Recent Work at Aphrodisias

Abstract

Aphrodisias is located in ancient Caria, in the modern province of Aydın, in Geyre, Karacasu. The city was famed for its sculpture workshop and its local cult of Aphrodite. The Roman and Late Antique monuments and statues are remarkably well-preserved and the various settlement phases from the Roman Imperial period until the 1970s, when the village of Geyre was moved, can be followed in an unusually detailed manner. Aphrodisias was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2017. The main criteria for its inscription, besides its well-preserved monuments, was the essential and complete information that the city provides on ancient marble carving processes and the honouring culture. Current research, led by New York University and the University of Oxford, focuses on 6 main projects: 1) Tetrapylon Street, 2) Civil Basilica and Diocletian’s Price Edict, 3) Urban Park (South Agora) and Pool, 4) Sebasteion Temple, 5) House of Cybele, and 6) Museum Courtyard. The goal of the research project is to understand and publish all the settlement phases of the settlement, to study and publish within their contexts all the monuments and significant finds, to conserve and maintain them, and ultimately to make them accessible and understandable to the visitor. This article summarises the excavation reports of the past eight years.

Keywords

• Aphrodisias
• Roman
• Late Antiquity
• sculpture
• anastylosis

Aphrodisias’ta Güncel Çalışmalar

Abstract

Aphrodisias, antik Karia bölgesinin iç kesimlerinde, günümüz Aydın ili, Karacasu ilçesi, Geyre Mahallesi’nde yer alır. Kent, Antik Çağ’da heykeltıraşlık eserleri ve yerel Aphrodite kültü ile ün salmıştır. Kentin Roma dönemi ve Geç Antik Çağ’a ait anıt ve eserleri olağanüstü derecede iyi korunmuş durumdadır ve Roma İmparatorluk Dönemi başlarından Geyre Köyü’nün antik kent dışına taşındığı 1970’lere kadar alanda aralıksız devam eden yaşam arkeolojik olarak çok iyi takip edilebilmektedir. Aphrodisias antik kenti, 2017 yılında UNESCO Dünya Mirası Listesi’ne kaydedilmiştir. Bunun ana sebebi, kentin iyi korunmuş olmasının yanı sıra antik heykeltıraşlık işlemlerinin ve onurlandırma kültürünün alanda çok iyi belgelenebiliyor olmasıdır. Günümüzde New York ve Oxford Üniversiteleri’nin iş birliğiyle sürdürülen kazı çalışmalarında altı ana araştırma konusuna odaklanılmaktadır: 1) Tetrapylon Caddesi 2) Bazilika ve Diocletianus Fiyat Fermanı 3) Palmiye Parkı (Güney Agora) ve Havuz 4) Sebasteion Tapınak 5) Kybele Evi 6) Müze Avlusu Sergi Salonu. Araştırma projesinin ana amaçları kentin tüm tarihsel süreçlerini anlamak ve yayınlamak; ortaya çıkarılmış olan yapı ve eserleri tüm süreçleriyle araştırıp kontekstleriyle birlikte yayınlamak, koruma, bakım ve onarımlarını yapmak ve bunun sürekliliğini sağlamak; eserlerin ve anıtların ziyaretçiye ulaşılabilir ve anlaşılır hale gelmesini sağlamaktır. Bu makale son 8 yılın kazı sonuç raporlarının bir özeti ve derlemesidir.

Keywords

• Aphrodisias
• Roma
• Geç Antik Çağ
• heykel
• anastylosis

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