Settlements and Necropoleis of the Black Sea and Its Hinterland in Antiquity : Select Papers From the Third International Conference ‘The Black Sea in Antiquity and Tekkeköy: An Ancient Settlement on the Southern Black Sea Coast’, 27-29 October 2017, Tekk

Settlements and Necropoleis of the Black Sea and its Hinterland in Antiquity contains a selection of some two dozen of the papers from an international conference held in October 2017 at Tekkeköy in Samsun, ancient Amisos, on the Turkish Black Sea coast. The archaeology sessions included presentations not only on the Tekkeköy/Samsun region but also on other parts of the Black Sea. They were presented by participants from Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The selection offered here includes almost all of the contributions on archaeology and ancient history. The papers cover all shores of the Black Sea, studying (once again), the establishment dates of some Greek colonies, East Greek transport amphorae, the Black Sea on the Tabula Peutingeriana, the history of Tekkeköy, a Sinopean from Tomis, imports at Açic Suat (Caraburun), arrowhead and dolphin-shaped monetary signs from Berezan, the pre-Roman economy of Myrmekion, the necropolis of Porthmion, Artyushchenko-1 settlement on the Taman Peninsula, South Pontic imports at Classical sites in Ajara, recent excavations in Gonio-Apsarus, the Alaca Höyük Chalcolithic culture in coastal settlements, the Baruthan Tumuli at Amisos, iron finds from the Fatsa Cıngırt Kayası excavations, new excavations at Amastris, ancient Sebastopolis, politics and diplomacy in Paphlagonia, the Great Göztepe tumulus in Paphlagonia, Amasya-Oluz Höyük, the Iron Age sites of Zile district, Byzantine finds at Komana, glass bracelets from Samsun Museum, and dating the Kavak Bekdemir Mosque in Samsun. Cover 1 Title Page 3 Copyright page 4 Contents Page 5 Preface 7 List of Figures and Tables 8 Once again about the Establishment Date of Some Greek Colonies around the Black Sea* 15 Gocha R. Tsetskhladze 15 The Black Sea on the Tabula Peutingeriana* 56 A.V. Podossinov 56 5.22.3 59 Archaic East Greek Transport Amphorae: Secure Advances and Muddles. An Assessment 66 Pierre Dupont 66 Tekkeköy: Land of Legends from Past to the Future* 83 Sümer Atasoy 83 An Epigram for a Sinopean from Tomis 91 Alexandru Avram 91 Late Classical-Hellenistic Imports at Açic Suat (Caraburun) (4th-3rd Century BC) 96 Vasilica Lungu 96 The Chronology of Arrowhead and Dolphin-Shaped Monetary Signs from Berezan 113 Dmitry Chistov 113 Essay on the Economy of Myrmekion in Pre-Roman Times 122 Alexander Butyagin and Alexei Kasparov 122 The Necropolis of Porthmion (from the Excavations of 2004-2013) 127 M.Y. Vakhtina and P.G. Stolyarenko 127 Artyushchenko-1 Settlement on the Taman Peninsula (6th Century BC-4th Century AD) 140 Yurii A. Vinogradov 140 The Southern Pontic Import Discovered at Classical Period Sites in Ajara* 153 Amiran Kakhidze and Emzar Kakhidze 153 A Brief Report on the Archaeological Excavations in Gonio-Apsarus, 2014-2017* 159 Shota Mamuladze and Kakhaber Kamadadze 159 The Traces of the Chalcolithic Culture of Alaca Höyük in the Coastal Settlements of the Central Black Sea Region of Turkey* 171 Hulya Çalışkan Akgül 171 The Baruthane Tumuli at Amisos/Samsun 181 Sümer Atasoy 181 Evaluations of Iron Finds from the Fatsa Cıngırt Kayası Excavations 191 Ayşe Fatma Erol and Ertaç Yıldırım 191 New Archaeological Expeditions in the Ancient City of Amastris 204 Fatma Bağdatlı Çam, Ali Bora and Handan Bilici Altunkayalıer 204 The Ancient City of Sebastopolis in the Light of Archaeological Data and Inscriptions 222 Şengül Dilek Ful 222 Politics and Diplomacy in Paphlagonia 228 Manolis Manoledakis 228 A Great Tumulus from Paphlagonia 240 Şahin Yıldırım 240 The Land of Sacred Fire: Amasya – Oluz Höyük* 258 Şevket Dönmez 258 An Overview of Iron Age Sites of Zile District 272 Mehmet Özsait and Nesrin Özsait 272 Evaluation of the Recent Finds at Komana from the Early and Middle Byzantine Period* 286 Mustafa N. Tatbul and D. Burcu Erciyas 286 A Group of Glass Bracelets from Samsun Museum 295 Akın Temür and Özkan Özbilgin 295 Some Observations on the Dating of the Kavak Bekdemir Mosque in Samsun* 303 E. Emine Naza Dönmez 303 List of Contributors 313 Black Sea cemetaries,Black Sea necropoleis,Tekkeköy

Settlements and Necropoleis of the Black Sea and its Hinterland in Antiquity contains a selection of some two dozen of the papers from an international conference held in October 2017 at Tekkeköy in Samsun, ancient Amisos, on the Turkish Black Sea coast. The archaeology sessions included presentations not only on the Tekkeköy/Samsun region but also on other parts of the Black Sea. They were presented by participants from Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The selection offered here includes almost all of the contributions on archaeology and ancient history. The papers cover all shores of the Black Sea, studying (once again), the establishment dates of some Greek colonies, East Greek transport amphorae, the Black Sea on the Tabula Peutingeriana, the history of Tekkeköy, a Sinopean from Tomis, imports at Açic Suat (Caraburun), arrowhead and dolphin-shaped monetary signs from Berezan, the pre-Roman economy of Myrmekion, the necropolis of Porthmion, Artyushchenko-1 settlement on the Taman Peninsula, South Pontic imports at Classical sites in Ajara, recent excavations in Gonio-Apsarus, the Alaca Höyük Chalcolithic culture in coastal settlements, the Baruthan Tumuli at Amisos, iron finds from the Fatsa C?ng?rt Kayas? excavations, new excavations at Amastris, ancient Sebastopolis, politics and diplomacy in Paphlagonia, the Great Göztepe tumulus in Paphlagonia, Amasya-Oluz Höyük, the Iron Age sites of Zile district, Byzantine finds at Komana, glass bracelets from Samsun Museum, and dating the Kavak Bekdemir Mosque in Samsun.

Settlements and Necropoleis of the Black Sea and its Hinterland in Antiquity' contains a selection of some two dozen of the papers from an international conference held in October 2017 at Tekkeköy in Samsun, ancient Amisos, on the Turkish Black Sea coast. The archaeology sessions included presentations not only on the Tekkeköy /Samsun region but also on other parts of the Black Sea. They were presented by participants from Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The selection offered here includes almost all of the contributions on archaeology and ancient history. The papers cover all shores of the Black Sea, studying (once again), the establishment dates of some Greek colonies, East Greek transport amphorae, the Black Sea on the Tabula Peutingeriana, the history of Tekkeköy, a Sinopean from Tomis, imports at Acic Suat (Caraburun), arrowhead and dolphin-shaped monetary signs from Berezan, the pre-Roman economy of Myrmekion, the necropolis of Porthmion, Artyushchenko-1 settlement on the Taman Peninsula, South Pontic imports at Classical sites in Ajara, recent excavations in Gonio-Apsarus, the Alaca Hoeyuk Chalcolithic culture in coastal settlements, the Baruthan Tumuli at Amisos, iron finds from the Fatsa Cingirt Kayasi excavations, new excavations at Amastris, ancient Sebastopolis, politics and diplomacy in Paphlagonia, the Great Goeztepe tumulus in Paphlagonia, Amasya-Oluz Hoeyuk, the Iron Age sites of Zile district, Byzantine finds at Komana, glass bracelets from Samsun Museum, and dating the Kavak Bekdemir Mosque in Samsun Papers in this volume cover all shores of the Black Sea and address, alongside many other topics, the establishment dates of some Greek Colonies; East Greek transport amphorae; the history of Tekkekoey; the pre-Roman economy of Myrmekion; Byzantine finds at Komana; glass bracelets from Samsun Museum; dating the Kavak Bekdemir Mosque in Samsun. Papers in this volume cover all shores of the Black Sea and address, alongside many other topics, the establishment dates of some Greek Colonies; East Greek transport amphorae; the history of Tekkeköy; the pre-Roman economy of Myrmekion; Byzantine finds at Komana; glass bracelets from Samsun Museum; dating the Kavak Bekdemir Mosque in Samsun