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How Do We Protect the finds from the excavation?
by Özgün Öykü Şanlı Greetings from Antep! The day at Doliche starts at 07.00 in the conservation-restoration laboratory. The first thing we do is to get our scalpels, bristle brushes and cotton bamboo sticks ready.…
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The entablature of the Roman Imperial Temple
by Verena Mähser The building research team led by Theresa Pommer has been working for three years on the monumental Roman temple in the centre of ancient Doliche. The aim is to study the building…
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AMS 104 “Dülük Baba Tepesi I: Das frühe Heiligtum. Architektur, Baustratigraphie und Baugeschichte, archäozoologische Funde, Bauglieder, Keramik, Glas, Münzen und nichtkeramische Kleinfunde im Befundkontext. Dolichener und Kommagenische Forschungen XIV”
Der vorliegende 104. Band der Reihe Asia Minor Studien ist der erste in einer Reihe vonPublikationen, in denen nicht die Einzelfunde, sondern der archäologische Befund in situ aufdem Dülük Baba Tepesi im Zentrum der Betrachtung…
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Working from our home Base: the Forschungsstelle Asia Minor
Now that we have settled in again in Germany, work continues on our excavation project. Even if we don’t work in the field right now, there is a lot to do! While we digitalize all…
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Winter is coming, also in Doliche!
And that is not only because of the name of our project director, Prof. Dr. Winter, but also because the winters here in Doliche can be quite harsh. In comparison to the high temperature/ low…
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Finishing up the work in Doliche
The last time we spoke about this year’s excavation results was during our half-time show a couple of weeks back. Now that the actual excavation has finished on Saturday, it’s time to show you this…
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How Marbelous!
The Wall Decoration of the Ancient Terrace Basilica In Doliche, a soft limestone was the used for almost every building from the Hellenistic period to the Middle Ages. It was abundantly available and could be…
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The Digital Trench
A few posts ago, we described to you how a section of a field becomes a trench: we excavate layer by layer and designate a new planum whenever a striking change in the ground is…
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DOLİCHE HALI YIKAMA! (or, how we clean mosaics)
Merhaba! Bu yazımızda; bizi arazide en heyecanlandıran şeylerden birinden bahsedeceğiz: Mozaik taban! Bu yılki çalışmamızda; küçük renkli taş parçalarının bir araya gelerek göz alıcı bir hale büründüğü bir zemin bulduk. Bu sürecin daha iyi anlaşılması…
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Maintaining the Ancient
As the main educational element under the Stewards of Cultural Heritage Project, the German Archaeological Institute – Istanbul branch, in close cooperation with the Seminar für Alte Geschichte, Forschungsstelle Asia Minor at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität…
