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Aizanoi, in the sub-province of Cavdarhisar, near Kutahya, is a particularly interesting site for this research. Whilst it has been known for a number of years, and has the potential to attract very great interest, it has in fact been dug only by a very small German team. For this reason, the amphitheatre is not yet renovated, and the area around the temple only very partly excavated. The village at the site are just that: they still live amongst the ruins. Whilst they are slowly moving away, there appears to be no great pressure on the villagers though in turn it is said that they have agreed not to excavate illegally amongst the remains. Thus, there is a level of direct, intrusive intermingling between the past and the present which would appear to match that at Catalhoyuk, albeit with classical rather than pre-historic remains. It is likely that this policy of gradual excavation at the site is deliberate, so as to avoid a direct conflict with the villagers though this is something that needs to be looked at in more detail. Certainly at present, there appear to be few tourists and little coherent attempt at presenting the site to the public, in mark contast with Ephesus, Bogazkoy or Aphrodisias. The site, and the village, was visited by Hasluck, as is clear from the photographic record that he deposited with the Hellenic Society. The overlap that has emerged between that early research and this is discussed in the text reports. For a few Hasluck photographs, see Images 495-500.
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Aizanoi, in the sub-province of Cavdarhisar, near Kutahya, is a particularly interesting site for this research. Whilst it has been known for a number of years, and has the potential to attract very great interest, it has in fact been dug only by a very small German team. For this reason, the amphitheatre is not yet renovated, and the area around the temple only very partly excavated. The village at the site are just that: they still live amongst the ruins. Whilst they are slowly moving away, there appears to be no great pressure on the villagers though in turn it is said that they have agreed not to excavate illegally amongst the remains. Thus, there is a level of direct, intrusive intermingling between the past and the present which would appear to match that at Catalhoyuk, albeit with classical rather than pre-historic remains. It is likely that this policy of gradual excavation at the site is deliberate, so as to avoid a direct conflict with the villagers though this is something that needs to be looked at in more detail. Certainly at present, there appear to be few tourists and little coherent attempt at presenting the site to the public, in mark contast with Ephesus, Bogazkoy or Aphrodisias. The site, and the village, was visited by Hasluck, as is clear from the photographic record that he deposited with the Hellenic Society. The overlap that has emerged between that early research and this is discussed in the text reports. For a few Hasluck photographs, see Images 495-500.
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Aizanoi, in the sub-province of Cavdarhisar, near Kutahya, is a particularly interesting site for this research. Whilst it has been known for a number of years, and has the potential to attract very great interest, it has in fact been dug only by a very small German team. For this reason, the amphitheatre is not yet renovated, and the area around the temple only very partly excavated. The village at the site are just that: they still live amongst the ruins. Whilst they are slowly moving away, there appears to be no great pressure on the villagers though in turn it is said that they have agreed not to excavate illegally amongst the remains. Thus, there is a level of direct, intrusive intermingling between the past and the present which would appear to match that at Catalhoyuk, albeit with classical rather than pre-historic remains. It is likely that this policy of gradual excavation at the site is deliberate, so as to avoid a direct conflict with the villagers though this is something that needs to be looked at in more detail. Certainly at present, there appear to be few tourists and little coherent attempt at presenting the site to the public, in mark contast with Ephesus, Bogazkoy or Aphrodisias. The site, and the village, was visited by Hasluck, as is clear from the photographic record that he deposited with the Hellenic Society. The overlap that has emerged between that early research and this is discussed in the text reports. For a few Hasluck photographs, see Images 495-500.
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Aizanoi, in the sub-province of Cavdarhisar, near Kutahya, is a particularly interesting site for this research. Whilst it has been known for a number of years, and has the potential to attract very great interest, it has in fact been dug only by a very small German team. For this reason, the amphitheatre is not yet renovated, and the area around the temple only very partly excavated. The village at the site are just that: they still live amongst the ruins. Whilst they are slowly moving away, there appears to be no great pressure on the villagers though in turn it is said that they have agreed not to excavate illegally amongst the remains. Thus, there is a level of direct, intrusive intermingling between the past and the present which would appear to match that at Catalhoyuk, albeit with classical rather than pre-historic remains. It is likely that this policy of gradual excavation at the site is deliberate, so as to avoid a direct conflict with the villagers though this is something that needs to be looked at in more detail. Certainly at present, there appear to be few tourists and little coherent attempt at presenting the site to the public, in mark contast with Ephesus, Bogazkoy or Aphrodisias. The site, and the village, was visited by Hasluck, as is clear from the photographic record that he deposited with the Hellenic Society. The overlap that has emerged between that early research and this is discussed in the text reports. For a few Hasluck photographs, see Images 495-500.
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Aizanoi, in the sub-province of Cavdarhisar, near Kutahya, is a particularly interesting site for this research. Whilst it has been known for a number of years, and has the potential to attract very great interest, it has in fact been dug only by a very small German team. For this reason, the amphitheatre is not yet renovated, and the area around the temple only very partly excavated. The village at the site are just that: they still live amongst the ruins. Whilst they are slowly moving away, there appears to be no great pressure on the villagers though in turn it is said that they have agreed not to excavate illegally amongst the remains. Thus, there is a level of direct, intrusive intermingling between the past and the present which would appear to match that at Catalhoyuk, albeit with classical rather than pre-historic remains. It is likely that this policy of gradual excavation at the site is deliberate, so as to avoid a direct conflict with the villagers though this is something that needs to be looked at in more detail. Certainly at present, there appear to be few tourists and little coherent attempt at presenting the site to the public, in mark contast with Ephesus, Bogazkoy or Aphrodisias. The site, and the village, was visited by Hasluck, as is clear from the photographic record that he deposited with the Hellenic Society. The overlap that has emerged between that early research and this is discussed in the text reports. For a few Hasluck photographs, see Images 495-500.
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Aizanoi, in the sub-province of Cavdarhisar, near Kutahya, is a particularly interesting site for this research. Whilst it has been known for a number of years, and has the potential to attract very great interest, it has in fact been dug only by a very small German team. For this reason, the amphitheatre is not yet renovated, and the area around the temple only very partly excavated. The village at the site are just that: they still live amongst the ruins. Whilst they are slowly moving away, there appears to be no great pressure on the villagers though in turn it is said that they have agreed not to excavate illegally amongst the remains. Thus, there is a level of direct, intrusive intermingling between the past and the present which would appear to match that at Catalhoyuk, albeit with classical rather than pre-historic remains. It is likely that this policy of gradual excavation at the site is deliberate, so as to avoid a direct conflict with the villagers though this is something that needs to be looked at in more detail. Certainly at present, there appear to be few tourists and little coherent attempt at presenting the site to the public, in mark contast with Ephesus, Bogazkoy or Aphrodisias. The site, and the village, was visited by Hasluck, as is clear from the photographic record that he deposited with the Hellenic Society. The overlap that has emerged between that early research and this is discussed in the text reports. For a few Hasluck photographs, see Images 495-500.
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Aizanoi, in the sub-province of Cavdarhisar, near Kutahya, is a particularly interesting site for this research. Whilst it has been known for a number of years, and has the potential to attract very great interest, it has in fact been dug only by a very small German team. For this reason, the amphitheatre is not yet renovated, and the area around the temple only very partly excavated. The village at the site are just that: they still live amongst the ruins. Whilst they are slowly moving away, there appears to be no great pressure on the villagers though in turn it is said that they have agreed not to excavate illegally amongst the remains. Thus, there is a level of direct, intrusive intermingling between the past and the present which would appear to match that at Catalhoyuk, albeit with classical rather than pre-historic remains. It is likely that this policy of gradual excavation at the site is deliberate, so as to avoid a direct conflict with the villagers though this is something that needs to be looked at in more detail. Certainly at present, there appear to be few tourists and little coherent attempt at presenting the site to the public, in mark contast with Ephesus, Bogazkoy or Aphrodisias. The site, and the village, was visited by Hasluck, as is clear from the photographic record that he deposited with the Hellenic Society. The overlap that has emerged between that early research and this is discussed in the text reports. For a few Hasluck photographs, see Images 495-500.
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Aizanoi, in the sub-province of Cavdarhisar, near Kutahya, is a particularly interesting site for this research. Whilst it has been known for a number of years, and has the potential to attract very great interest, it has in fact been dug only by a very small German team. For this reason, the amphitheatre is not yet renovated, and the area around the temple only very partly excavated. The village at the site are just that: they still live amongst the ruins. Whilst they are slowly moving away, there appears to be no great pressure on the villagers though in turn it is said that they have agreed not to excavate illegally amongst the remains. Thus, there is a level of direct, intrusive intermingling between the past and the present which would appear to match that at Catalhoyuk, albeit with classical rather than pre-historic remains. It is likely that this policy of gradual excavation at the site is deliberate, so as to avoid a direct conflict with the villagers though this is something that needs to be looked at in more detail. Certainly at present, there appear to be few tourists and little coherent attempt at presenting the site to the public, in mark contast with Ephesus, Bogazkoy or Aphrodisias. The site, and the village, was visited by Hasluck, as is clear from the photographic record that he deposited with the Hellenic Society. The overlap that has emerged between that early research and this is discussed in the text reports. For a few Hasluck photographs, see Images 495-500.
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Of a number of museums in Kutahya, this is a small but interesting archaeological display restored from a Seljuk medrese (school). However, it has been extremely controversial in the town because religious activists did not wish for Byzantine and therefore Christian relics displayed within an Islamic building.
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Of a number of museums in Kutahya, this is a small but interesting archaeological display restored from a Seljuk medrese (school). However, it has been extremely controversial in the town because religious activists did not wish for Byzantine and therefore Christian relics displayed within an Islamic building.
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The street scenes are very conservative for a modern Turkish town. It would be interesting to make a comparative sociological analysis of Konya and Kutahya. Whilst both are conservative, there is a different tone about the cities that makes Kutahya appear markedly harsher. Both have substantial sources of wealth, both have long historical traditions within the Ottoman Empire. Albeit a preliminary view, at present I hypothesise that Konya is more oriented toward Persian Islam and its pre-revolutionary mystic synthesis, whilst Kutahya is more in contact with the Wahabbism of the Arabic Middle East. Of course, both cities have very complex social make-ups, and even if this speculation were correct it would encapsulate no more than a small part of their respective apparent cultural orientations.
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Kutahya Street scene |
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The street scenes are very conservative for a modern Turkish town. It would be interesting to make a comparative sociological analysis of Konya and Kutahya. Whilst both are conservative, there is a different tone about the cities that makes Kutahya appear markedly harsher. Both have substantial sources of wealth, both have long historical traditions within the Ottoman Empire. Albeit a preliminary view, at present I hypothesise that Konya is more oriented toward Persian Islam and its pre-revolutionary mystic synthesis, whilst Kutahya is more in contact with the Wahabbism of the Arabic Middle East. Of course, both cities have very complex social make-ups, and even if this speculation were correct it would encapsulate no more than a small part of their respective apparent cultural orientations.
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The street scenes are very conservative for a modern Turkish town. It would be interesting to make a comparative sociological analysis of Konya and Kutahya. Whilst both are conservative, there is a different tone about the cities that makes Kutahya appear markedly harsher. Both have substantial sources of wealth, both have long historical traditions within the Ottoman Empire. Albeit a preliminary view, at present I hypothesise that Konya is more oriented toward Persian Islam and its pre-revolutionary mystic synthesis, whilst Kutahya is more in contact with the Wahabbism of the Arabic Middle East. Of course, both cities have very complex social make-ups, and even if this speculation were correct it would encapsulate no more than a small part of their respective apparent cultural orientations.
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Kutahya Street scene |
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The street scenes are very conservative for a modern Turkish town. It would be interesting to make a comparative sociological analysis of Konya and Kutahya. Whilst both are conservative, there is a different tone about the cities that makes Kutahya appear markedly harsher. Both have substantial sources of wealth, both have long historical traditions within the Ottoman Empire. Albeit a preliminary view, at present I hypothesise that Konya is more oriented toward Persian Islam and its pre-revolutionary mystic synthesis, whilst Kutahya is more in contact with the Wahabbism of the Arabic Middle East. Of course, both cities have very complex social make-ups, and even if this speculation were correct it would encapsulate no more than a small part of their respective apparent cultural orientations.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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Kutahya, Kossuth Museum |
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The Kossuth museum in Kutahya serves a dual function as an ethnographic costume museum typical of many provincial centres, and at the same time celebrates the Hungarian nationalist leader. Kossuth took succour in the Ottoman Empire to run a campaign against the Russians in Hungary, an act of international friendship that the modern Turkish Republic are able to regard as befitting their present image. At the same time, those who view the Ottoman Empire with nostalgia are able to regard it as typical of its 'liberal' character.
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The street scenes are very conservative for a modern Turkish town. It would be interesting to make a comparative sociological analysis of Konya and Kutahya. Whilst both are conservative, there is a different tone about the cities that makes Kutahya appear markedly harsher. Both have substantial sources of wealth, both have long historical traditions within the Ottoman Empire. Albeit a preliminary view, at present I hypothesise that Konya is more oriented toward Persian Islam and its pre-revolutionary mystic synthesis, whilst Kutahya is more in contact with the Wahabbism of the Arabic Middle East. Of course, both cities have very complex social make-ups, and even if this speculation were correct it would encapsulate no more than a small part of their respective apparent cultural orientations.
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The street scenes are very conservative for a modern Turkish town. It would be interesting to make a comparative sociological analysis of Konya and Kutahya. Whilst both are conservative, there is a different tone about the cities that makes Kutahya appear markedly harsher. Both have substantial sources of wealth, both have long historical traditions within the Ottoman Empire. Albeit a preliminary view, at present I hypothesise that Konya is more oriented toward Persian Islam and its pre-revolutionary mystic synthesis, whilst Kutahya is more in contact with the Wahabbism of the Arabic Middle East. Of course, both cities have very complex social make-ups, and even if this speculation were correct it would encapsulate no more than a small part of their respective apparent cultural orientations.
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The street scenes are very conservative for a modern Turkish town. It would be interesting to make a comparative sociological analysis of Konya and Kutahya. Whilst both are conservative, there is a different tone about the cities that makes Kutahya appear markedly harsher. Both have substantial sources of wealth, both have long historical traditions within the Ottoman Empire. Albeit a preliminary view, at present I hypothesise that Konya is more oriented toward Persian Islam and its pre-revolutionary mystic synthesis, whilst Kutahya is more in contact with the Wahabbism of the Arabic Middle East. Of course, both cities have very complex social make-ups, and even if this speculation were correct it would encapsulate no more than a small part of their respective apparent cultural orientations.
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The street scenes are very conservative for a modern Turkish town. It would be interesting to make a comparative sociological analysis of Konya and Kutahya. Whilst both are conservative, there is a different tone about the cities that makes Kutahya appear markedly harsher. Both have substantial sources of wealth, both have long historical traditions within the Ottoman Empire. Albeit a preliminary view, at present I hypothesise that Konya is more oriented toward Persian Islam and its pre-revolutionary mystic synthesis, whilst Kutahya is more in contact with the Wahabbism of the Arabic Middle East. Of course, both cities have very complex social make-ups, and even if this speculation were correct it would encapsulate no more than a small part of their respective apparent cultural orientations.
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The large open spaces separating provincial, and even sub-provincial centres from one another helps to give its distinctive flavour. Overall, it helps to remember that Anatolia is perhaps between three and four time the size of UK with about the same population. The enormous barren spaces in central Anatolia probably help to explain the emphasis on enclosed greenery, though it should not be forgotten that there was much more natural forestation until the twentieth century.
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The large open spaces separating provincial, and even sub-provincial centres from one another helps to give its distinctive flavour. Overall, it helps to remember that Anatolia is perhaps between three and four time the size of UK with about the same population. The enormous barren spaces in central Anatolia probably help to explain the emphasis on enclosed greenery, though it should not be forgotten that there was much more natural forestation until the twentieth century.
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The large open spaces separating provincial, and even sub-provincial centres from one another helps to give its distinctive flavour. Overall, it helps to remember that Anatolia is perhaps between three and four time the size of UK with about the same population. The enormous barren spaces in central Anatolia probably help to explain the emphasis on enclosed greenery, though it should not be forgotten that there was much more natural forestation until the twentieth century.
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The large open spaces separating provincial, and even sub-provincial centres from one another helps to give its distinctive flavour. Overall, it helps to remember that Anatolia is perhaps between three and four time the size of UK with about the same population. The enormous barren spaces in central Anatolia probably help to explain the emphasis on enclosed greenery, though it should not be forgotten that there was much more natural forestation until the twentieth century.
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All excavation and most research is accompanied by an official representative of the Ministry of Culture. The man in the picture is the rep. to the excavation itself toward the end of the long season in 2000. The structure in the backgound is the CH dig-house complex. There has been no public debate, so far as I am aware, about the rep. system, but I think that the Turkish administration is, sadly, correct in assuming that if they did not have such representation at each excavation, procedures concerning site digging and back-filling would often be far laxer than at present. This appears to be the case for both the visiting teams, and the local ones. On the other hand, research teams often feel that they do not know quite the best way to establish negotiations over specific problems, and this can lead to occasional discomfort. My personal experience with government representatives is that they have been invariably helpful, friendly and extremely knowledgeable.
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Catalhoyuk, Rep |
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All excavation and most research is accompanied by an official representative of the Ministry of Culture. The man in the picture is the rep. to the excavation itself toward the end of the long season in 2000. The structure in the backgound is the CH dig-house complex. There has been no public debate, so far as I am aware, about the rep. system, but I think that the Turkish administration is, sadly, correct in assuming that if they did not have such representation at each excavation, procedures concerning site digging and back-filling would often be far laxer than at present. This appears to be the case for both the visiting teams, and the local ones. On the other hand, research teams often feel that they do not know quite the best way to establish negotiations over specific problems, and this can lead to occasional discomfort. My personal experience with government representatives is that they have been invariably helpful, friendly and extremely knowledgeable.
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The touristic exploitation of the site is a constant theme in planning for its future. So far, however, the sole development is a small caf?hat has been opened directly opposite the site, in between the two mounds, by one of the villagers. However, it is made of wood with no foundations and could presumably be removed upon request. As of 2001, it had no regular clientele, and therefore opened rarely.
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The touristic exploitation of the site is a constant theme in planning for its future. So far, however, the sole development is a small caf?hat has been opened directly opposite the site, in between the two mounds, by one of the villagers. However, it is made of wood with no foundations and could presumably be removed upon request. As of 2001, it had no regular clientele, and therefore opened rarely.
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Catalhoyuk is divided into west and east mounds. The east mound is the focus of most of the neolithic remains and the larger of the two. The west mound was the object of an exploratory trench in Mellaard's time.
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Catalhoyuk is divided into west and east mounds. The east mound is the focus of most of the neolithic remains and the larger of the two. The west mound was the object of an exploratory trench in Mellaard's time.
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Since 2000 the west mound has been dug by a team led by Dr Jonathan Last, which has found a mixture of Byzantine remains and high quality Chalcalithic pottery. It is likely that this excavation will form a growing part of the more well-known Neolithic excavation on the east mound.
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Catalhoyuk, West Mound, excavations |
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Since 2000 the west mound has been dug by a team led by Dr Jonathan Last, which has found a mixture of Byzantine remains and high quality Chalcalithic pottery. It is likely that this excavation will form a growing part of the more well-known Neolithic excavation on the east mound.
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Taken from the west mound. Notice the few trees: in previous years there were many more, but they have dried up and died as the water table falls. The tents mark the location of the most extensive trenches of the newly opened areas.
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Catalhoyuk: View of East Mound |
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Taken from the west mound. Notice the few trees: in previous years there were many more, but they have dried up and died as the water table falls. The tents mark the location of the most extensive trenches of the newly opened areas.
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The presentation of the site to visitors consists largely of a willingness to permit tours, the careful cleaning and presentation of the main Cambridge University trench on the east mound, and the construction of a visitors' centre. Here, interested parties are able to see a neolithic trench cleaned up, and with various explanatory boards. The walkway is suspended across the trench and can take a steady stream of people without buckling.
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The presentation of the site to visitors consists largely of a willingness to permit tours, the careful cleaning and presentation of the main Cambridge University trench on the east mound, and the construction of a visitors' centre. Here, interested parties are able to see a neolithic trench cleaned up, and with various explanatory boards. The walkway is suspended across the trench and can take a steady stream of people without buckling.
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The presentation of the site to visitors consists largely of a willingness to permit tours, the careful cleaning and presentation of the main Cambridge University trench on the east mound, and the construction of a visitors' centre. Here, interested parties are able to see a neolithic trench cleaned up, and with various explanatory boards. The walkway is suspended across the trench and can take a steady stream of people without buckling.
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The presentation of the site to visitors consists largely of a willingness to permit tours, the careful cleaning and presentation of the main Cambridge University trench on the east mound, and the construction of a visitors' centre. Here, interested parties are able to see a neolithic trench cleaned up, and with various explanatory boards. The walkway is suspended across the trench and can take a steady stream of people without buckling.
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The BACH trench (Berkley Archaeology at Catalhoyuk) is, as its name implies, a trench managed and dug by the department of archaeology at Berkley. Together, this and the Cambridge trench above form the main instrusive archaeology at the site.
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The BACH trench (Berkley Archaeology at Catalhoyuk) is, as its name implies, a trench managed and dug by the department of archaeology at Berkley. Together, this and the Cambridge trench above form the main instrusive archaeology at the site.
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The BACH trench (Berkley Archaeology at Catalhoyuk) is, as its name implies, a trench managed and dug by the department of archaeology at Berkley. Together, this and the Cambridge trench above form the main instrusive archaeology at the site.
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The BACH trench (Berkley Archaeology at Catalhoyuk) is, as its name implies, a trench managed and dug by the department of archaeology at Berkley. Together, this and the Cambridge trench above form the main instrusive archaeology at the site.
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The BACH trench (Berkley Archaeology at Catalhoyuk) is, as its name implies, a trench managed and dug by the department of archaeology at Berkley. Together, this and the Cambridge trench above form the main instrusive archaeology at the site.
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The BACH trench (Berkley Archaeology at Catalhoyuk) is, as its name implies, a trench managed and dug by the department of archaeology at Berkley. Together, this and the Cambridge trench above form the main instrusive archaeology at the site.
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The archaeology at Catalhoyuk east appears to consist mainly of late classical/Byzantine and Neolothic. There is however one grave from modern times, which is said to be that of a 'madame' whom the villagers did not wish to bury in their own cemetery. Fortunately, it lies on the reverse slope of the mound, in an area which is not at present the focus of investigation by the archaeologists. A fuller account of this grave is given in the archive report.
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Catalhoyuk: Woman's grave |
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The archaeology at Catalhoyuk east appears to consist mainly of late classical/Byzantine and Neolothic. There is however one grave from modern times, which is said to be that of a 'madame' whom the villagers did not wish to bury in their own cemetery. Fortunately, it lies on the reverse slope of the mound, in an area which is not at present the focus of investigation by the archaeologists. A fuller account of this grave is given in the archive report.
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A question that recurs at the site is the way to build on the results of the first excavation. One of Mellaard's aims was to go to the bottom of the mound, to which end he dug a 'deep sounding'. This proved to be one source of friction with the Turkish authorities when, on his return to dig one season, there was a dead sheep within. Here, Mellaard's area round deep sounding has been shored up, and in some part back-filled. Some of the walls have been brushed clean to expose the architecture. Meanwhile, it forms part of any tour of the mound because of the clarity of neolithic brickwork that has been exposed as Mellaard dug down. Any fuure development of the site is likely to have to take into account the erosion of this area of the mound, excacerbated because of the amount of soil that has been extracted.
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A question that recurs at the site is the way to build on the results of the first excavation. One of Mellaard's aims was to go to the bottom of the mound, to which end he dug a 'deep sounding'. This proved to be one source of friction with the Turkish authorities when, on his return to dig one season, there was a dead sheep within. Here, Mellaard's area round deep sounding has been shored up, and in some part back-filled. Some of the walls have been brushed clean to expose the architecture. Meanwhile, it forms part of any tour of the mound because of the clarity of neolithic brickwork that has been exposed as Mellaard dug down. Any fuure development of the site is likely to have to take into account the erosion of this area of the mound, excacerbated because of the amount of soil that has been extracted.
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A question that recurs at the site is the way to build on the results of the first excavation. One of Mellaard's aims was to go to the bottom of the mound, to which end he dug a 'deep sounding'. This proved to be one source of friction with the Turkish authorities when, on his return to dig one season, there was a dead sheep within. Here, Mellaard's area round deep sounding has been shored up, and in some part back-filled. Some of the walls have been brushed clean to expose the architecture. Meanwhile, it forms part of any tour of the mound because of the clarity of neolithic brickwork that has been exposed as Mellaard dug down. Any fuure development of the site is likely to have to take into account the erosion of this area of the mound, excacerbated because of the amount of soil that has been extracted.
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A question that recurs at the site is the way to build on the results of the first excavation. One of Mellaard's aims was to go to the bottom of the mound, to which end he dug a 'deep sounding'. This proved to be one source of friction with the Turkish authorities when, on his return to dig one season, there was a dead sheep within. Here, Mellaard's area round deep sounding has been shored up, and in some part back-filled. Some of the walls have been brushed clean to expose the architecture. Meanwhile, it forms part of any tour of the mound because of the clarity of neolithic brickwork that has been exposed as Mellaard dug down. Any fuure development of the site is likely to have to take into account the erosion of this area of the mound, excacerbated because of the amount of soil that has been extracted.
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A question that recurs at the site is the way to build on the results of the first excavation. One of Mellaard's aims was to go to the bottom of the mound, to which end he dug a 'deep sounding'. This proved to be one source of friction with the Turkish authorities when, on his return to dig one season, there was a dead sheep within. Here, Mellaard's area round deep sounding has been shored up, and in some part back-filled. Some of the walls have been brushed clean to expose the architecture. Meanwhile, it forms part of any tour of the mound because of the clarity of neolithic brickwork that has been exposed as Mellaard dug down. Any fuure development of the site is likely to have to take into account the erosion of this area of the mound, excacerbated because of the amount of soil that has been extracted.
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A question that recurs at the site is the way to build on the results of the first excavation. One of Mellaard's aims was to go to the bottom of the mound, to which end he dug a 'deep sounding'. This proved to be one source of friction with the Turkish authorities when, on his return to dig one season, there was a dead sheep within. Here, Mellaard's area round deep sounding has been shored up, and in some part back-filled. Some of the walls have been brushed clean to expose the architecture. Meanwhile, it forms part of any tour of the mound because of the clarity of neolithic brickwork that has been exposed as Mellaard dug down. Any fuure development of the site is likely to have to take into account the erosion of this area of the mound, excacerbated because of the amount of soil that has been extracted.
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A question that recurs at the site is the way to build on the results of the first excavation. One of Mellaard's aims was to go to the bottom of the mound, to which end he dug a 'deep sounding'. This proved to be one source of friction with the Turkish authorities when, on his return to dig one season, there was a dead sheep within. Here, Mellaard's area round deep sounding has been shored up, and in some part back-filled. Some of the walls have been brushed clean to expose the architecture. Meanwhile, it forms part of any tour of the mound because of the clarity of neolithic brickwork that has been exposed as Mellaard dug down. Any fuure development of the site is likely to have to take into account the erosion of this area of the mound, excacerbated because of the amount of soil that has been extracted.
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A question that recurs at the site is the way to build on the results of the first excavation. One of Mellaard's aims was to go to the bottom of the mound, to which end he dug a 'deep sounding'. This proved to be one source of friction with the Turkish authorities when, on his return to dig one season, there was a dead sheep within. Here, Mellaard's area round deep sounding has been shored up, and in some part back-filled. Some of the walls have been brushed clean to expose the architecture. Meanwhile, it forms part of any tour of the mound because of the clarity of neolithic brickwork that has been exposed as Mellaard dug down. Any fuure development of the site is likely to have to take into account the erosion of this area of the mound, excacerbated because of the amount of soil that has been extracted.
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A question that recurs at the site is the way to build on the results of the first excavation. One of Mellaard's aims was to go to the bottom of the mound, to which end he dug a 'deep sounding'. This proved to be one source of friction with the Turkish authorities when, on his return to dig one season, there was a dead sheep within. Here, Mellaard's area round deep sounding has been shored up, and in some part back-filled. Some of the walls have been brushed clean to expose the architecture. Meanwhile, it forms part of any tour of the mound because of the clarity of neolithic brickwork that has been exposed as Mellaard dug down. Any fuure development of the site is likely to have to take into account the erosion of this area of the mound, excacerbated because of the amount of soil that has been extracted.
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A question that recurs at the site is the way to build on the results of the first excavation. One of Mellaard's aims was to go to the bottom of the mound, to which end he dug a 'deep sounding'. This proved to be one source of friction with the Turkish authorities when, on his return to dig one season, there was a dead sheep within. Here, Mellaard's area round deep sounding has been shored up, and in some part back-filled. Some of the walls have been brushed clean to expose the architecture. Meanwhile, it forms part of any tour of the mound because of the clarity of neolithic brickwork that has been exposed as Mellaard dug down. Any fuure development of the site is likely to have to take into account the erosion of this area of the mound, excacerbated because of the amount of soil that has been extracted.
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A question that recurs at the site is the way to build on the results of the first excavation. One of Mellaard's aims was to go to the bottom of the mound, to which end he dug a 'deep sounding'. This proved to be one source of friction with the Turkish authorities when, on his return to dig one season, there was a dead sheep within. Here, Mellaard's area round deep sounding has been shored up, and in some part back-filled. Some of the walls have been brushed clean to expose the architecture. Meanwhile, it forms part of any tour of the mound because of the clarity of neolithic brickwork that has been exposed as Mellaard dug down. Any fuure development of the site is likely to have to take into account the erosion of this area of the mound, excacerbated because of the amount of soil that has been extracted.
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A question that recurs at the site is the way to build on the results of the first excavation. One of Mellaard's aims was to go to the bottom of the mound, to which end he dug a 'deep sounding'. This proved to be one source of friction with the Turkish authorities when, on his return to dig one season, there was a dead sheep within. Here, Mellaard's area round deep sounding has been shored up, and in some part back-filled. Some of the walls have been brushed clean to expose the architecture. Meanwhile, it forms part of any tour of the mound because of the clarity of neolithic brickwork that has been exposed as Mellaard dug down. Any fuure development of the site is likely to have to take into account the erosion of this area of the mound, excacerbated because of the amount of soil that has been extracted.
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The Rotary Club of Istanbul visits; arrchaeology has a particularly clear place in the founding of the Republic. Briefly put the Republic's stress on the multi-cultural nature of Anatolia's past drew attention away from the Ottomans' Islamic presumption of the supriority of its distinctive art forms. This coincidence of academic investigation and modern multi-cultural nationalism is an absolutely key reason why outside investigators merge so cleanly with the secular Republican state's administration. Not just the Rotary Club, which is a markedly secular foundation, but many similar organisations regard Catalhoyuk as just such an indicator of Anatolia's multiple past and support it accordingly.
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The Rotary Club of Istanbul visits; arrchaeology has a particularly clear place in the founding of the Republic. Briefly put the Republic's stress on the multi-cultural nature of Anatolia's past drew attention away from the Ottomans' Islamic presumption of the supriority of its distinctive art forms. This coincidence of academic investigation and modern multi-cultural nationalism is an absolutely key reason why outside investigators merge so cleanly with the secular Republican state's administration. Not just the Rotary Club, which is a markedly secular foundation, but many similar organisations regard Catalhoyuk as just such an indicator of Anatolia's multiple past and support it accordingly.
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The man in the picture is the representative awarded to me for the year's research in 2000. Dr Naci Bakirci, pictured here, is a researcher in the Mevlana Museum in Konya. As were all the representatives appointed to be with me during the research, he was invariably courteous, friendly and helpful, far more than duty would have in itself required.
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The man in the picture is the representative awarded to me for the year's research in 2000. Dr Naci Bakirci, pictured here, is a researcher in the Mevlana Museum in Konya. As were all the representatives appointed to be with me during the research, he was invariably courteous, friendly and helpful, far more than duty would have in itself required.
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One of the most interesting features of the mound today is the way that its topography has been changed by the early excavations. Mellaard dug quickly and extensively: the large, heaped spoil heaps, though now grown over and hardly distinguishable in their surface vegetation from the rest of the mound, are a constant reminder of this earlier work.
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Catalhoyuk: Mellaard spoil heap |
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One of the most interesting features of the mound today is the way that its topography has been changed by the early excavations. Mellaard dug quickly and extensively: the large, heaped spoil heaps, though now grown over and hardly distinguishable in their surface vegetation from the rest of the mound, are a constant reminder of this earlier work.
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The two main trenches are covered with white tents. The water tower in the background supplies the local village, KuCukoy, with water. It lies within the site fence. The watchmen to the excavations refill the depot when necessary by pressing the electic pump. As the water is also used by the excavation team, in times of heavy use this is one potential area of controversy because the villagers feel that insufficient water is reaching their kitchen taps. In 2001, the site agreed to help fund a new pump alongside the old if necessary. As the water table is falling very rapidly, water supplies as a whole may become a problem in the coming decades. One of the questions that I hope to tackle in the full, final publication is when and where archaeological research also must engage with environmental issues. Here, I believe that it will have an impact on the long-term heritage plans for the development of the site.
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The two main trenches are covered with white tents. The water tower in the background supplies the local village, KuCukoy, with water. It lies within the site fence. The watchmen to the excavations refill the depot when necessary by pressing the electic pump. As the water is also used by the excavation team, in times of heavy use this is one potential area of controversy because the villagers feel that insufficient water is reaching their kitchen taps. In 2001, the site agreed to help fund a new pump alongside the old if necessary. As the water table is falling very rapidly, water supplies as a whole may become a problem in the coming decades. One of the questions that I hope to tackle in the full, final publication is when and where archaeological research also must engage with environmental issues. Here, I believe that it will have an impact on the long-term heritage plans for the development of the site.
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