Istanbuler Mitteilungen 72, 2022

Short Description

The current volume brings together a range of contributions dedicated to diverse material evidence in various Turkish regions from different periods: Besides the investigation of the Late Chalcolithic pottery of the Malatya and Altınova plains; a search for clues of the archaeologically hitherto elusive population group of the Kaškäer; the presentation of a corpus of more than 30 Imperial period console blocks with colossal protomes of animals and mythological figures from the Hadrianic Baths of Aphrodisias; the investigation and reconstruction of monolithic slabs from the liturgical furnishing of the City Basilica of Patara; the presentation of a Byzantine settlement archaeology in the upper Siberis/Kirmir river valley with various Early and Middle Byzantine monuments that has hardly been illuminated so far; the publication of a hoard find consisting of 81 coins from Palaiologan Pergamon and the presentation of three decontextualised individual finds of Phrygian fibulae from the pre-Archaic Iron Age of Pergamon.

Series Description

The »Istanbuler Mitteilungen« see themselves as a platform for archaeological and cultural-historical research on Anatolia and its neighbouring regions. The contributions deal with material evidence of the past from prehistory to the Ottoman period. In accordance with the  field of research at the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute, prehistoric archaeology, Near Eastern archaeology, classical archaeology, Byzantine archaeology and building research form the thematic main topics of the journal. Interdisciplinary essays that also include other subjects in the humanities, natural sciences or geosciences are expressly welcome. The contributions are published in the common scientific languages but mainly in German and English with Turkish summaries.