Urfa Çevresindeki Kerpiç Kubbeli Yapıların Arkeolojik Açıdan Değerlendirilmesi

The custom of constructing false-domed mud-brick structures is a living tradition in a considerably large area from northern Syria to Urfa; in the past, such structures have attracted the attention of travellers exploring the region and are depicted in the travel books. Since the beginning of the 20th century, these domed mud-brick structures have been considered as a model in evaluating building remains with circular ground plans exposed through excavations carried out in the same region. Even though some scholars have consid­ered domed houses as a continuing tradition from the Neolithic Period to the present, an overall assessment of the evidence indicates that besides the Pre-Pottery Neolithic and Halaf Period, these occur rather randomly with no indication of continuity. This study, in the framework of the Turkish Academy of Sciences TUBA-TUKSEK Project on the domed domestic architecture of the Suruc Plain, has revealed that the history of the present rural false-domed buildings is not very remote in time and that further investiga­tion is needed in order to clarify their origins. Even though there have been numerous references to these build­ings, no thorough documentation has previously been made. The primary objective of this paper is to present a detailed assessment of the domed mud-brick structures of the Suruc region and to question the validity of correlating evidence with present day rural archi­tecture. The domed building tradition in mud-brick, observed in Suruc, is studied in its technical, architectur­al, and structural features in order to define the ways it can be used as data in studies. During our study, a special emphasis has been given to documenting those structures that are partially or totally in ruin, so as to document the transformation process of these modern houses into archaeological deposits, rap­idly forming mounds of their own

Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Computer Science · History and Cultural Heritage

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