Research on stratigraphy and chronology of the Asclepieion on Cos

该项目旨在处理古代建筑史以及古典晚期和早期希腊化城市历史中的问题。因此，在科斯阿斯克勒庇俄神庙的中心，在中间阶地上开挖试验沟。此外，该项目有助于深化和扩大SPG 1209“作为生活空间的希腊化城邦”背景下的工作成果。所有的古代建筑手册都将科斯神庙作为希腊圣殿发展的一个里程碑，以轴向和对称排列的建筑整体。到目前为止，科恩保护区的建立、扩展和进一步发展都不是基于地层证据。鲁道夫·赫尔佐格（Rudolf Herzog）在1900年、1902-1904年以及意大利挖掘者在1937年和1938年对该遗址进行挖掘时的所有通知和日记都已丢失。只有在迄今为止尚未探索的领域建立系统的壕沟，我们的知识缺口才能填补。此外，该项目超越了有限的地形框架和阿斯克勒庇俄神庙的安全年代对古建筑历史的重要性，将为Cos古城的历史做出贡献。作为一个外部的圣所，它通过每年的游行与城镇相连，在公元前366年城镇的建立及其后来的历史中起着决定性的作用。圣所开始的年代将会澄清旧的圣所是被整合的还是在新城邦建立的过程中建造了一个新的。希腊最著名的居民之一是希波克拉底，他在公元前460年至370年间创立了一所医学院——比城邦的建立还要早。由于阿斯克勒庇俄神庙出土的所有建筑似乎都可以追溯到公元前四世纪的最后四分之一世纪和公元前三世纪初，希波克拉底和他的学派无法与圣所联系起来。

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.