Papers by Carlo Colantoni
Anatolian Studies
O ur first programme of excavations at Kilise Tepe in the 1990s recovered evidence for settlement... more O ur first programme of excavations at Kilise Tepe in the 1990s recovered evidence for settlement at the site over a succession of periods from the Early Bronze Age to the Byzantine. This gave us snapshots of the architecture and artefactual repertoire of the site at different times, and while these were similar to the material record of other settlements, indicating that Kilise Tepe participated culturally with neighbouring regions (fig. 1), the similarities were not always with the same part of the region, and this of course raised the question of why the
Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 2018
This paper presents new evidence of early urban development on the Rania Plain from the investiga... more This paper presents new evidence of early urban development on the Rania Plain from the investigations by the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Iraq. Fascinating remains from the Late Chalcolithic 2-5 periods have been uncovered, encapsulating developments occurring during the period of the first cultural contact with Uruk Mesopotamia. The evidence will act as a focal point in a brief discussion of cross-regional interaction and early urban development. It sheds new light on how strategies for handling and managing garbage were spatially expressed in early urban societies and how this may reflect the transformations of communities on the plain.
Ash-sharq. Bulletin of the Ancient Near East: Archaeological, Historical and Societal Studies, 2018
The eastern frontier of the Neo-Assyrian Empire is an important area of research for understandin... more The eastern frontier of the Neo-Assyrian Empire is an important area of research for understanding the state, its organisation and its defence. Our knowledge of these borderlands was until recently limited, though it is generally accepted that the foothills of the Zagros Mountains marked a frontier region. New archaeological research in the Zagros foothills of Iraq has shed light on the eastern frontiers of the Assyrian empire.
This paper presents the preliminary results of research undertaken by the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Iraq (DAEI) examining evidence for the Iron Age on the Rania Plain, located in the Zagros foothills of north-eastern Iraq. DAEI’s research supports the argument that the plain was part of the Neo-Assyrian frontier zone, the “Border March of the Palace Herald”; a subject of the Neo-Assyrian political and administrative horizon, connecting it to the material culture of the Assyrian heartland.
Ash-sharq. Bulletin of the Ancient Near East: Archaeological, Historical and Societal Studies, 2018
Urbanism is a key milestone in history and understanding the nature of the urbanisation process, ... more Urbanism is a key milestone in history and understanding the nature of the urbanisation process, and its diversity, is one of archaeology’s primary challenges. One of the keys to understanding this process in Mesopotamia are the radical transformations in organisational practices and use of space that early societies underwent along their path to urbanism.
DAEI explores the anatomy and temporal development of urbanism during the Late Chalcolithic (LC) period (late 5th-4th millennia BC) on the Rania Plain in Iraq and its results question assumptions regarding the organisation and spatial patterning of complex communities at the inception of urbanism. The goal is to construct an interpretative framework for understanding early urbanism. Evidence from the Kurdish region of Iraq supports the growing impression that urban formation in early Mesopotamia was diverse and took varied paths.
This paper will outline results of 6 seasons of DAEI field research undertaken between 2012-2017 and draws a number of conclusions regarding the nature of early urbanism during the LC period on the Rania Plain, with a focus on the project’s recent (2016-2017) investigations at the site of Girdi Gulak. The investigations provide insights into settlement distribution and specialisation visible in the landscape during this period and improve our understanding of the initial manifestations of the spatial and organisational phenomena that contributed to early urbanism.
Studia Chaburensia. Trajectories of Complexity. Socio-economic Dynamics in Upper Mesopotamia in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic Periods, Oct 2016
This paper discusses the survey and excavation findings from around the twin sites of Babw-Kur on... more This paper discusses the survey and excavation findings from around the twin sites of Babw-Kur on the Rania plain of Iraqi Kurdistan and evidence of an increase in the tempo of transformation from the Halaf/’Ubaid through the Late Chalcolithic period.
Bab-w-Kur lie in a spatially-constrained environment on the eastern margins of Upper Mesopotamia and in a pristine research region. In the Late Chalcolithic period we see an emerging settlement complexity and the clustering of multiple small sites into larger complexes.
Excavations at Bab-w-Kur show radical transformations from the LC 2 to LC 3-4 periods with rapid shifts in social and economic functions with decreased functional capacities. This non-primary centre presumably competed with other urban entities on the plain. This raises the question of whether Bab-w-Kur failed to reach the critical mass of a competitive urban settlement and was subsumed into the demand sphere of a larger nearby centre. Or, is it an example of the varied trajectories of urban development for the period? Complementing these insights are data from the survey that shows sites occupied in the Halaf/’Ubaid periods forming part of the dense Late Chalcolithic settlement network. This will act as the starting point for a discussion of concepts regarding the trajectories of urban complexity on the edges of Upper Mesopotamia.
Arkæologi i vandkanten – redningsundersøgelser langs Dokan-søen i det nordøstlige Irak. National Museets Arbejdsmark 2014, p. 144-157. Skuldbøl, T.B.B., Hald, M.M., Colantoni, C., Weber, J., Nielsen R.B., Thaarup, G.B. and Brahe, H. 2014.
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Archaeology at the water’s edge – rescue excavations along Lake Dokan in northea... more ENGLISH SUMMARY
Archaeology at the water’s edge – rescue excavations along Lake Dokan in northeastern Iraq.
After many years of war and turmoil it is now possible once more for archaeologists to conduct excavations in northern Iraq, which is part of ancient Mesopotamia. A Danish-Dutch project has returned to the Rania Plain (figs. 1-2), where Danish archaeologists last dug over 50 years ago. The aim is on the one hand to assess the state of preservation of the many ancient towns on the plain, on the other to investigate how the world’s first cities arose around 6000 years ago. The Rania Plain is periodically flooded by water from a dammed-up lake which on the one hand evens out height differences on the plain and makes it difficult to find one’s bearings in the archaeological landscape, and on the other hand breaks down the archaeological remains very quickly (figs. 3 and 5). Central to the project are the excavations of the tell Bab-w-Kur (figs. 6 and 7), which have given us new information on life on the Rania Plain in the Chalcolithic Age – that is, the fourth millennium BC. A large administrative building (figs. 9-10) and more than 25 kilns for the mass production of pottery testify that Bab-w-Kur functioned partly as a minor administrative centre, partly as a production site for pottery (fig. 12). Reconnaissances of the plain also show that the area was densely populated, with a network of large and small towns engaged in contacts and trading with one another. In particular, they show that the Rania Plain was at least as highly developed an urban society as the societies in central Mesopotamia, and that urbanization was not an isolated phenomenon.
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This paper presents the preliminary results of research undertaken by the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Iraq (DAEI) examining evidence for the Iron Age on the Rania Plain, located in the Zagros foothills of north-eastern Iraq. DAEI’s research supports the argument that the plain was part of the Neo-Assyrian frontier zone, the “Border March of the Palace Herald”; a subject of the Neo-Assyrian political and administrative horizon, connecting it to the material culture of the Assyrian heartland.
DAEI explores the anatomy and temporal development of urbanism during the Late Chalcolithic (LC) period (late 5th-4th millennia BC) on the Rania Plain in Iraq and its results question assumptions regarding the organisation and spatial patterning of complex communities at the inception of urbanism. The goal is to construct an interpretative framework for understanding early urbanism. Evidence from the Kurdish region of Iraq supports the growing impression that urban formation in early Mesopotamia was diverse and took varied paths.
This paper will outline results of 6 seasons of DAEI field research undertaken between 2012-2017 and draws a number of conclusions regarding the nature of early urbanism during the LC period on the Rania Plain, with a focus on the project’s recent (2016-2017) investigations at the site of Girdi Gulak. The investigations provide insights into settlement distribution and specialisation visible in the landscape during this period and improve our understanding of the initial manifestations of the spatial and organisational phenomena that contributed to early urbanism.
Bab-w-Kur lie in a spatially-constrained environment on the eastern margins of Upper Mesopotamia and in a pristine research region. In the Late Chalcolithic period we see an emerging settlement complexity and the clustering of multiple small sites into larger complexes.
Excavations at Bab-w-Kur show radical transformations from the LC 2 to LC 3-4 periods with rapid shifts in social and economic functions with decreased functional capacities. This non-primary centre presumably competed with other urban entities on the plain. This raises the question of whether Bab-w-Kur failed to reach the critical mass of a competitive urban settlement and was subsumed into the demand sphere of a larger nearby centre. Or, is it an example of the varied trajectories of urban development for the period? Complementing these insights are data from the survey that shows sites occupied in the Halaf/’Ubaid periods forming part of the dense Late Chalcolithic settlement network. This will act as the starting point for a discussion of concepts regarding the trajectories of urban complexity on the edges of Upper Mesopotamia.
Archaeology at the water’s edge – rescue excavations along Lake Dokan in northeastern Iraq.
After many years of war and turmoil it is now possible once more for archaeologists to conduct excavations in northern Iraq, which is part of ancient Mesopotamia. A Danish-Dutch project has returned to the Rania Plain (figs. 1-2), where Danish archaeologists last dug over 50 years ago. The aim is on the one hand to assess the state of preservation of the many ancient towns on the plain, on the other to investigate how the world’s first cities arose around 6000 years ago. The Rania Plain is periodically flooded by water from a dammed-up lake which on the one hand evens out height differences on the plain and makes it difficult to find one’s bearings in the archaeological landscape, and on the other hand breaks down the archaeological remains very quickly (figs. 3 and 5). Central to the project are the excavations of the tell Bab-w-Kur (figs. 6 and 7), which have given us new information on life on the Rania Plain in the Chalcolithic Age – that is, the fourth millennium BC. A large administrative building (figs. 9-10) and more than 25 kilns for the mass production of pottery testify that Bab-w-Kur functioned partly as a minor administrative centre, partly as a production site for pottery (fig. 12). Reconnaissances of the plain also show that the area was densely populated, with a network of large and small towns engaged in contacts and trading with one another. In particular, they show that the Rania Plain was at least as highly developed an urban society as the societies in central Mesopotamia, and that urbanization was not an isolated phenomenon.
This paper presents the preliminary results of research undertaken by the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Iraq (DAEI) examining evidence for the Iron Age on the Rania Plain, located in the Zagros foothills of north-eastern Iraq. DAEI’s research supports the argument that the plain was part of the Neo-Assyrian frontier zone, the “Border March of the Palace Herald”; a subject of the Neo-Assyrian political and administrative horizon, connecting it to the material culture of the Assyrian heartland.
DAEI explores the anatomy and temporal development of urbanism during the Late Chalcolithic (LC) period (late 5th-4th millennia BC) on the Rania Plain in Iraq and its results question assumptions regarding the organisation and spatial patterning of complex communities at the inception of urbanism. The goal is to construct an interpretative framework for understanding early urbanism. Evidence from the Kurdish region of Iraq supports the growing impression that urban formation in early Mesopotamia was diverse and took varied paths.
This paper will outline results of 6 seasons of DAEI field research undertaken between 2012-2017 and draws a number of conclusions regarding the nature of early urbanism during the LC period on the Rania Plain, with a focus on the project’s recent (2016-2017) investigations at the site of Girdi Gulak. The investigations provide insights into settlement distribution and specialisation visible in the landscape during this period and improve our understanding of the initial manifestations of the spatial and organisational phenomena that contributed to early urbanism.
Bab-w-Kur lie in a spatially-constrained environment on the eastern margins of Upper Mesopotamia and in a pristine research region. In the Late Chalcolithic period we see an emerging settlement complexity and the clustering of multiple small sites into larger complexes.
Excavations at Bab-w-Kur show radical transformations from the LC 2 to LC 3-4 periods with rapid shifts in social and economic functions with decreased functional capacities. This non-primary centre presumably competed with other urban entities on the plain. This raises the question of whether Bab-w-Kur failed to reach the critical mass of a competitive urban settlement and was subsumed into the demand sphere of a larger nearby centre. Or, is it an example of the varied trajectories of urban development for the period? Complementing these insights are data from the survey that shows sites occupied in the Halaf/’Ubaid periods forming part of the dense Late Chalcolithic settlement network. This will act as the starting point for a discussion of concepts regarding the trajectories of urban complexity on the edges of Upper Mesopotamia.
Archaeology at the water’s edge – rescue excavations along Lake Dokan in northeastern Iraq.
After many years of war and turmoil it is now possible once more for archaeologists to conduct excavations in northern Iraq, which is part of ancient Mesopotamia. A Danish-Dutch project has returned to the Rania Plain (figs. 1-2), where Danish archaeologists last dug over 50 years ago. The aim is on the one hand to assess the state of preservation of the many ancient towns on the plain, on the other to investigate how the world’s first cities arose around 6000 years ago. The Rania Plain is periodically flooded by water from a dammed-up lake which on the one hand evens out height differences on the plain and makes it difficult to find one’s bearings in the archaeological landscape, and on the other hand breaks down the archaeological remains very quickly (figs. 3 and 5). Central to the project are the excavations of the tell Bab-w-Kur (figs. 6 and 7), which have given us new information on life on the Rania Plain in the Chalcolithic Age – that is, the fourth millennium BC. A large administrative building (figs. 9-10) and more than 25 kilns for the mass production of pottery testify that Bab-w-Kur functioned partly as a minor administrative centre, partly as a production site for pottery (fig. 12). Reconnaissances of the plain also show that the area was densely populated, with a network of large and small towns engaged in contacts and trading with one another. In particular, they show that the Rania Plain was at least as highly developed an urban society as the societies in central Mesopotamia, and that urbanization was not an isolated phenomenon.
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The Danish Archaeological Expedition to Iraq is investigating early urbanism in the eastern margins of Upper Mesopotamia (an area encompassing parts of modern Iraq, Syria and Turkey). Urbanism – the origin of the earliest cities– is one of the greatest milestones in human history. Mesopotamia is home to the world’s first urban societies, which transformed human lifestyles and the landscape irrevocably.
The project also assists in monitoring and protecting archaeological heritage on the Rania plain in the Sulaymaniyah Province of Iraqi Kurdistan in northeastern Iraq. With support from the Danish Institute in Damascus the project - a collaboration between the University of Copenhagen and the National Museum of Denmark - has recently completed its fourth season (October-November 2015) of archaeological research on the Rania plain with excavations at the twin sites of Bab-w-Kur and a survey of the surrounding region. The investigations have revealed fascinating evidence of early urban development in the Zagros foothills; a region which until very recently was remote and unexplored.
FUTURE WORK
A new phase of investigations on the Rania plain by the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Iraq will begin in 2016. Its aim is to explore and expand our understanding of the anatomy and temporal development of early urbanism at the margins of what was once Upper Mesopotamia. This research will include studies of the morphology of the urban landscape, the spatial and socio-economic organization of early urban societies, and it will establish a fine-resolution chronology through scientific sampling and dating methods for the urbanisation process visible in the region.
ABOUT THE DANISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO IRAQ
The Danish Archaeological Expedition to Iraq (the former University of Copenhagen Archaeological Project in Iraq) is a collaborative project between the University of Copenhagen and the National Museum of Denmark. The project is directed by Tim Skuldbøl, Carlo Colantoni (University of Leicester, England) and Mette Marie Hald (National Museum of Denmark) and has a number of affiliated researchers from Denmark, USA and Europe who contribute to the study of archaeological remains.
Team members in 2012-2015:
Amanj Ameen (representative), Barzan Baiz (representative), Henrik Brahe, Carlo Colantoni, Marc Adam Fenchel, Anne Mette Harpelund, Ditte Kannegaard Kvist, Rasmus Birk Nielsen, Tim Skuldbøl, Guenever Bjerre Thaarup, Jill Weber and Alexandra Wood.
We are greatly indebted to the Sulaimaniyah Directorate of Antiquities and Heritage directed by Kamal Rasheed Raheem, and the Archaeological Museum of Sulaymaniyah, directed by Hashim Hama Abdulla for their invaluable support and assistance.
FUNDING
The Danish Archaeological Expedition to Iraq is supported by:
Gerald Avery Wainwright Fund for Near Eastern Archaeology Research Grant (2016)
'Early urbanism on the fringes of Mesopotamia: sprawl, trash dumping and the transformation of human landscapes in the Late Chalcolithic.' (Carlo Colantoni)
Danish Institute in Damascus (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation - Danish Council for Independent Research (2012-2013)
Brødrene Hartmanns Fond (2014, 2015)
Julie von Müllens Fond – The Royal Danish Academy (2015)
Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen (2012-present)
UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS
Skuldbøl, T.B.B. 2016
Tracking early urbanism in the Zagros foothills. To be presented at the Near Eastern Lecture Series - Archaeology and Assyriology, University of Copenhagen, December 2016.
RECENT PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Skuldbøl, T.B.B., Colantoni, C. and Hald, M.M. 2016
Culture contact and early urban development in Upper Mesopotamia. New evidence from the Zagros foothills, northeastern Iraq. Paper to be presented at the 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Section: 6. Excavation Reports & Summaries, 25-29. April, 2016, Vienna, Austria.
Skuldbøl, T.B.B., Hald, M.M. and Colantoni, C. 2016
Why manage garbage? New light on the management of garbage in early urban societies. Poster to be presented at the to 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 25-29. April, 2016, Vienna, Austria.
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Skuldbøl, T.B.B. 2016
Tracking early urbanism in the Zagros foothills. To be presented at the Near Eastern Lecture Series - Archaeology and Assyriology, University of Copenhagen, December 2016.
Colantoni C. 2015
Three seasons of work by the University of Copenhagen Archaeological Project on the Rania Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan. An investigation of early urbanism on the hilly flanks of Mesopotamia. School of Archaeology, Oxford University Seminar series. May 2015.
Skuldbøl, T.B.B. and Colantoni, C. 2015
Low‐ d ensity urbanism and urban sprawl in the Zagros foothills, northeastern Iraq. B ANEA- the British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology 2015, London. 7-9 January 2015.
Skuldbøl, T.B.B. 2 014
Urban trajectories and dynamics of complexity in the Upper Mesopotamia: a view from the Zagros foothills. NINO 75-Jubilee Conference, Zagros. National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden, Holland, 1. December 2014 (Invited).
Skuldbøl, T.B.B., C olantoni, C. and Hald, M.M. 2014
Early urbanism in the hilly flanks of Mesopotamia - The dynamics of settlement complexity and urban transformation on the Rania Plain in northeastern Iraq. ASOR - American Schools of Oriental Research 2014, San Diego, USA.
Skuldbøl, T.B.B. and Colantoni, C. 2014
Urbanism on the edge - Complex settlement patterns and urban transformations on the Rania Plain in northeastern Iraq. 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE 2014), Basel, Switzerland.
Skuldbøl, T.B.B. and Colantoni, C. 2014
First Results of the Rania Plain Survey ‐ Salvage Operations in the Dokan Dam Inundation Zone. 9 t h International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE 2014), for the workshop “Trajectories of complexity in Upper Mesopotamia: processes and dynamics of social complexity and their origin in the Halaf period”. Basel, Switzerland.
Skuldbøl, T.B.B. 2014
First results of the University of Copenhagen Archaeological Project in Iraqi Kurdistan, Near Eastern Lecture Series - Archaeology and Assyriology, University of Copenhagen, 21. Marts 2014.
FURTHER READING
PUBLICATIONS
Skuldbøl, T.B.B., and Colantoni C. 2016
Traces of cultural transmission and interaction on the Rania Plain. In K. Kopanias, J. MacGinnis. (Eds.) Archaeological Research in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the adjacent areas. Oxford: Archaeopress.
Skuldbøl, T.B.B., Colantoni, C.,and Hald, MM. 2016.
The Danish Archaeological Expedition to Iraq – three years of pioneering archaeological investigations on the Rania Plain. Det Danske Institut I Damaskus. www.damaskus.dk
Skuldbøl, T.B.B. and Colantoni, C. 2016
First Results of the Rania Plain Survey. Salvage Operations in the Dokan Dam Inundation Zone. 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East Proceedings. Harrassowitz Verlag, p. 1189-1203.
Skuldbøl, T.B.B., and Colantoni, C. 2016 (in press).
Interaction and culture contacts in the Late Chalcolithic period: New evidence on the Uruk culture from the Zagros foothills. In J. Eidem (ed.) Zagros Studies (ZAST) – PIHANS 2016, NINO Publications. 19 pages.
Skuldbøl, T.B.B., Hald, M.M., Colantoni, C., Weber, J., Nielsen R.B., Thaarup, G.B. and Brahe, H. 2014.
Arkæologi i vandkanten – redningsundersøgelser langs Dokan-søen i det nordøstlige Irak. National Museets Arbejdsmark 2014, p. 144-157
Skuldbøl, T.B.B. and Colantoni, C. 2016 (in press).
Early urbanism on the margins of Upper Mesopotamia - Complex settlement patterns and urban transformations on the Rania Plain in northeastern Iraq. In Trajectories of Complexity in Upper Mesopotamia, eds. Al Kuntar, S. and Iamoni, M. in the Studia Chaburensia series, Harrassowitz, 25 pages.
Skuldbøl, T.B.B. and Colantoni, C. 2014.
Damage assessment of Iraq’s past: Archaeological Heritage Management on the Rania Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan. Middle East – Topics & Arguments (META) Vol. 3: 41-54.
Skuldbøl, T.B.B., Hald, MM., and Colantoni, C., 2013.
Danske arkæologer skal redde Iraks kulturarv. www.videnskab.dk (December 2013). Online periodical of the Danish Ministry of Research. http://videnskab.dk/miljo-naturvidenskab/danske-arkaeologer-skal-redde-iraks-kulturarv
ADDITIONAL PAPERS
Skuldbøl, T.B.B. 2015
Rania Plain: University of Copenhagen Archaeological Project. In Kopanias, K., MacGinnis, J and Ur, J. (eds.). Archaeological Projects in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The Directorate of Antiquities of Kurdistan, 2015, p. 39.
Eidem, J. and Skuldbøl, T.B.B. 2015
Rania Plain Survey. In Kopanias, K., MacGinnis, J and Ur, J. (eds.). Archaeological Projects in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The Directorate of Antiquities of Kurdistan, 2015, p. 40.
Skuldbøl, T.B.B. 2013
På kanten af Zagros bjergene. Tidskriftet Sfinx, no. 2013-1: 20-23
The LGASSP was started in 2013 with the aim of documenting the endangered archaeological heritage of the Lower Göksu valley in the Mersin Province of Turkey.
This heritage will be lost forever with the construction of the Kayraktepe Hydroelectric Dam, as this will form a huge artificial lake that will flood the whole valley. For this reason, our team surveyed the area between the towns of Silifke (ancient Seleucia ad Calycadnum) and Mut (ancient Claudiopolis) in 2013 and 2014. The extensive surveys conducted during these two seasons has allowed us to discover several new sites and we have been able to push back the date of earliest occupation in the valley into the Chalcolithic period.
These initial surveys have also allowed us to better understand the evolving settlement patterns in the valley from prehistoric times until the medieval period.
Data from previously known sites were also collected during the 2013 and 2014 seasons as a part of a more intensive methodological approach to the study of ancient settlements and their relationships with their environment, and our 2015 season has been mainly aimed at developing this approach through more detailed studies and more intensive investigations.
In 2015, the team continued documenting archaeological sites and monuments in the valley before the construction of the Kayraktepe Dam, which will submerge the heritage and the landscape. The 2015 season was almost totally devoted to intensive surveys conducted in two alluvial plains with relatively rich archaeological deposits: one in the area where the Kurtsuyu River joins the Göksu River; and the other where the Ermenek River meets the Göksu River.
These intensive surveys were accompanied by geophysical studies and aerial photography. This article presents a summary of the field season, a discussion of the different fieldwork methods that were applied and tested, the results of the intensive surveys, and a fresh consideration of the local settlement patterns and their temporal development in light of the findings.
The 2015 season of this Bitlis Eren University project, which is conducted in collaboration with the University of Leicester, was funded by the British Academy through a Newton Advanced Fellowship. The survey project will continue in 2016 with the generous support of the British Academy and we hope to start excavating the site of Çingentepe in 2017 in collaboration with the Silifke Museum.
The 2015 fieldwork team consisted of Tevfik Emre Şerifoğlu (director), Naoíse Mac Sweeney (co-director), Carlo Colantoni (field director), Nazlı Evrim Şerifoğlu (fieldwork assistant, illustrator and photographer), Anna Collar (Roman and Byzantine specialist), Stuart Eve (database and GIS manager) and Özlem Evci (the government representative). Graduate students Bengi Başak Selvi, Panagiotis Georgopoulos, Nevra Arslan, Songül Yetişir and Şıvan Ayus took part in all fieldwork activities.
UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS
Şerifoğlu, T.E., MacSweeney, N., Colantoni, C. 2016 April
Before the Flood. The Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey Project. The results of three seasons of survey along the Göksu River Valley of Mersin Province, Turkey. 10 ICAANE, Vienna (Austria).
FURTHER READING
Şerifoğlu T.E., Mac Sweeney, N., Collar, A., Colantoni, C. and Eve, S. 2016 (submitted).
Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey Project, The Third Season. In Anatolica XLII.
Şerifoğlu, T.E., N. MacSweeney and Colantoni, C. 2015
Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey Project: the Results of the 2013-2014 Seasons. In Archaeology of Anatolia. Cambridge Scholars Press, pg. 228-254 (in press).
Şerifoğlu, T.E., N. MacSweeney and Colantoni, C. 2015.
Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey Project, the preliminary results of the second season. Anatolica 41: 177-190.
Şerifoğlu, T.E., N. MacSweeney and Colantoni, C. 2014.
Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey Project, the preliminary results of the first season. Anatolica 40: 71-92.
Şerifoğlu, T.E., Mac Sweeney, N. and C. Colantoni, 2013: 'The Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey', Heritage Turkey 3:31.