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’.
On Saturday, September 30, 2017 we left our placein Koşuyolu and took a rather stuffed minibus to the historical seaside neighborhood Üsküdar. The weather was around 19°C. The night before, we were warned ofshowers, but apart from an extremely overcast sky, there was no rain. [distance: 0 km; elevation: 49 m; time: 10:55]. To cross tothe Europeansideof town, we took the ferry and in 7 minutes set foot on Beşiktaş. Pondering what a French cartographerhad told me about İstanbul’s Asian-European sides being only a construct of political interests and not actual geographical borders, I wondered how else I could refer to these two partsof this city. We boarded bus number 25E to Sarıyer. Passing under the first and then the second suspension bridges felt like time travelling in the city’s urban development.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.