Conference Presentations by Gulseren Dikilitas
Since 2006, the Tuscia University is carrying out in Cappadocia a survey fallows two main guidel... more Since 2006, the Tuscia University is carrying out in Cappadocia a survey fallows two main guidelines: the realization of a database on painting and rupestrian habitat in Cappadocia published in www.museovirtualecappadocia.it and the realization of a project of knowledge, conservation and enhancement of Cappadocian rock hewn painting in the Nevşehir region.
Papers by Gulseren Dikilitas
Restorasyon ve Konservasyon Çalışmaları Dergisi, Dec 1, 2011
Anatolian Studies, 2013
Germia was a well-connected Byzantine polis in western-central Anatolia, famous for its healing w... more Germia was a well-connected Byzantine polis in western-central Anatolia, famous for its healing waters and a church of St Michael. After three years of survey the site can now be reconstructed: it included several other churches and monasteries, but little space for ordinary residential buildings. This comes as a surprise, but can be explained by the discovery of two older Roman cities within walking-distance of Germia, where the ordinary people seem to have lived. One of these cities, Mantalos, was home to a local cult of the pagan god Men. This may explain why the Christian healing centre was established at Germia. Later, Mantalos shed its pagan legacy and was apparently renamed Eudoxias after a homonymous member of the Theodosian dynasty. No Roman or Byzantine settlement of the region has a history extending back beyond the Iron Age, when the population retreated to fortified hilltop settlements and many sizable Bronze Age höyüks were deserted. Settlement locations changed often ...
Anatolian Studies, 2013
Germia was a well-connected Byzantine polis in western-central Anatolia, famous for its healing w... more Germia was a well-connected Byzantine polis in western-central Anatolia, famous for its healing waters and a church of St Michael. After three years of survey the site can now be reconstructed: it included several other churches and monasteries, but little space for ordinary residential buildings. This comes as a surprise, but can be explained by the discovery of two older Roman cities within walking-distance of Germia, where the ordinary people seem to have lived. One of these cities, Mantalos, was home to a local cult of the pagan god Men. This may explain why the Christian healing centre was established at Germia. Later, Mantalos shed its pagan legacy and was apparently renamed Eudoxias after a homonymous member of the Theodosian dynasty. No Roman or Byzantine settlement of the region has a history extending back beyond the Iron Age, when the population retreated to fortified hilltop settlements and many sizable Bronze Age höyüks were deserted. Settlement locations changed often ...
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