This paper examines the findings from recent excavations at Balıklı, a lesser-known Neolithic settlement located on the Central Anatolian Plateau, with the aim of questioning established models of Neo...

Boncuklu Tarla is a settlement located within the borders of the village of Ilısu in the Dargeçit district of Mardin. The settlement provides important information on the architecture of the PPNA and ...

This study uses radiocarbon dating to evaluate the Neolithic occupation sequence of Tepecik-Çiftlik Höyük, located in Central Anatolia. A total of 50 radiocarbon samples, most of which are presented h...

The fragrant smoke produced by burning the bark, leaves, branches, resins, flowers and perfumed oils of fragrant plants has been used from past to present to bring people closer to the gods, thus alle...

Boğaziye Höyüğü lies at the northwestern end of the vast and fertile Upper Khabur Region, which stretches along the southern foothills of the Kašiari Mountains. Material culture remains unearthed at t...

The meanings attributed to the hand motif, which has been used as a symbol since prehistoric times, are extremely diverse. This diversity is likely due to the importance of the hand as a limb in the h...

This study examines the sacredness of fire, temple structures, cult, and the relationship between fire temples and the cult of Anāhitā during the Achaemenid Kingdom period. While fire is considered sa...

Stamped amphorae fragments from Cardia (Bakla Burnu), Agora/Cherronesus/Chersonesus (Bolayır) and Pactye (Maltepe Höyük) on the isthmus of Thracian Chersonesus were evaluated. The pottery fragments co...

In this first study on the Hellenistic period culture of Acemhöyük, the Black Glazed Pottery among the imported pottery of the settlement were evaluated. This article, the Black Glazed Pottery were da...

This study investigates nine alkaline-glazed ceramics housed in the Mardin Museum, comprising four bottles, one pot, and four vases. The glaze characteristics of the bottles exhibit notable diversity:...

The aim of this study is to make a comprehensive evaluation of the funerary stele found in Kekliktepe Necropolis, which bears similarities with the examples from Zeugma. The Kekliktepe Necropolis is l...

This article examines twelve figural grave steles in the Usak Museum. The theme of these steles is the depiction of human figures and objects belonging to the deceased. Ten of the steles have inscript...

Recent research and archaeological excavations in Iznik, known as Nikaia in ancient times, have uncovered significant new findings from the Byzantine period. One of these findings is from the Iznik Ti...