ACHAEMENID ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTH CAUCASUS AND THE BLACK SEA CULTURAL BASIN
Öz
The Achaemenid architecture is the most exquisite art of this culture due to the artistic and technical features. New
excavations in the cultural region of the Black Sea and the southern Caucasus represent accumulation of Achaemenid
artistic evidences and the effects of the Persian Style on the architecture. It contains palaces, columned halls, Gates,
and temples. Achaemenid palaces with pedestals in Pontus and Oluz Höyük other monuments from Sari Tepe,
Gumbati, Benjamin, Qaracamirli, Samadlo, Sarikhe, Zikhiagora are identified. All of them have similar features as
Achaemenid’s.
They reveal a kind of concordance in structures and decorations. Whence there are a vast number of the Achaemenid
architecture evidences, an extensive scientific investigation is discussed. The most important question of this research
is to introduce the homogeneity state of the Achaemenid architecture in the area of research. It is a fundamental
investigation Conducted by a descriptive – Analytic method and documentation based in quantitative method and
analysis the evidences.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Achaemenid Architecture, Cultural Region of the Black Sea, Southern Caucasus, Achaemenid Art
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