topography Material culture Environment Map Dating Mass spectrometry
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Summary:	In 2005, during the annual ‘intensive’ archaeological survey in the peri-urban zone of Sagalassus (Pisidia, southwest Anatolia), the remains of an extensive Classical-Hellenistic settlement were identified at Düzen Tepe, 1.8km southwest of Sagalassus. The results of three seasons of site investigation (2005–2007), comprising archaeological and geophysical surveys, architectural and topographical mapping, test soundings, and archaeometric and environmental research, are presented here, together with a discussion of the settlement's most probable socio-economic background. According to the latest results of all excavated or sampled survey ceramic artefacts and AMS C14 dating of faunal remains, the (proto-)urban settlement at Düzen Tepe was inhabited during the fifth to second century BC. It is the first of its kind to shed light on the material culture of the ancient inhabitants of the region, the ‘Pisidians’. 2005 yılında, Sagalassos (Pisidya, güneybatı Anadolu) kentinin çevresindeki bölgede yapılan yıllık ‘yoğun’ arkeolojik yüzey araştırması sırasında, Sagalassos'un 1.8km güneybatısında bulunan Düzen Tepe'de büyük bir Klasik-Hellenistik dönem yerleşiminin kalıntıları tespit edilmiştir. Arkeolojik ve jeofiziksel incelemeler, mimari ve topografik haritalandırma, deneme sondajları ve arkeometrik ve ekolojik incelemeleri kapsayan üç, sezonluk (2005–2007) saha araştırmalarının sonuçları, yerleşim yerinin en olası sosyo-ekonomik geçmişiyle birlikte bu makalede yer almaktadır. Bütün kazılan veya yüzey araştırması yapılan alanlardan gelen seramik buluntuların değerlendirilmesi ve hayvan kalıntılarının AMS C14 metoduyla tarihlendirilmesi sonucu ortaya çıkan en son sonuçlara göre, Düzen Tepe'deki kent (öncesi) yerleşim M.Ö. 5. yüzyıldan 2. yüzyıla kadar iskan edilmiştir. Bölgenin eski sakinleri olan ‘Pisidyalılar’ın maddi kültürüne ışık tutan ilk örnektir.
ISSN:	0066-1546 2048-0849
DOI:	10.1017/S0066154600001046