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The Ka.Y.A. project began in Ahlat (East Turkey) in 2007, by Centro
Studi Sotterranei / Centre for Underground Studies of Genoa
(Italy), in the main project 'Eski Ahlat Sehri Kazis' (The Ahlat
ancient city excavation) directed from 2005 to 2010 by Dr. Prof.
Nakis Karamagarali (Gazi University, Ankara). The Ka.Y.A. project
aims to identify and study the rock-cut sites around Ahlat, as
completion of major archaeological excavations in the ancient city
located on the northern shores of Lake Van. The Ahlat region is a
huge area, at an altitude between 1,700 and 2,500 m, and wedged
between massive volcanic systems. During four years of research
(2007-2010) the archaeo-speleologist team documented 395 rock-cut
sites and underground structures most of which date back to
medieval and post-medieval times, relating to different cultures
and religions: Armenian, Seljuk, Ilkhanid, Kara Koyunlu, Ak Koyunlu
and Ottoman. The results of the first survey campaign were
completed in 2007 and published as BAR S2293 (2011), the second
campaign 2008 is available as BAR S2560 (2013). These volumes are
now supplemented by the new discoveries uncovered during the third
season in 2009, with the hope to publish as soon as possible the
results of the last mission completed in 2010.
Since 1991, the Centro Studi Sotterranei of Genoa has conducted the
exploration, survey and documentation of rock-cut and underground
structures located in different regions of Turkey. The Ka.Y.A.
project was begun in 2007, with the goal of the identification and
the study of rock-cut sites around Ahlat in eastern Turkey, as
completion of major archaeological excavations in the ancient city
located on the northern shores of Lake Van. It is a vast area, at
an altitude between 1,700 and 2,500 m.a.s.l. and wedged between
massive volcanic systems. During the four years of research the
team documented 395 rock-cut sites most of which date back to
medieval and post-medieval times and relating to different cultures
and religions: Armenian, Seljuk, Ilkhanid, Kara Koyunlu, Ak
Koyunlu, and Ottoman. The results of the first survey campaign were
completed in 2007 and published as BAR S2293 (2011). That volume is
now supplemented by the data obtained during the second season in
2008, with the hope to publish as soon as possible the results of
the subsequent missions completed in 2009 and 2010. Parallel
Italian and English text.
This volume presents previously unpublished data (including inter
alia plans, photographs, catalogues, sources, geological analyses,
water/drainage, travellers' reports) gathered from recent major
archaeological investigations into a number of important
underground structures from the six districts that together form
the territory historically known as 'Cappadocia' (eastern-central
Turkey) - Aksaray, Kayseri, Kirsehir, Nevsehir, Nigde and Yozgat.
Besides synthetic data (name, location, type, planimetrics), each
of the 40 records detailed in this work includes a route-finder,
historical and urban-setting notes, descriptions of the underground
site and related plan based on instrumental surveys or sketches.
Italian and English text.
This is an interim report from the ongoing excavations at Ahlat in
eastern Turkey, and presents a premlimary survey of the extensive
underground Islamic era settlements. Overall more than 700 natural
and artificial cavities were identified and eight independent
settlements. All were photographed, with plans provided for the
more significant. Parallel Italian and English text.
The 2004 Ani (the ancient Armenian capital on the eastern border of
modern Turkey) expedition was devoted to the inspection of the
underground structures. The monumental town was built around the
10th century on a platform defined by deep canyons which cut the
volcanic rocks of the plateau. The artificial cavities are located
all along the walls of the canyons, often in two or more layers.
The structures were first investigated in 1915, beginning a process
of identifying, exploring and classified more than 800 cave forms.
The 2004 mission checked the status of the dwellings with respect
to the investigation of 90 years before, to undertake a detailed
exploration of some selected dwellings chosen as term of
comparison, and to investigate with special care those underground
structures which were inside or close to the city walls, in order
to establish the relations between the town and the underground
sites. The first chapter of the report gives a short account of the
objectives of the 2004 mission, together with an overview of the
relevant literature and of the history of the town. Chapter 2 deals
with the settlements outside the town (the rural settlements). The
underground sites inside the town walls are discussed in Chapter 3.
The nature of the underground sites is discussed in Chapter 4.
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