Research on stratigraphy and chronology of the Asclepieion on Cos

该项目旨在解决古代建筑史和古典晚期及希腊早期城市史中的问题。因此，应在Asclepieion的中心Cos的中间阶地上开挖试验沟。此外，该项目还深化和扩大了SPG 1209“希腊化城邦作为生活空间”背景下的工作成果。所有古代建筑手册都将科斯岛上的阿斯克勒庇翁作为希腊圣所发展到轴向对称排列的建筑群的里程碑。到目前为止，科安保护区的基础，扩展和进一步发展并不是基于地层学证据。鲁道夫·赫尔佐格在1900年、1902年至1904年在该遗址进行挖掘时的所有通知和日记以及意大利挖掘者在1937年和1938年的所有通知和日记都已丢失。只有在系统的沟渠，直到现在还没有探索的领域，我们的知识差距可以填补。此外，超越了有限的地形框架和安全测年的Asclepieion的古建筑史的意义，该项目将有助于科斯古城的历史。作为一个外部避难所，通过每年的游行与城镇联系在一起，它在公元前366年的城镇基础和后来的历史中发挥了决定性的作用。圣所开始的年代可以说明是一个旧的圣所被整合，还是在新城邦建立的过程中建造了一个新的圣所。科斯最著名的居民之一是希波克拉底，他在公元前460年至370年之间创办了一所医学院--比城邦的建立还要早。由于所有在Asclepieion挖掘的建筑物似乎都可以追溯到公元前四世纪的最后四分之一和公元前三世纪初，希波克拉底和他的学校不能与圣殿联系起来。

The project intends to deal with problems in the history of ancient architecture and of late classical and early hellenistic urban history. Therefore in the centre of the Asclepieion on Cos on the middle terrace test trenches shall be excavated. Furthermore the project serves to deepen and to enlarge the results of the work done in the context of the SPG 1209 “The Hellenistic Polis as a Living Space”.All handbooks of ancient architecture present the Asclepieion on Cos as a milestone in the development of Greek sanctuaries to axial and symmetrically arranged architectural ensembles. Until now the foundation, the extension and further development of the Coan sanctuary is not based on stratigraphic evidence. All notices and diaries of Rudolf Herzog during his excavations on the site in 1900, 1902-1904 as well as those of the Italian excavators in 1937 and 1938 are lost. Only with systematic trenches in until now not explored areas this gap in our knowledge can be filled in.Moreover excessing the limited topographical frame and the significance of a secure dating of the Asclepieion to the history of ancient architecture the project will contribute to the history of the ancient city of Cos. As an external sanctuary linked to the town by annual processions it plays a decisive role in the foundation of the town in 366 B.C. and its later history. The dating of the sanctuary’s beginnings shall clarify whether an older sanctuary had been integrated or there had been built a new one in the process of the foundation of the new polis.One of Cos most famous inhabitants was Hippocrates the founder of a medical school between 460 and 370 B.C. - earlier than the polis’ foundation. Since all excavated buildings in the Asclepieion seem to date from the last quarter of the fourth and the start of the third century B.C. Hippokrates and his school cannot be connected to the sanctuary.