Research on stratigraphy and chronology of the Asclepieion on Cos

该项目旨在处理古代建筑史以及晚期古典和早期希腊化城市历史中的问题。因此，应在科斯路中央的中央露台上挖掘测试战壕。此外，该项目还有助于深化和扩大在SPG 1209《作为生活空间的希腊化城邦》背景下所做工作的成果。所有古代建筑手册都将Asclepieion Cos作为希腊避难所发展为轴线和对称排列的建筑群的里程碑。到目前为止，科恩保护区的建立、扩建和进一步发展都不是基于地层证据。鲁道夫·赫尔佐格1900年、1902-1904年在该遗址挖掘期间的所有通知和日记，以及1937年和1938年意大利挖掘者的通知和日记都丢失了。只有在迄今尚未探索的领域进行系统的挖掘，才能填补我们知识中的这一空白。此外，由于有限的地形框架和对阿斯克里皮翁古建筑史进行安全测年的重要性，该项目将为科斯古城的历史做出贡献。作为一个通过每年的游行与该镇联系在一起的外部避难所，它在公元前366年该镇的建立及其后来的历史中起着决定性的作用。避难所的始建年代将澄清，在新波兰的建立过程中，是整合了一个旧的避难所，还是建造了一个新的避难所。其中最著名的居民之一是希波克拉底，他在公元前460年至370年之间创建了一所医学院--比城邦的基金会更早。由于Asclepieion所有出土的建筑似乎都可以追溯到公元前四世纪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可能与保护区联系在一起。

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.