The Campaign of 1955 at Gordion: Preliminary Report
The Campaign of 1955 at Gordion: Preliminary Report
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1955 年戈迪恩战役:初步报告
DOI:
10.2307/500152
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发表时间:
1956
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
Rodney S. Young
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作者:
Rodney S. Young
ONE of the objectives of the fourth campaign of the University Museum at Gordion' was to clear and examine the main gate of the Phrygian city, which had been found and partially exposed in 1953.2 This was done; but in addition a considerable area within the gate was opened to the Phrygian level and a small sondage about ioo m. to the west, made in 1952, was extended and deepened to the same level. For the first time an extensive area of the Phrygian city was reached and cleared. In the process of digging down to Phrygian levels and of extending westward the areas to be cleared for deeper excavation, much new information was secured about the towns of the overlying Hellenistic and Persian periods. A second objective was the examination of the biggest of the grave tumuli in the cemetery to the east of the site, in the hope of locating the burial which must underlie it. This entailed preliminary sessions to practice the new technique of exploratory drilling on some of the smaller tumuli, with the result that two additional wooden grave chambers were opened and that in a third small tumulus the burial has been located, though not yet dug. The campaign also included (as usually happens) a profitable excursion into the Gordion hinterland on the far side of the Sangarios River. It will perhaps be best to take up the results level by level and area by area. THE HELLENISTIC LEVELS