Ainos : archaeology and geoarchaeology
Anca Dan
(1)
,
Sait Başaran
(2)
,
Mustafa Sayar
(2)
,
Helmut Brückner
(3)
,
Ercan Erkul
(4)
,
Jean-Baptiste Houal
(5)
,
Frédérique Marchand-Beaulieu
(1)
,
Sahan Kircin
,
Anna Pint
(6)
,
Wolfgang Rabbel
(7)
,
Thomas Schmidts
(8)
,
Felix Reize
,
Martin Seeliger
,
Lyudmila Shumilovskikh
(9)
,
Dennis Wilken
(4)
,
Tina Wunderlich
(10)
1
AOROC -
Archéologie et Philologie d'Orient et d'Occident
2 Istanbul University
3 University of Cologne
4 CAU - Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel = Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel = Université Christian-Albrechts de Kiel
5 Hellénismes d’Asie et civilisations orientales
6 Friedrich-Schiller-Universität = Friedrich Schiller University Jena [Jena, Germany]
7 Institut für Geowissenschaften [Kiel]
8 Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Archäologie
9 IMBE - Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale
10 Department of Geography [Mainz]
2 Istanbul University
3 University of Cologne
4 CAU - Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel = Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel = Université Christian-Albrechts de Kiel
5 Hellénismes d’Asie et civilisations orientales
6 Friedrich-Schiller-Universität = Friedrich Schiller University Jena [Jena, Germany]
7 Institut für Geowissenschaften [Kiel]
8 Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Archäologie
9 IMBE - Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale
10 Department of Geography [Mainz]
Anca Dan
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Helmut Brückner
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Ercan Erkul
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Jean-Baptiste Houal
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Frédérique Marchand-Beaulieu
- Fonction : Auteur
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Sahan Kircin
- Fonction : Auteur
Anna Pint
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1210864
Thomas Schmidts
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1098150
Felix Reize
- Fonction : Auteur
Martin Seeliger
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1098151
Résumé
The archaeological research started in Ainos in 1971-1972, under the direction of Arfif Erzen;
it continued during 1978-1993, with the participation of Sait Bașaran, who directed the
research from 1994 until 2019. During these decades, Ainos transformed itself from a simple
toponym, known from some ancient literary and epigraphic texts, published from the 19 th
century onwards, to one of the best known archaeological sites in European Turkey. The
nearby Hoça Keșme, discovered by Sait Bașaran and his family and excavated by Mehmet
Özdoğan, is now the most important Neolithic site in SE Europe. Ainos’ Greek, Roman and
Early Byzantine funerary zones (the so-called Çakıllık, the Su Terazisi and the Taşaltı
necropoleis), excavated in very difficult conditions, due to the rising water table, have filled
two rooms with exceptional finds in the Edirne Museum. Enez’s Kale (“Acropolis”) revealed
the traces of the oldest Greek habitation and is now open to the public, with a fully restored
“Fatih” or “Hagia Sophia” Mosque.
Sait Bașaran put Ainos on the map of the studies on Thrace, publishing or co-publishing
nearly all the important historical and archaeological studies about this area. He opened his
excavation to international and interdisciplinary projects, supported by the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (SPP Häfen; 2012-2017) and by the French National Research
Foundation and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mission d’Ainos; 2017-2021), which
made significant progress in identifying Ainos’ topography, in particular the harbours and
their chronology, from Greek Antiquity to late Ottoman times. Geoelectric profiles combined
with geomagnetic and georadar surveys gave hints for the shape of two ancient harbour
basins, besides several other anchoring points. The sediment cores in the basins as well as on
former beaches show the evolution of the ancient maritime gulf south of Ainos into the Taşaltı
and Dalyan lagoons. Through geochemical analyses, combined with the study of pollen and
microfauna, our team was able to reconstruct the ecological history of these lagoons, and to
identify and date the human actions which transformed them first into harbours and later into
simple fishing basins.
In this paper, we present a survey of the most important archaeological and geoarchaeological
finds and hypotheses concerning Ainos: after a general presentation of the historical and
archaeological data about the city (with a particular focus on the Roman time), we try to
reconstruct the city’s connectivity, by discussing the Roman roads and harbour evidence,
including the preliminary results of the 2021 campaign.
Domaines
Etudes de l'environnement Archéologie et Préhistoire Etudes classiques Art et histoire de l'artFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Communication dans un congrès |
Titre |
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Ainos : archaeology and geoarchaeology
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Résumé |
en
The archaeological research started in Ainos in 1971-1972, under the direction of Arfif Erzen;
it continued during 1978-1993, with the participation of Sait Bașaran, who directed the
research from 1994 until 2019. During these decades, Ainos transformed itself from a simple
toponym, known from some ancient literary and epigraphic texts, published from the 19 th
century onwards, to one of the best known archaeological sites in European Turkey. The
nearby Hoça Keșme, discovered by Sait Bașaran and his family and excavated by Mehmet
Özdoğan, is now the most important Neolithic site in SE Europe. Ainos’ Greek, Roman and
Early Byzantine funerary zones (the so-called Çakıllık, the Su Terazisi and the Taşaltı
necropoleis), excavated in very difficult conditions, due to the rising water table, have filled
two rooms with exceptional finds in the Edirne Museum. Enez’s Kale (“Acropolis”) revealed
the traces of the oldest Greek habitation and is now open to the public, with a fully restored
“Fatih” or “Hagia Sophia” Mosque.
Sait Bașaran put Ainos on the map of the studies on Thrace, publishing or co-publishing
nearly all the important historical and archaeological studies about this area. He opened his
excavation to international and interdisciplinary projects, supported by the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (SPP Häfen; 2012-2017) and by the French National Research
Foundation and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mission d’Ainos; 2017-2021), which
made significant progress in identifying Ainos’ topography, in particular the harbours and
their chronology, from Greek Antiquity to late Ottoman times. Geoelectric profiles combined
with geomagnetic and georadar surveys gave hints for the shape of two ancient harbour
basins, besides several other anchoring points. The sediment cores in the basins as well as on
former beaches show the evolution of the ancient maritime gulf south of Ainos into the Taşaltı
and Dalyan lagoons. Through geochemical analyses, combined with the study of pollen and
microfauna, our team was able to reconstruct the ecological history of these lagoons, and to
identify and date the human actions which transformed them first into harbours and later into
simple fishing basins.
In this paper, we present a survey of the most important archaeological and geoarchaeological
finds and hypotheses concerning Ainos: after a general presentation of the historical and
archaeological data about the city (with a particular focus on the Roman time), we try to
reconstruct the city’s connectivity, by discussing the Roman roads and harbour evidence,
including the preliminary results of the 2021 campaign.
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Auteur(s) |
Anca Dan
1
, Sait Başaran
2
, Mustafa Sayar
2
, Helmut Brückner
3
, Ercan Erkul
4
, Jean-Baptiste Houal
5
, Frédérique Marchand-Beaulieu
1
, Sahan Kircin
, Anna Pint
6
, Wolfgang Rabbel
7
, Thomas Schmidts
8
, Felix Reize
, Martin Seeliger
, Lyudmila Shumilovskikh
9
, Dennis Wilken
4
, Tina Wunderlich
10
1
AOROC -
Archéologie et Philologie d'Orient et d'Occident
( 226098 )
- CNRS : UMR8546 - Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris - ENS Paris - 45 Rue d'Ulm 75230 PARIS CEDEX 05
- France
2
Istanbul University
( 495165 )
- Istanbul University Main Campus
34452 Beyazit/Fatih-Istanbul
- Turquie
3
University of Cologne
( 93583 )
- University of Cologne, Germany
- France
4
CAU -
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel = Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel = Université Christian-Albrechts de Kiel
( 462123 )
- Christian-Albrechts-Platz 4, 24118 Kiel, Germany
- Allemagne
5
Hellénismes d’Asie et civilisations orientales
( 493567 )
- France
6
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität = Friedrich Schiller University Jena [Jena, Germany]
( 554401 )
- Universitätshauptgebäude,
Fürstengraben 1,
07743 Jena
- Allemagne
7
Institut für Geowissenschaften [Kiel]
( 187535 )
- Otto Hahn Platz 1 24118 Kiel
- Allemagne
8
Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Archäologie
( 575924 )
- Mainz
- Allemagne
9
IMBE -
Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale
( 188653 )
- Aix Marseille Université, Campus Etoile, Faculté St-Jérôme case 421 Av. . escadrille Normandie-Niemen 13397 MARSEILLE CEDEX 20
- France
10
Department of Geography [Mainz]
( 245015 )
- Johannes Gutenberg University, Becherweg 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany
- Allemagne
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Vulgarisation |
Non
|
Comité de lecture |
Oui
|
Invité |
Non
|
Audience |
Internationale
|
Actes |
Non
|
Titre du congrès |
Trade and Trade Routes in Roman and Late Antique Thrace
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Date début congrès |
2022-09-05
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Date fin congrès |
2022-09-08
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Ville |
Enez
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Pays |
Turquie
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Domaine(s) |
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Organisateur du congrès |
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Financement |
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Mots-clés |
en
Ainos, Hebros River, Deltas, Paleoenvironmental changes, Greek archaeology, Antiquity / ancient times
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