Kanytellis as a Case Study for Late Antique Rural Settlements

Ceylan B.

OLBA, cilt.17, ss.45-61, 2009 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: OLBA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.45-61
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Rural settlements, Late Antique village, urban layout, survey, economy, trade
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Studies of rural settlements-that is, villages and small towns-have gained momentum in the last decade. They have appeared in several publications, mainly discussing economic and administrative relations between village and city based on literary evidence. Physical aspects of rural settlements have not been examined extensively, primarily because of the dearth of archeological evidence. The slopes of Rough Cilicia, between the Calycadnus and Lamos Rivers, represent an exception, offering a variety of relatively well preserved settlements. Kanytellis (Kanlidivane) is the largest of these settlements thus far studied, and the state of its remains provides a wealth of information about the physical characteristics of a typical Late Antique village, including layout, architecture, and social and economic conditions.