Settlements and Necropoleis of the Black Sea and its Hinterland in Antiquity

Select Papers from the Third International Conference ‘The Black Sea in Antiquity and Tekkeköy: An Ancient Settlement on the Southern Black Sea Coast’, 27-29 October 2017, Tekkeköy, Samsun

Edited by Gocha R. Tsetskhladze Edited by Sümer Atasoy

Book cover: Settlements and Necropoleis of the Black Sea and its Hinterland in Antiquity

Extent: 316 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Classical Studies

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2019)

ISBN: 9781789692068

8.07 x 11.42 inches

Price: $70.00

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Papers in this volume cover all shores of the Black Sea and address, alongside many other topics, the establishment dates of some Greek Colonies; East Greek transport amphorae; the history of Tekkekoy; the pre-Roman economy of Myrmekion; Byzantine finds at Komana; glass bracelets from Samsun Museum; dating the Kavak Bekdemir Mosque i


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 Tekkekoy in Samsun, ancient Amisos, on the Turkish Black Sea coast. The archaeology sessions included presentations not only on the Tekkekoy/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 Tekkekoy, a Sinopean from Tomis, imports at Acic 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 Hoyuk Chalcolithic culture in coastal settlements, the Baruthan Tumuli at Amisos, iron finds from the Fatsa Cingirt Kayasi excavations, new excavations at Amastris, ancient Sebastopolis, politics and diplomacy in Paphlagonia, the Great Goztepe tumulus in Paphlagonia, Amasya-Oluz Hoyuk, the Iron Age sites of Zile district, Byzantine finds at Komana, glass bracelets from Samsun Museum, and dating the Kavak Bekdemir Mosque in Samsun.

Preface Once again about the Establishment Date of Some Greek Colonies around the Black Sea - by Gocha R. Tsetskhladze The Black Sea on the Tabula Peutingeriana - by A.V. Podossinov Archaic East Greek Transport Amphorae: Secure Advances and Muddles. An Assessment - by Pierre Dupont WESTERN BLACK SEA Tekkekoy: Land of Legends from Past to the Future - by Sumer Atasoy An Epigram for a Sinopean from Tomis - by Alexandru Avram Late Classical-Hellenistic Imports at Acic Suat (Caraburun) (4th-3rd Century BC) - by Vasilica Lungu NORTHERN BLACK SEA The Chronology of Arrowhead and Dolphin-Shaped Monetary Signs from Berezan - by Dmitry Chistov Essay on the Economy of Myrmekion in Pre-Roman Times - by Alexander Butyagin and Alexei Kasparov The Necropolis of Porthmion (from the Excavations of 2004-2013) - by M.Y. Vakhtina and P.G. Stolyarenko Artyushchenko-1 Settlement on the Taman Peninsula (6th Century BC-4th Century AD) - by Yurii A. Vinogradov EASTERN BLACK SEA The Southern Pontic Import Discovered at Classical Period Sites in Ajara - by Amiran Kakhidze and Emzar Kakhidze A Brief Report on the Archaeological Excavations in Gonio-Apsarus, 2014-2017 - by Shota Mamuladze and Kakhaber Kamadadze SOUTHERN BLACK SEA The Traces of the Chalcolithic Culture of Alaca Hoyuk in the Coastal Settlements of the Central Black Sea Region of Turkey - by Hulya Caliskan Akgul The Baruthane Tumuli at Amisos/Samsun - by Sumer Atasoy Evaluations of Iron Finds from the Fatsa Cingirt Kayasi Excavations - by Ayse Fatma Erol and Ertac Yildirim New Archaeological Expeditions in the Ancient City of Amastris - by Fatma Bagdatli Cam, Ali Bora and Handan Bilici Altunkayalier The Ancient City of Sebastopolis in the Light of Archaeological Data and Inscriptions - by Sengul Dilek Ful Politics and Diplomacy in Paphlagonia - by Manolis Manoledakis A Great Tumulus from Paphlagonia - by Sahin Yildirim The Land of Sacred Fire: Amasya - Oluz Hoyuk - by Sevket Donmez An Overview of Iron Age Sites of Zile District - by Mehmet Ozsait and Nesrin Ozsait Evaluation of the Recent Finds at Komana from the Early and Middle Byzantine Period - by Mustafa Nuri Tatbul and D. Burcu Erciyas A Group of Glass Bracelets from Samsun Museum - by Akin Temur and Ozkan Ozbilgin Some Observations on the Dating of the Kavak Bekdemir Mosque in Samsun - by E. Emine Naza Donmez,

Preface ; 
Once again about the Establishment Date of Some Greek Colonies around the Black Sea – by Gocha R. Tsetskhladze
The Black Sea on the Tabula Peutingeriana – by A.V. Podossinov
Archaic East Greek Transport Amphorae: Secure Advances and Muddles. An Assessment – by Pierre Dupont

WESTERN BLACK SEA
Tekkekoy: Land of Legends from Past to the Future – by Sümer Atasoy
An Epigram for a Sinopean from Tomis – by Alexandru Avram
Late Classical-Hellenistic Imports at Açic Suat (Caraburun) (4th-3rd Century BC) – by Vasilica Lungu
NORTHERN BLACK SEA
The Chronology of Arrowhead and Dolphin-Shaped Monetary Signs from Berezan – by Dmitry Chistov
Essay on the Economy of Myrmekion in Pre-Roman Times – by Alexander Butyagin and Alexei Kasparov
The Necropolis of Porthmion (from the Excavations of 2004-2013) – by M.Y. Vakhtina and P.G. Stolyarenko
Artyushchenko-1 Settlement on the Taman Peninsula (6th Century BC-4th Century AD) – by Yurii A. Vinogradov
EASTERN BLACK SEA
The Southern Pontic Import Discovered at Classical Period Sites in Ajara – by Amiran Kakhidze and Emzar Kakhidze
A Brief Report on the Archaeological Excavations in Gonio-Apsarus, 2014-2017 – by Shota Mamuladze and Kakhaber Kamadadze
SOUTHERN BLACK SEA
The Traces of the Chalcolithic Culture of Alaca Höyük in the Coastal Settlements of the Central Black Sea Region of Turkey – by Hulya Çalışkan Akgül
The Baruthane Tumuli at Amisos/Samsun – by Sümer Atasoy
Evaluations of Iron Finds from the Fatsa Cıngırt Kayası Excavations – by Ayşe Fatma Erol and Ertaç Yıldırım
New Archaeological Expeditions in the Ancient City of Amastris – by Fatma Bağdatlı Çam, Ali Bora and Handan Bilici Altunkayalıer
The Ancient City of Sebastopolis in the Light of Archaeological Data and Inscriptions – by Şengül Dilek Ful
Politics and Diplomacy in Paphlagonia – by Manolis Manoledakis
A Great Tumulus from Paphlagonia – by Şahin Yıldırım
The Land of Sacred Fire: Amasya – Oluz Höyük – by Şevket Dönmez
An Overview of Iron Age Sites of Zile District – by Mehmet Özsait and Nesrin Özsait
Evaluation of the Recent Finds at Komana from the Early and Middle Byzantine Period – by Mustafa Nuri Tatbul and D. Burcu Erciyas
A Group of Glass Bracelets from Samsun Museum – by Akın Temür and Özkan Özbilgin
Some Observations on the Dating of the Kavak Bekdemir Mosque in Samsun – by E. Emine Naza Dönmez
  • Edited by Gocha R. Tsetskhladze
  • Edited by Sümer Atasoy