Settlements and Necropoleis of the Black Sea and its Hinterland in Antiquity contains a selection of some two dozen of the papers from an international conference held in October 2017 at Tekkeköy in Samsun, ancient Amisos, on the Turkish Black Sea coast. The archaeology sessions included presentations not only on the Tekkeköy/Samsun region but also on other parts of the Black Sea. They were presented by participants from Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The selection offered here includes almost all of the contributions on archaeology and ancient history. The papers cover all shores of the Black Sea, studying (once again), the establishment dates of some Greek colonies, East Greek transport amphorae, the Black Sea on the Tabula Peutingeriana, the history of Tekkeköy, a Sinopean from Tomis, imports at Açic Suat (Caraburun), arrowhead and dolphin-shaped monetary signs from Berezan, the pre-Roman economy of Myrmekion, the necropolis of Porthmion, Artyushchenko-1 settlement on the Taman Peninsula, South Pontic imports at Classical sites in Ajara, recent excavations in Gonio-Apsarus, the Alaca Höyük Chalcolithic culture in coastal settlements, the Baruthan Tumuli at Amisos, iron finds from the Fatsa Cıngırt Kayası excavations, new excavations at Amastris, ancient Sebastopolis, politics and diplomacy in Paphlagonia, the Great Göztepe tumulus in Paphlagonia, Amasya-Oluz Höyük, the Iron Age sites of Zile district, Byzantine finds at Komana, glass bracelets from Samsun Museum, and dating the Kavak Bekdemir Mosque in Samsun.
Author(s): Gocha R. Tsetskhladze and Sümer Atasoy
Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
Year: 2017
Cover
Title Page
Copyright page
Contents Page
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Once again about the Establishment Date of Some Greek Colonies around the Black Sea*
Gocha R. Tsetskhladze
The Black Sea on the Tabula Peutingeriana*
A.V. Podossinov
5.22.3
Archaic East Greek Transport Amphorae: Secure Advances and Muddles. An Assessment
Pierre Dupont
Tekkeköy: Land of Legends from Past to the Future*
Sümer Atasoy
An Epigram for a Sinopean from Tomis
Alexandru Avram
Late Classical-Hellenistic Imports at Açic Suat (Caraburun) (4th-3rd Century BC)
Vasilica Lungu
The Chronology of Arrowhead and Dolphin-Shaped Monetary Signs from Berezan
Dmitry Chistov
Essay on the Economy of Myrmekion in Pre-Roman Times
Alexander Butyagin and Alexei Kasparov
The Necropolis of Porthmion (from the Excavations of 2004-2013)
M.Y. Vakhtina and P.G. Stolyarenko
Artyushchenko-1 Settlement on the Taman Peninsula (6th Century BC-4th Century AD)
Yurii A. Vinogradov
The Southern Pontic Import Discovered at Classical Period Sites in Ajara*
Amiran Kakhidze and Emzar Kakhidze
A Brief Report on the Archaeological Excavations in Gonio-Apsarus, 2014-2017*
Shota Mamuladze and Kakhaber Kamadadze
The Traces of the Chalcolithic Culture of Alaca Höyük in the Coastal Settlements of the Central Black Sea Region of Turkey*
Hulya Çalışkan Akgül
The Baruthane Tumuli at Amisos/Samsun
Sümer Atasoy
Evaluations of Iron Finds from the Fatsa Cıngırt Kayası Excavations
Ayşe Fatma Erol and Ertaç Yıldırım
New Archaeological Expeditions in the Ancient City of Amastris
Fatma Bağdatlı Çam, Ali Bora and Handan Bilici Altunkayalıer
The Ancient City of Sebastopolis in the Light of Archaeological Data and Inscriptions
Şengül Dilek Ful
Politics and Diplomacy in Paphlagonia
Manolis Manoledakis
A Great Tumulus from Paphlagonia
Şahin Yıldırım
The Land of Sacred Fire: Amasya – Oluz Höyük*
Şevket Dönmez
An Overview of Iron Age Sites of Zile District
Mehmet Özsait and Nesrin Özsait
Evaluation of the Recent Finds at Komana from the Early and Middle Byzantine Period*
Mustafa N. Tatbul and D. Burcu Erciyas
A Group of Glass Bracelets from Samsun Museum
Akın Temür and Özkan Özbilgin
Some Observations on the Dating of the Kavak Bekdemir Mosque in Samsun*
E. Emine Naza Dönmez
List of Contributors
