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The paper examines the physical and contextual situation of a series of nine rock hewn pressing installations forming a complex of a winery workshop (ca. 5 decares) which was unearthed during excavations executed at the Roman site of Ambar village. Matching the Upper Mesopotamia and fed by a fair distance permanent water source – the Ambarçay Stream in close proximity, the site lies over limestone bedrock convenient for processing in a hard ground, right nearby a moderate size quarry besides two spring spouts. The site’s scale and function is cross-questioned through the instrumentality of original data and interrelatedness of a couple of archaeo-environmental features as well as through a selection of comparative evidence and proxy figures addressed in the ancient and historical accounts. Appearingly; topography, surrounding agricultural land and hydrology were three driving agents of the positioning and planning of the complex which looks spacious for household usage but rather demonstrates itself as an atelier of inhabitants (belike run at the institutional level) that expanded into post 3rd century. When also confined to the economic convergence of the value of wine recorded in the ancient and pre-modern sources, total relative capacity of one-time pressing operation generates an idea over figures that could suffice to more than a latifundium or a resident population.
The paper examines the physical and contextual situation of a series of nine rock hewn pressing installations forming a complex of a winery workshop (ca. 5 decares) which was unearthed during excavations executed at the Roman site of Ambar village. Matching the Upper Mesopotamia and fed by a fair distance permanent water source – the Ambarçay Stream in close proximity, the site lies over limestone bedrock convenient for processing in a hard ground, right nearby a moderate size quarry besides two spring spouts. The site’s scale and function is cross-questioned through the instrumentality of original data and interrelatedness of a couple of archaeo-environmental features as well as through a selection of comparative evidence and proxy figures addressed in the ancient and historical accounts. Appearingly; topography, surrounding agricultural land and hydrology were three driving agents of the positioning and planning of the complex which looks spacious for household usage but rather demonstrates itself as an atelier of inhabitants (belike run at the institutional level) that expanded into post 3rd century. When also confined to the economic convergence of the value of wine recorded in the ancient and pre-modern sources, total relative capacity of one-time pressing operation generates an idea over figures that could suffice to more than a latifundium or a resident population.
Mersin-Silifke'deki Seyranlık köyü Bağlıalan mevkiinde yer alan çiftlik yerleşimi 3.-4.yüzyıla aittir. Yerleşim dağlık alanda tarımsal üretim yapılabilecek küçük düzlüklere hâkim bir konumdaki yamaca kurulmuştur. Kompleks çiftlikte, çiftlik evi, konutlar, depolar, chamasorium tipi mezarlar ve üretim donanımları bulunmaktadır. Çiftliğin güneybatısında yer alan avlulu ve üç nefli bazilikal planlı kilise 5.yüzyıl ikinci yarısı-6. yüzyıl arasına tarihlidir. Büyük kesme taştan yapılan kilisenin doğu, batı ve güney duvarı kısmen günümüze ulaşmıştır. Narteks kuzey duvarı ise temel seviyesinde yıkılmıştır. Naosta nef ayrımı ortada sütun ve bunun kuzey ve güneyine bitişik yerleştirilen ayaklarla oluşturulan üçlü destek sistemiyle sağlanmıştır. Güney arkad sırası yıkılmış, kuzey arkad sırası günümüze ulaşmıştır. İki ayak arasındaki sütunların başlıklarının yüzlerinde madalyon içinde haç, köşelerinde ise koç başları yer alır. Kompleks çiftliğin üretime dayalı ekonomik gücünün ve yaşayanlarının dindarlık sembolü kilise, yerleşimle birlikte 7. yüzyıl içinde işlevini yitirmiş, kuzey yan odasındaki duvar resimlerinden anlaşıldığı kadarıyla da 10. yüzyıl ikinci yarısı-13.yüzyıl ilk yarısı arasında tekrar kullanılmıştır. Toprak feodalizminin yönetim sistemi olarak benimsendiği Kilikia ve Isauria bölgesinde tarımsal üretimin kontrolü Hellenistik dönemden Bizans döneminin sonuna kadar gelenek olduğu üzere tapınaklar, kuleler, çiftlikler, köyler ve kiliseler tarafından sağlanmıştır. Geç Antik dönemin yönetim ve dinsel merkezi Seleukeia ad Calycadnum kentine bağlı Seyranlık-Bağlıalan yerleşimi bu geleneğin Dağlık Kilikia'daki önemli örneklerinden biridir.
No extensive work has been published to date concerning the cisterns of southern Anatolia. Nor does the recent research present a comprehensive approach especially to the association of cisterns with buildings and open spaces as well as their stylistic features. From this point of view, this paper aims to fill a part of this lacuna by examining the potential role of cisterns located in the Late Antique-Byzantine countryside of southern Anatolia, namely in the areas of Lycia, Pamphylia, Isauria and Cilicia, on the basis of both archaeological and written evidence as well as the author’s observation in the field. In this study, cisterns are evaluated under three main themes. The first presents such basic characteristics of the cisterns as form, material, capacity, decoration, construction techniques and purposes whilst it also examines the water sources and the ways of feedings of the cisterns. The second theme discusses the essential reasons for locating the cisterns at any point of the unstructured spaces of the settlement core such as streets, paths, alleys, public spaces and, of the land situated in the close vicinity of the inhabited area. The last section analyzes the associations of cisterns with churches along with their annexes, houses, olive oil and wine workshops in terms of function and location.
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