Juliopolis (Iuliopolis) Anthropological Research: Preliminary Results
Juliopolis (Iuliopolis) is an ancient city located in Nallıhan district of Ankara. The excavations at the Necropolis of Juliopolis have been carried out by the Directorate of the Anatolian Civilizations Museum since 2009. The necropolis is located in the Çayırhan district of Nallıhan, approximatel...
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doaj-d8af4eff6ad64b4593c122fca098cb802020-11-25T03:37:13ZengKoc University, Vehbi Koc Ankara Studies Research Center (VEKAM)Ankara Araştırmaları Dergisi2147-87242147-87242018-12-0162111126DOI:10.5505/jas.2018.43433Juliopolis (Iuliopolis) Anthropological Research: Preliminary ResultsAli Metin Büyükkarakaya0Asuman Alpagut1Evren Çubukçu2Fabio Cavalli3Ph. D., Lecturer, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Anthropology, Ankara, TurkeyAnthropolog, Anatolian Civilisation Museum, Ankara, TurkeyAssoc. Prof., Hacettepe University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Geological Engineering, Ankara, TurkeyProf., Trieste University, Trieste, ItalyJuliopolis (Iuliopolis) is an ancient city located in Nallıhan district of Ankara. The excavations at the Necropolis of Juliopolis have been carried out by the Directorate of the Anatolian Civilizations Museum since 2009. The necropolis is located in the Çayırhan district of Nallıhan, approximately 122 km northwest of Ankara. According to the archaeological research, the necropolis had been used during the Hellenistic Period and continued to be used during Roman and Byzantine Empires. More than 500 tombs have been uncovered so far, and a large number of human skeletons have been recovered from these tombs. This paper aims to present the preliminary results of the Juliopolis Anthropological Research Project which intends to obtain information about the lives of the inhabitants of Juliapolis or Ancient Ankara by the bioarcheological study of the human remains which were recovered in the necropolis. During the study conducted on the most crowded chamber tomb, which is considered to be in use for a long time in the necropolis, bone and tooth residues belonging at least 57 from both sexes and all age groups were found. The hair remains on the skull of an old man buried in a wooden coffin in a sarcophagus were examined with the help of light and scanning electron microscopes and their morphological characteristics were evaluated. In addition to this, a facial traits reconstruction study was performed based on the computerized tomography data of the skull obtained from a grave and a three-dimensional face of a middle-aged man who lived in Juliopolis was exposed.https://www.journalagent.com/jas/pdfs/JAS_6_2_111_126.pdfbioarchaeologyhellenistic periodroman periodbyzantine periodnecropolis of juliopolisankara |
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Ali Metin Büyükkarakaya Asuman Alpagut Evren Çubukçu Fabio Cavalli Juliopolis (Iuliopolis) Anthropological Research: Preliminary Results Ankara Araştırmaları Dergisi bioarchaeology hellenistic period roman period byzantine period necropolis of juliopolis ankara |
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Ali Metin Büyükkarakaya Asuman Alpagut Evren Çubukçu Fabio Cavalli |
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Juliopolis (Iuliopolis) Anthropological Research: Preliminary Results |
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Juliopolis (Iuliopolis) Anthropological Research: Preliminary Results |
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Juliopolis (Iuliopolis) Anthropological Research: Preliminary Results |
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Juliopolis (Iuliopolis) Anthropological Research: Preliminary Results |
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Juliopolis (Iuliopolis) Anthropological Research: Preliminary Results |
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juliopolis (iuliopolis) anthropological research: preliminary results |
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Koc University, Vehbi Koc Ankara Studies Research Center (VEKAM) |
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Ankara Araştırmaları Dergisi |
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Juliopolis (Iuliopolis) is an ancient city located in Nallıhan district of Ankara. The excavations at the Necropolis of Juliopolis have been
carried out by the Directorate of the Anatolian Civilizations Museum since 2009. The necropolis is located in the Çayırhan district of
Nallıhan, approximately 122 km northwest of Ankara. According to the archaeological research, the necropolis had been used during
the Hellenistic Period and continued to be used during Roman and Byzantine Empires. More than 500 tombs have been uncovered so
far, and a large number of human skeletons have been recovered from these tombs. This paper aims to present the preliminary results
of the Juliopolis Anthropological Research Project which intends to obtain information about the lives of the inhabitants of Juliapolis or
Ancient Ankara by the bioarcheological study of the human remains which were recovered in the necropolis. During the study conducted
on the most crowded chamber tomb, which is considered to be in use for a long time in the necropolis, bone and tooth residues belonging
at least 57 from both sexes and all age groups were found. The hair remains on the skull of an old man buried in a wooden coffin in
a sarcophagus were examined with the help of light and scanning electron microscopes and their morphological characteristics were
evaluated. In addition to this, a facial traits reconstruction study was performed based on the computerized tomography data of the skull
obtained from a grave and a three-dimensional face of a middle-aged man who lived in Juliopolis was exposed. |
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bioarchaeology hellenistic period roman period byzantine period necropolis of juliopolis ankara |
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