Ergün Karaca
Master Thesis: "Bone Objects of Allianoi"
PhD Thesis: "Eastern Thrakia During Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Periods"
My Research Subjects: Bone Objects (Classical Periods), Roman Architectures, Eastern Thrace.
PhD Thesis: "Eastern Thrakia During Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Periods"
My Research Subjects: Bone Objects (Classical Periods), Roman Architectures, Eastern Thrace.
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Geological research suggests that the sea had an inward curve 20-25 km to the north in the Archaic Period. The aim of this study is to evaluate the surface finds of pottery recovered from the eastern bank of the River Hebros, the Döken Çiftliği, which was once an estuary, in the Kocaçay Valley and the settlements of Kuğuburnu, İncirlikburnu, Kayıkyolu, and
Kocatarlalar to determine the relationship between the geographical location and the foreign relations of the area.
back as 1930s. A good deal of finds obtained from Hasköy and its environment were brought in Edirne
Archaeology Museum. Considering the intensity of the findspots, Hisarlık, Alaşar and Bağlıkarkası
become prominent. Most of the finds are dated to Roman and Eastern Roman Empire Periods. Eastern
Thrace Region which has been consequently the closest land of Europe to Asia Minor, was the area where
the important routes such as Via Militaris, Via Egnatia and The North Road passed through. According
to Tabula Peutingeriana, dated to 2nd Century ad, Via Militaris which starting from Singidunum
(Belgrade) and conjoin with Via Egnatia in the vicinity of Perinthos (Marmara Ereğlisi) has been
the leading road of the region. The length of Via Militaris between Singidunum and Byzantion has
been calculated approximately as 670 Roman miles. On Tabula Peutingeriana that showed Via Militaris’
route, Hostizo accommodation (mansio) was located after Hadrianopolis. Hostizo was located 18
Roman miles (approximately 26,6 km.) after Hadrianopolis, however it cannot be positioned exactly,
general opinion for the location has been Havsa.
made in the regions where the Thracians live the depictions of Thracian warriors on the fresco in the tumulus dating to the early 4th and 3rd centuries BC. The warrior Thracians served as volunteers, sometimes compulsory or mercenary in their own armies or in the armies of other states. As we can see from ancient sources and Greek red figure ceramics, Thracian soldiers used their traditional clothes as uniforms, from
the early period until the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Thracians wore alopekis made of fox skin, they wore narrow trousers and a tunic that was tied at the waist and sleeveless and down to the knee, and at the top they wore the characteristic Thracian zeira, a thick and long garment. On their feet, they wore their own unique deer-skin boots called embedes, which completely covered the calf. As a result of their contact with Greeks in the 5th century BC and Macedonians from the middle of the 4th century BC, Thracians began to use their military clothing and weapons.