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Sagalassos VI : Geo- and Bio-Archaeology at Sagalassos and in its Territory.
Title:
Sagalassos VI : Geo- and Bio-Archaeology at Sagalassos and in its Territory.
Author:
Degryse, Patrick.
ISBN:
9789461660473
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (336 pages)
Series:
Sagalassos ; v.VI

Sagalassos
Contents:
SAGALASSOS VI GEO- AND BIO-ARCHAEOLOGY AT SAGALASSOS AND IN ITS TERRITORY -- CONTENTS -- GEO- AND BIO-ARCHAEOLOGY AT SAGALASSOS AND IN ITS TERRITORY -- REFERENCES USED IN THIS INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER -- 1. THE GEOLOGICAL SETTING (PART I) -- 2. THE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL SETTING(PART II) -- 3. THE CLIMATIC SETTING (PART III) -- 4. THE EXPLOITATION OF LOCAL RESOURCES AND THE IMPORT OF SUBSISTENCE GOODS (PART IV) -- 5. CONCLUSION -- 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 7. REFERENCES TO OTHER GEO- AND BIO-ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE SAGALASSOS PROJECT -- 7.1. On mineral resources and artefact production -- 7.2. Palaeoseismology -- 7.3. Geomorphology and Remote sensing -- 7.4. Palynological and botanical studies -- 7.5. Archaezoology or faunal studies -- 7.6. Residue analysis -- 7.7. Physical Anthropology and aDNA analysis -- 7.8. Site management and conservation -- PART I THE GEOLOGICAL SETTING -- THE GEOLOGY OF THE AREA AROUND THE ANCIENT CITY OF SAGALASSOS -- 1. TECTONIC SETTING -- 2. GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE AREA AROUND SAGALASSOS -- 2.1. Stratigraphy -- 2.2. Structural observations -- 3. TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE SAGALASSOS AREA -- 4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 5. REFERENCES -- 6. GLOSSARY -- PETROGRAPHY, MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ROCKS IN THE AREA OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF SAGALASSOS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GEOLOGICAL SETTING -- 3. METHODOLOGY -- 4. PETROGRAPHY, MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY -- 4.1. Magmatic rocks -- 4.1.1. Ophiolitic mélange -- 4.1.1.1. Serpentinite unit -- 4.1.1.2. Tectonic mélange -- 4.1.1.3. Volcanic-sedimentary rocks -- 4.1.2. Volcanic tuff -- 4.2. Carbonates -- 4.2.1. Autochthonous carbonates -- 4.2.2. Allochthonous carbonates -- 4.3. Flysch deposits -- 4.4. Cool-water travertines -- 5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 6. REFERENCES -- TESTING DIAGNOSTIC GEOMORPHOLOGICAL CRITERIA OF ACTIVE NORMAL FAULTS IN THE BURDUR-ISPARTA REGION (SW TURKEY).

1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GEODYNAMIC SETTING -- 3. REMOTE SENSING ANALYSIS -- 3.1. Satellite images -- 3.2. Digital Elevation Model (DEM) -- 3.3. Aerial photographs -- 4. DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ACTIVE NORMAL FAULTS -- 5. TESTING IN THE BURDUR-ISPARTA AREA -- 5.1. Normal faults in resistant lithology - Mesozoiclimestones -- 5.2. Normal faults in less-resistant lithology - Neogene sediments -- 6. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- 7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 8. REFERENCES -- IDENTIFYING ACTIVE NORMAL FAULTS IN THE BURDUR-ISPARTA REGION (SW TURKEY): REMOTE SENSING, SURFACE GEOLOGY AND NEAR-SURFACE GEOPHYSICS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GEODYNAMIC SETTING -- 3. IDENTIFYING ACTIVE NORMAL FAULTS -- 4. METHODOLOGY -- 5. NEW FAULT ZONES IN THE BURDUR ISPARTA AREA -- 5.1. Isparta-Eğirdir Fault Zone -- 5.1.1. Remote sensing -- 5.1.2. Surface geology -- 5.1.2.1. Isparta-Eğirdir road section -- 5.1.2.2. Darıdere lineament -- 5.2. Çanaklı-Isparta Çayı Fault Zone -- 5.2.1. Remote sensing -- 5.2.2. Surface geology -- 5.3. Bağsaray-Başköy Fault Zone -- 5.3.1. Remote sensing -- 5.3.2. Surface geology -- 5.3.2.1. Gravgaz valley -- 5.3.2.2. Sarıkaya area -- 5.3.2.3. Başköy valley -- 5.3.3. 2D-resistivity imaging -- 6. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- 7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 8. REFERENCES -- AN INTEGRATED NEOTECTONIC STUDY OF THE ÇANAKLI BASIN (SW TURKEY): REMOTE SENSING, SURFACE GEOLOGY AND NEAR-SURFACE GEOPHYSICS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GEOLOGICAL SETTING -- 3. METHODOLOGY -- 4. REMOTE SENSING -- 5. SURFACE GEOLOGY -- 6. NEAR-SURFACE GEOPHYSICS: 2D RESISTIVITY IMAGING -- 6.1. Profile CA03P1 -- 6.2. Profile CA03P2 -- 6.3. Profile CA03P3 -- 6.4. Profile CA03P4 -- 6.5. Profile CA03P5 -- 6.6. Profile CA03P6 -- 6.7. Interpretation of 2D resistivity imaging -- 7. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- 8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 9. REFERENCES -- PART II THE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL SETTING.

EXTRACTING ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES FROM VERY HIGH RESOLUTION QUICKBIRD-2 REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY: A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH BASED ON THE TOWN OF SAGALASSOS -- 1. INTRODUCTION AND AIMS -- 2. STUDY AREA -- 3. METHODS -- 3.1. Quality of the satellite imagery -- 3.2. Extraction of excavated structures -- 3.2.1. Visual interpretation of excavated structures -- 3.2.2. Automatic extraction of excavated structures -- 3.3. Identifi cation of unexcavated features -- 4. RESULTS -- 4.1. Excavated archaeological structures in the monumental town -- 4.1.1. Visual interpretation -- 4.1.2. Edge enhancement fi ltering -- 4.1.3. Pixel-based classifi cation -- 4.1.4. Object-based classifi cation -- 4.2. Visual interpretation of unexcavated features outside the monumental town -- 5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 7. REFERENCES -- TEPHRA FROM THE MINOAN ERUPTION OF SANTORINI IN THE TERRITORY OF SAGALASSOS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FIELDWORK AND ANALYTICAL METHODS -- 3. SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GRAVGAZ TEPHRA -- 4. THE LOCAL CHRONOLOGY AND THE AGE OF THE MINOAN THERA ERUPTION -- 5. THE DIRECT REGIONAL IMPACT OF THE THERA TEPHRA -- 6. THE DIRECT IMPACT OF THE THERA TEPHRA ON THE ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING GRAVGAZ -- 7. CONCLUSION -- 8. REFERENCES -- LATE HOLOCENE SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS AND SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION IN THE MARSH OF GRAVGAZ: EVIDENCE FOR ABRUPT ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODOLOGY -- 3. TIME OF SEDIMENTATION -- 4. RESULTS -- 4.1. Sediment description -- 4.1.1. Unit I -- 4.1.2. Unit II -- 4.1.3. Unit III -- 4.1.3. Unit III -- 4.1.4. Unit IV -- 4.2. Timeframe of the sedimentation and calculation of sediment accumulation rates -- 4.2.1. Unit I -- 4.2.2. Unit II -- 4.2.3. Units III and IV -- 5. CORRELATION OF SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND POLLEN DATA -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- 7. REFERENCES.

PART III THE CLIMATIC SETTING -- DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF HOLOCENE COOL WATER TRAVERTINES IN THE VALLEY OF BAŞKÖY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MODERN ENVIRONMENT -- 2.1. Geomorphology and geology -- 2.2. Climate -- 3. FIELD INVESTIGATION -- 4. PETROGRAPHY -- 4.1. Description and interpretation -- 4.2. Discussion -- 5. DATING OF THE TRAVERTINES -- 6. CONCLUSION -- 7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 8. REFERENCES -- WEATHERING OF LIMESTONE IN THE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS OF SAGALASSOS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MECHANISMS OF WEATHERING -- 2.1. Physical weathering -- 2.2. Chemical weathering -- 2.3. Biological weathering -- 3. WEATHERING OF THE BUILDING STONES AT SAGALASSOS -- 3.1. The late Antonine nymphaeum -- 3.2. The late Roman defence wall -- 3.3. The Doric temple -- 3.4. The theatre -- 4. MINERALOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF THEWEATHERING PRODUCTS -- 4. MINERALOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF THE WEATHERING PRODUCTS -- 4.1. Weathering residues from stylolites and fi ssures -- 4.2. Oxalates and lichen -- 5. PHYSICAL TESTING OF LIMESTONE BUILDING ELEMENTS -- 5.1. Elastic modulus -- 5.2. Heating tests -- 5.3. Frost and thaw cycles -- 6. CONCLUSION -- 7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 8. REFERENCES -- PART IV EXPLOITATION OF LOCAL RESOURCES AND THE IMPORT OF SUBSISTENCE GOODS -- CLAYS FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF TABLE AND COMMON WARES, AMPHORAE AND ARCHITECTURAL CERAMICS AT SAGALASSOS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CHARACTERISATION OF WARE GROUPS -- 3. CERAMIC THEORY AND CLAY RESOURCES -- 4. THE CLAY RAW MATERIALS -- 4.1. Geochemistry -- 4.2. Mineralogy -- 5. SAGALASSOS RED SLIP WARE AND PREDECESSOR (FABRICS 1 AND 11) -- 5.1. Geochemistry -- 5.2. Mineralogy -- 5.3. Discussion -- 6. THE COMMON WARES, AMPHORAE AND ARCHITECTURAL CERAMICS (FABRICS 2 TO 5) -- 6.1. Geochemistry -- 6.2. Mineralogy -- 6.3. Discussion -- 7. CONCLUSION -- 8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 9. REFERENCES.

PROVENANCING THE SLIP OF SAGALASSOS RED SLIP WARE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 3. PETROGRAPHY -- 4. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE SLIP -- 5. GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE CLAYS -- 6. DISCUSSION -- 7. CONCLUSION -- 8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 9. REFERENCES -- THE SAGALASSOS QUARRY LANDSCAPE: BRINGING QUARRIES IN CONTEXT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODOLOGY -- 3. GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND -- 4. CLASSIFICATION OF THE BUILDING STONE AT SAGALASSOS -- 5. QUARRY CLASSIFICATION -- 5.1. On-site quarries (Figure 5) -- 5.1.1. Eastern quarries -- 5.1.2. Southern quarries -- 5.1.3. Northern/western quarries -- 5.1.4. Central quarries (Figure 9) -- 5.2. Local quarries -- 5.3. Regional Quarries -- 5.4. Volume of extraction -- 5.4.1. Monumental construction -- 5.4.2. Burials -- 6. THE SARIKAYA QUARRY - A CASE STUDY -- 6. THE SARIKAYA QUARRY - A CASE STUDY -- 7. CHRONOLOGY OF QUARRYING ACTIVITY -- 8. GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- 8. GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- 8. GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- 9. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 10. REFERENCES -- IDENTIFYING REMAINS OF ANCIENT FOOD IN THE CERAMICS OF SAGALASSOS: DEVELOPING A METHOD -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODOLOGY -- 2.1. Preparation of the sherds -- 2.2. Extraction -- 2.3. Analysis -- 3. CONCLUSION -- 4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 5. REFERENCES -- THE 1997-1999 SURVEYS OF THE ANATOLIAN FISH FAUNA AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE INTERPRETATION OF TRADE AT SAGALASSOS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIAL AND METHODS -- 3. RESULTS -- 4. DISCUSSION -- 4.1. The Lake District -- 4.2. The major large rivers in western Anatolia -- 4.3. The distribution of Clarias gariepinus -- 4.4. Implications for the reconstruction of trade -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 7. REFERENCES -- LIST OF AUTHORS.
Abstract:
Since 1990, the ancient city of Sagalassos in southwestern Turkey has been the focus of an interdisciplinary archaeological research project coordinated by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The papers collected in this volume reveal how the meticulous systematic and interdisciplinary reconstruction of the ecology and economy of the site and its territory has enhanced our understanding of the ancient settlement and its inhabitants beyond the traditional aspects of classical archaeology in Asia Minor. Highlighting geo-archaeological, archaeometrical, and bio-archaeological work performed within the framework of excavations and surveys between 1996 and 2006, this important book's insights greatly enhance the promotion of real interdisciplinarity in classical archaeology.
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