Armenian Ecclesiastical Sites in the Kars Province (Turkey): Current State, Preservation and Revalorization
August 2021
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Journal article
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HERITAGE AND SOCIETY
Armenian ecclesiastical sites, church architecture, cultural heritage, cultural management, eastern Turkey, heritage tourism, Kars province, Middle Ages
The 2016 revision excavations of the triconch church in Bilice
January 2018
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Journal article
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Diadora : Journal of the Archaeological Museum in Zadar
The paper presents the results of the revision excavations of the early Christian triconch church in Bilice. Discovered and excavated in the 1900s on Dedića Punta site, the structure has not been researched ever since. The revision excavations that began in autumn 2016 should therefore establish the condition of this early Christian complex, interpret it scientifically and enable its conservation and presentation. The 2016 excavations revealed the foundation walls of a triconch church and parts of the walls of its northeastern and southeastern additions. This paper analyzes the characteristics of the sacral architecture discovered there, providing also an overview of the movable finds (a stone fragment with moldings, pottery and glass). Evidence from archive sources and the references about the site found in literature are also presented.
early Christian architecture, triconch church, Bilice, revision archaeological excavations
Glass from the St Theodore's quarter in Pula
January 2018
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Journal article
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Histria Archaeologica
Glass artefacts dating back from the Roman period to the Post Medieval period were found during archaeological excavations in 2005 in the upper layers of the site in the St Theodore Quarter in Pula. The glass artefacts presented in this paper are attributed to the sepulchral context as well as associated with liturgical functions and inventory of a church with a cemetery that existed at the site during the period of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.
stemmed goblets, iturgy, Medieval glass, church inventory, Roman glass, glass from Late Antiquity, Post Medieval glass, glass lamps
Early Christian chancel panel from St Theodore's quarter in Pula
November 2017
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Journal article
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Histria Archaeologica
From the locality of St. Theodore’s quarter originates a stone slab from the period of Late Antiquity that contains figural and symbolic representations etched in a low relief. The conducted analysis of the slab’s motifs and morphology draws the conclusion that it could have been a part of an chancel panel of an early Christian church.
ivy, Early Christianity, lily, figurality, cross, Christogram, dove, Late Antiquity, chancel panel iconography
Lamps from the upper layers of a site in Pula's St Theodore's quarter
November 2016
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Journal article
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Histria Archaeologica
The ceramic lamps presented in this paper originate from the upper layers of a site in Pula’s St Theodore’s quarter, where a rescue archaeology investigation was conducted between 2005 and 2009. The stratigraphic unit in which these lamps were found is above the Classical Antiquity layer - it has, however, been disturbed by subsequent interventions: both Classical Antiquity period and Late Antiquity period lamps were found in the same layer. This paper discusses lamps that can be typologically determined to be those with volutes, with round nozzles, with potter’s stamps (Firmalampen) and Late Antiquity (“African”) lamps.
St Theodore’s quarter in Pula, Late Antiquity lamps, Late Antiquity, Roman lamps, ceramic lamps
