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Open Access Journal: Anadolu Araştırmaları - Jahrbuch für kleinasiatische Forschung

[First listed in AWOL 21 January 2012, updated 19  June 2025]


Anadolu Araştırmaları - Jahrbuch für kleinasiatische Forschung

ISSN: 0569-9746
e-ISSN: 2667-629X

Anatolian Research – Anadolu Araştırmaları is the publication of Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters. The journal was founded in 1955. It is an open access, peer-reviewed and international journal. Starting from 2021 the frequency of the journal has been changed from annual to semi-annual. Since 2021, the journal has been published in June and December. Manuscripts submitted for publication should be in Turkish, English, German, French or Italian.

Anatolian Research – Anadolu Araştırmaları aims to contribute to the dissemination of scientific knowledge through publication of high quality articles in accordance with the international publishing standards.

The journal publishes studies which examine Anatolia and its related regions from prehistoric times to late antiquity. The areas of study covered in the scope of the journal are Ancient History, Archeology, Art History, History of Architecture, Anthropology, Epigraphy, Numismatic, Historical Geography and Archeometry.

ISSUE 31, 2024


Issue Type

Regular

Editor(s)Mustafa H. Sayar

 


Observations on “inan-” in Hittite Cuneiform Texts

The Interaction of Urartian Rock Signs with Phrygians

West Slope Pottery of the Seyitömer Mound

A Spatial Analysis of the Borders of Ancient Armenia

Hellenistic Period Mould-Made Oil Lamps From the Sinop Museum

ISSUE 30, 2024

-ḫi in The List of Sheep Presenter Names in Bastam

Mehmet İnsan Tunay (İhsan Hoca) 1941-2023


The assembled palace of Samosata: object vibrancy in 1st C. BCE Commagene

This dissertation develops an innovative approach to cultural transformation in the kingdom of Commagene (modern south-east Turkey) during the 1st c. BCE, focusing on a palatial context in the capital Samosata. It unlocks two corpora of archaeological legacy data, which pertain to salvage excavations undertaken by a team of the Middle East Technical University (Ankara) in the period 1978-1989, in the wake of the site’s flooding by the Euphrates river. The dissertation integrates the excavation documentation with archaeological material nowadays stored at the Archaeological Museum of Adiyaman. In addition to a conventional analysis of the chronology, lay-out and architectural character of the palace, a critique is formulated on the problematic character of acculturative and anthropocentric approaches still characterizing scholarship dealing with ‘Hellenism in the East’. As an alternative, it is proposed to reconceptualize the palace of Samosata as a heterogenous and vibrant...Show more
Supervisor
Versluys, M.J.
Co-supervisor
Blömer, M.
Committee
Kolen, J.; Fontijn, D.R.; Winter, E.; Pitts, M.; Hoo, M.
Qualification
Doctor (dr.)
Awarding Institution
Faculty of Archaeoleogy, Leiden University
Date
2022-05-24

Funding

Sponsorship
This PhD research was conducted within the framework of the NWO-funded VICI project ‘Innovating Objects. The Impact of global connections and the formation of the Roman Empire (ca. 200-30 BC)’, directed by prof. dr. M.J. Versluys.

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Only the dead can tell us: on ancestor worship, law, social status, and gender norms in ancient Egypt

The main aim of the present thesis is to investigate the authoritative role of the ancestors in matters of social cohesion, succession, inheritance, property ownership and gender norms. In particular the purpose is to ascertain whether religious sources concerning the cult of the ancestors can provide concrete evidence on how justice was actually administrated in Ancient Egypt. The title – Only the dead can tell us – derived indeed from the idea that this core of religious beliefs, which also included necromantic practices, can be invaluable for better understanding Ancient Egyptian society and justice.  

Supervisor
Kaper, O.E.
Co-supervisor
Demarée, R.J.
Committee
Jong, A.F. de; Vliet, J. van der; Willems, H.; Morenz, L.D.; Müller, M.
Qualification
Doctor (dr.)
Awarding Institution
Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
Date
2024-07-03

Documents

 


 

Waterscapes Archaeology: Multi-Scalar Human-Environment Interactions in Coastal Lagoons

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Waterscapes Archaeology: Multi-scalar Human-Environment Interactions in Coastal Lagoons presents papers from a session of the 7th International Landscape Archaeology Conference (Iași-Suceava, Romania, and online 2022). It brings together a series of interdisciplinary studies that investigate the historical, ecological, and socio-economic significance of coastal lagoons across various regions and time periods. The chapters delve into long-term human-environment interactions within these dynamic ecosystems, focusing on themes such as resource exploitation, settlement patterns, and paleo-environmental reconstructions. The volume highlights diverse case studies, including the historical and cultural roles of lagoons in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, the socio-economic interdependencies revealed by prehistoric coastal settlements in the Persian Gulf, and diachronic changes in Italy’s Apulian wetlands. Innovative non-invasive techniques, such as magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar, are also examined for their contributions to marshland archaeology, offering new insights into previously hidden archaeological landscapes. Additionally, the volume explores the evolution of landscapes in the Venetian lagoon through archaeobotanical analyses and the complexities of lagoon management in the Roman world, addressing the challenges of resource control and ownership in shifting environments. Each chapter contributes to a comprehensive understanding of how ancient societies adapted to environmental changes and managed waterscapes, while also emphasizing the contemporary relevance of these findings for sustainable management and conservation of these vulnerable anthropo-ecological systems.

H 276 x W 203 mm

132 pages

40 figures, 2 tables

Published Jun 2025

Archaeopress Archaeology

ISBN

Paperback: 9781803279534

Digital: 9781803279541

DOI 10.32028/9781803279534

 

Contents

Introduction – A. Bivolaru, D. Cottica, C. Morhange

Waterscapes: long term human-environment interactions in the lagoons from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea – A. Bivolaru

Archaeological evidence for the socio-economical interdependency of coast and hinterland based on the discovery of new prehistoric sites on the Persian Gulf’s northern coasts – E. Rashidian, A. Moghaddam

Diachronic Human-Wetland Interactions on the Salpi Lagoon (Apulia, Italy): From the Daunian Period to the Early Middle Ages, G. Fiorentino, R. Goffredo – I. Mazzini, D. Susini

Liminal historical landscapes in southern Tuscany: a multidisciplinary approach for a new narrative – L. Dallai, V. Volpi, G. Poggi

Historical landscape analysis on marshlands of the Bay of Cádiz. A non-invasive theoretical approach and experimental experience – E. Aragón Núñez, I. Rondán Sevilla, L. Lagóstena Barrios

Landscape evolution in the Venetian lagoon reconstructed through archaeobotanical analyses – S. Marvelli, M. Marchesini

Coastal lagoons, shifting environments, and control of natural resources – A. Marzano