Research Article

Aksaz Thermal Complex: An Evaluation in Terms of Glass Finds and Settlement Archaeology

Volume: 27 May 17, 2024
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Aksaz Thermal Complex: An Evaluation in Terms of Glass Finds and Settlement Archaeology

Abstract

The Aksaz thermal complex is located 48 km southwest of the centre of Uşak province, 18 km southwest of Ulubey district and 4.3 km southeast of Aksaz village. Blaundos (Sülümenli) is 10 km northeast of the spa, Motello (Bekilli) 24 km east and Tripolis (Buldan) 33 km southwest. Since many illegal excavations were discovered in the area in 1994, rescue excavations were carried out by a team from the Uşak Museum Directorate. The Aksaz stream is on the northern boundary of the bath where the rescue excavations were carried out and it was found that there were many hot water springs around the bath. This bath complex, which seems to have been in use from the Hellenistic to the Byzantine periods, was unfortunately abandoned after the rescue excavations and has been further destroyed by illegal excavations. The aim of this study is to emphasise the need for new additions to the road routes indicated by D. French with the existence of this archaeological site, by evaluating a thermal structure that has survived for hundreds of years in a rural settlement area and the uses of the glass found here.

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Thanks

We would like to thank Şerif Söyler, Director of Uşak Archaeology Museum and İlhan Çavuş, an expert from the Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism, for sharing with our the data from Aksaz rescue excavations.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Old Anatolian History , Classical Greek and Roman History

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

May 17, 2024

Submission Date

February 9, 2024

Acceptance Date

April 29, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 27

APA
Taştemür, E., & Dinç, M. (2024). Aksaz Thermal Complex: An Evaluation in Terms of Glass Finds and Settlement Archaeology. Gephyra, 27, 171-208. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1434427
AMA
1.Taştemür E, Dinç M. Aksaz Thermal Complex: An Evaluation in Terms of Glass Finds and Settlement Archaeology. GEPHYRA. 2024;27:171-208. doi:10.37095/gephyra.1434427
Chicago
Taştemür, Emre, and Münteha Dinç. 2024. “Aksaz Thermal Complex: An Evaluation in Terms of Glass Finds and Settlement Archaeology”. Gephyra 27 (May): 171-208. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1434427.
EndNote
Taştemür E, Dinç M (May 1, 2024) Aksaz Thermal Complex: An Evaluation in Terms of Glass Finds and Settlement Archaeology. Gephyra 27 171–208.
IEEE
[1]E. Taştemür and M. Dinç, “Aksaz Thermal Complex: An Evaluation in Terms of Glass Finds and Settlement Archaeology”, GEPHYRA, vol. 27, pp. 171–208, May 2024, doi: 10.37095/gephyra.1434427.
ISNAD
Taştemür, Emre - Dinç, Münteha. “Aksaz Thermal Complex: An Evaluation in Terms of Glass Finds and Settlement Archaeology”. Gephyra 27 (May 1, 2024): 171-208. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1434427.
JAMA
1.Taştemür E, Dinç M. Aksaz Thermal Complex: An Evaluation in Terms of Glass Finds and Settlement Archaeology. GEPHYRA. 2024;27:171–208.
MLA
Taştemür, Emre, and Münteha Dinç. “Aksaz Thermal Complex: An Evaluation in Terms of Glass Finds and Settlement Archaeology”. Gephyra, vol. 27, May 2024, pp. 171-08, doi:10.37095/gephyra.1434427.
Vancouver
1.Emre Taştemür, Münteha Dinç. Aksaz Thermal Complex: An Evaluation in Terms of Glass Finds and Settlement Archaeology. GEPHYRA. 2024 May 1;27:171-208. doi:10.37095/gephyra.1434427

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