23. araştırma sonuçları toplantısı 1. cilt - Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı

adorned with carved facades on the exterior. Two buttressing walls (4 and 5 m high)
(F130, F157) also suggest more built elements than are currently visible. At least one
interior was decorated with painted plaster. The reuse of many rooms as shelters for
goats has made floors invisible. A rare survival of late antique sculpture (F136) suggests
a very different appearance, and is accompanied by other decorative elements.
The first three stories of the main block (F45) have been planned. This area includes
a possible tower (F210) and an olive press (F137). Just to the north of the main block
was a large rock-cut building (F206), decorated with painted plaster. This building is a
rock-cut church, similar to Cappadocian examples (Fig. 11). The ceramics collected
from Gözenek (F24) were heavily dominated by medieval (especially 13-14th century
AD) material, though there were a few earlier sherds. This matches the date now suggested
by some experts for the latest wall paintings in the Aloda church (F14). A tentative
interpretation of Gözenek is of a monastic complex from the medieval period,
though overlying a previous late Roman site associated with the Alahan settlement. At
Aloda, a number of tombs were planned on both sides of the ravine leading down to
the later church. Some work was also carried out on the structures and rock-cuttings
in the ravine. Below the main cliff face, several tombs, buildings, and a wine press were
recorded. Pottery collected from this area ranged from the Late Hellenistic to the Late
Roman eras.
3. Da¤pazar›
Most of Gough's work at Da¤pazar› was on three churches and some houses,
but he also drew a sketch plan. GAP has been checking the details of this plan. The
area at the south of the promontory was thoroughly examined, revealing that defensive
walls recorded by Gough have almost completely disappeared, with the exception of
two towers from the late Roman city wall. Magnetometry work carried out in this area
produced evidence of a third tower. Traces of the city wall circuit were also mapped in
some areas of the village itself. No evidence of the medieval castle suggested by
Gough was found. The city's known monuments (the Domed Ambulatory Church, two
towers, gateway, aqueduct, heroon, and cemeteries) were recorded in further detail.
An elevation was drawn of the Domed Ambulatory Church, adding significant details to
the existing plans of this building, and detailed photographs were taken of architectural
elements. A preliminary examination of the capitals suggests a date in the early sixth
century. A large subterranean cistern, 6.5x8.5 m and 6.5 m deep with a staircase
(F503), was discovered and planned (Fig. 12). In the course of the survey work, a new
Roman imperial inscription (F504) was discovered, built into a house on the east side
of the village. The building recording was supplemented by intensive sherd collection.
Most of the collected ceramics were from the Late Roman period (including LR 1
amphorae), though there was some Late Hellenistic and Early Roman material.
Gough's plan shows a hippodrome. Attempts to locate the hippodrome this were
unsuccessful, though the area does contain numerous large ashlars. The presence of
a hippodrome, however, seems unlikely, given the general lack of public architecture
in inland Isauria.
4.Other Extensive
Other extensive survey work focussed on the valley's communication networks
at different eras. For the prehistoric period, GIS was used to carry out least cost pathway
analysis focusing on possible routes from sites on the central Anatolian plateau
and obsidian sources at Ac›göl Da¤ to the sites of Tarsus, Mersin and Kilise Tepe. This
analysis shows that the least cost route to Kilise Tepe for obsidian acquisition runs
through Tarsus and Mersin. Thus, while obsidian was important, the area was be
linked to the Cilician plain. However, if the emphasis is placed on linking sites on the
Central Anatolian plateau like Can Hasan or Çatal Höyük to the Mediterranean, then
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