Doliche - Urban development and cultural milieu in ancient Northern Syria

对古代叙利亚的城市中心研究不足。特别是在市政厅和市政厅，几乎完全缺乏关于城市发展和文化环境的数据(2008a冬季)。进行这类调查的最重要的地点要么主要被现代城市覆盖(奥隆特河上的安提阿、德国、尼波利斯)，要么被洪水淹没(萨莫萨塔)，要么由于叙利亚内战而无法进入(西尔胡斯、希拉波利斯、比罗亚、查尔基斯、奥隆特河上的阿帕米亚)。另一方面，多利切市是该地区唯一一个没有被现代城镇覆盖并可用于考古研究的城市聚落。该网站提供了一个独特的机会，从历时的角度研究古代叙利亚北部的城市生活。为了利用这一机会，该项目旨在对多利切城市空间内的两个主要部分进行面向背景的调查。在罗马市中心，将对一个公共洗澡设施以及周围同样具有公共性质的建筑结构进行调查。这座城市的档案馆就是位于这个地区的。在第二次发掘区域，我们的重点放在城市在上古晚期的发展上。目标是挖掘一座晚期的古董大教堂和周围的生活区。随着挖掘工作的进行，密集测量和市区地球物理勘探的结论将对城市的结构和发展给予深远的指示。因此，该项目将完成对这座古代和晚期古城主要建筑的调查，并将进一步为在叙利亚北部不断变化的历史和经济条件下研究城市生活和城市发展做出重要贡献。

Urban centres of ancient Syria are insufficiently studied. Especially for Commagene and Cyrrhestice, data pertaining to the development and cultural milieu of cities is almost entirely lacking (Winter 2008a). The most important sites for such enquiries are either largely covered by modern cities (Antioch-on-the-Orontes, Germanicaea, Nicopolis), flooded (Samosata) or not accessible as a result of the civil war in Syria (Cyrrhus, Hierapolis, Beroea, Chalkis, Apameia-on-the-Orontes). The city of Doliche on the other hand, is the only urban settlement in the region not built over by modern towns and available for archaeological research. The site offers the unique opportunity to study urban life in ancient North Syria in a diachronic perspective. To make use of this opportunity, the project aims at a context-oriented investigation of two major parts within the urban space of Doliche. In the Roman city centre, a public bathing facility is to be investigated as well as the surrounding building structures which likewise had a public character. It is in this area that the archive of the city was located. In the second excavation area, our focus lies on the development of the city in late antiquity. The goal is the excavation of a late antique basilica and the surrounding living quarters. In tandem with the excavation work, the conclusion of the intensive survey and the geophysical prospection of the urban area will give far reaching indications pertaining to the structure and development of the city. Thereby, the project will complete the investigation of major buildings of the ancient and late-antique city and will, furthermore, make an important contribution to research into urban live and urban development in the context of changing historical and economic conditions in northern Syria.