Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Kuzey Troas’ta Yeni Araştırmalar Neolitik Çağ’dan Demir Çağı Sonuna Kadar Çanakkale Merkez Yüzey Araştırması, Derya Yılmaz, Editör, Ege Yayınları, İstanbul, ss.1-127, 2019
Çanakkale Province Central District Archaeological Survey from the
Neolithic Period to the end of the Iron Age, 2016-2018.
The subject of this study is the results of the archaeological field survey
work carried out in the Central District at Çanakkale area in 2016 and 2018. It has been
determined that, especially with the settlements newly discovered in the surface survey,
previously known Bronze and Iron Age settlements are mostly located around streams;
at three different locations, namely the coast, lowlands around the coast, and inland hilltop. It is known that the geomorphological development of the district had negative
effects on the locations of settlements. It has been determined within the scope of the
surface survey that, with the coastal line changes of the Hellespont, a major part of settlements such as Işıldak Tepe, Yarım Höyük and Saltık was destroyed; and settlements
such as Arisbe, and Dardanos remained at inland locations as a result of streams filling
the coast. Most of our knowledge about the Neolithic period of the region comes from
Kumtepe, Alacalıgöl, Gülpınar, Coşkuntepe, as well as Uğurlu on the island of Gökçeada
(Imbros), and Karaağaçtepe (Protesilas) on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The recently discovered mounds Dalyan Höyük and Yarım Höyük imply that the coast of the Hellespont
in the Northern Troad also bears traces of Neolithic habitation. However, it is detected
that the coastal line changes of the Hellespont mainly affected the settlements near
the coastal areas dated between the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods. The discovery of
large flint blocks and bedrock identified at the Gölyeri site reveals that the region is rich
in raw materials. This project has been developed on the problem of whether there are
settlements in the region that include contemporary layers with Troy. The evidence in
relation to this subject has been provided with the discovery of previously unknown settlements providing contemporary materials with the Early Bronze, Middle Bronze and Iron Ages layers of Troy. Such settlements may include the discovery of pottery in the
Köserelik contemporary with Troy I; the discovery of handmade Early Iron Age pottery
on the coast, in Dalyan Höyük and Saltık, and in inland Zeytintarla, as well as Dalyan
Höyük and Yarım Höyük, where we found Archaic Period pottery. Another important
result is the discovery of new fortified settlements in the Archaic Period. The plan of the
fortification walls was drafted with the coordinates obtained through Cors, and aerial
photographs and videos taken with a drone. Accordingly, it has been understood that the
fortifications had some common traits such as having bastions in weak areas, and being built
with drywall technique with roughly worked stones or rubble stones that follow the
topography. The discovery of stone Tumuli, in the region during the 2016 and 2017 seasons
is an innovation regarding Troad Region burial customs. However, its closest parallels were
found in Thrace and the Balkans dated to the Bronze and Iron Ages. The results obtained in
the surface survey contribute to the Bronze and Iron Ages settlement archaeology in
the Troad in terms of adding newly found settlements contemporary with Troy.