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Brief report on the excavation carried out in Namazgah in Izmir on behalf of the Turkish Historical Society in 1944

Title	Brief report on the excavation carried out in Namazgah in Izmir on behalf of the Turkish Historical Society in 1944
Author	DURYURAN, RUSTEM
Publication Place	- Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Printing House
Subject	Belleten (Turkish Historical Society), 1945-07, Vol.9 (35), p.405-409
Type	Periodical
Language	eng,tur
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	The University of Leicester Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 0041-4255, DOI: 10.37879/ttkbelleten.1370707
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_384cadd79eef40deac91c723d704a72c
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	We found it useful to proceed in two ways when starting the excavation: To transfer the soil mass that remained on the ground floor of the Basilica, which covered the entire north of the Agora, and to remove the debris that filled the subsoil of the Basilica. Since we determined that it would be possible to carry out these two operations in parallel, we started to work on the underground floor with some of the workers, while we transferred the soil, which has a height of 1.5-2 meters above the floor of the basilica, with the remaining workers. We did not expect to encounter valuable finds during the transfer of soil from the ground floor of the basilica. Because this is the oldest one dating back to the 12th century. It was covered with Turkish era graves dating back to the middle of the century. Although an area of 6.30 meters wide and 24.20 meters long was cleared at the end of the excavation, no artifacts were found other than a few pottery pieces from the Turkish period, some tombstones and many skeletons.

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Brief report on the excavation carried out in Namazgah in Izmir on behalf of the Turkish Historical Society in 1944

Author DURYURAN, RUSTEM

Publication Place - Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Printing House

Subject Belleten (Turkish Historical Society), 1945-07, Vol.9 (35), p.405-409

Type Periodical

Language eng,tur

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library The University of Leicester Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 0041-4255, DOI: 10.37879/ttkbelleten.1370707

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_384cadd79eef40deac91c723d704a72c

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes We found it useful to proceed in two ways when starting the excavation: To transfer the soil mass that remained on the ground floor of the Basilica, which covered the entire north of the Agora, and to remove the debris that filled the subsoil of the Basilica. Since we determined that it would be possible to carry out these two operations in parallel, we started to work on the underground floor with some of the workers, while we transferred the soil, which has a height of 1.5-2 meters above the floor of the basilica, with the remaining workers. We did not expect to encounter valuable finds during the transfer of soil from the ground floor of the basilica. Because this is the oldest one dating back to the 12th century. It was covered with Turkish era graves dating back to the middle of the century. Although an area of 6.30 meters wide and 24.20 meters long was cleared at the end of the excavation, no artifacts were found other than a few pottery pieces from the Turkish period, some tombstones and many skeletons.