Thursday,  Nov 9, 2006
  2006 Excavations were conducted at Liman Tepe only. Work continued both on the land site and underwater. A uniquely well preserved Late Bronze Age Settlement was unearthed for the first time at Liman Tepe. A main road with openings to side roads and various structures on both sides of the road appeared yielding insitu pottery. Many imported and locally made Mycenaean pottery were found along with the local wares. Some zoomorphic vessels, seals and metal finds are among the notable discoveries. A uniquely large crater with bird and possibly fish figures is the highlight of the year.Underwater excavations continued jointly with the University of Haifa and a wooden anchor possibly of Archaic period is discovered during the excavations. Marine geomorphology studies continued in cooperation with McMaster University - Canada and a team from Kiel University - Germany conducted a sysmic survey around the site. IRERP also took part in a joint INA-Ankara University submersible survey around the Urla peninsula. A shelter is planned for Çeşme - Bağlararası site during the year 2006 and its construction is due to start within a few weeks time.

 

Saturday,  May 29, 2004
  Second season of our excavations at Cesme - Baglararasi yielded fascinating new resuls regarding the Minoan and Cycladic relations of the Western Anatolia during the MM III and LM IA periods. Minoanising pottery are found in pits dating to the LM IA Period.

 

Monday,  December 29, 2003
  The construction of our sixth house is completed. This is going to be used as a store house for our underwater equiptment and pottery from Liman Tepe and Cesme - Baglararasi.  Members of IRERP would like to thank the Municipality of Urla and its Mayor Mr. Selcuk Karaosmanoglu for their generous support in the construction of this building. The opening ceremony witnessed the Governor of Izmir Mr. Yusuf Ziya Göksu along with the Rectors of 5 Universities and the mayor of Urla.
  The second season of the excavations at the new IRERP site Cesme - Baglararasi has been completed. The site reflects an impressive MBA settlement with strong Minoan links.
 

New projects started in 2003 related to artefact analyses include The Kastri Group Project, which is a cooperation of University of Ankara, Archaeological Society at Athens, NCSR Demokritos, University of Sheffield and University of Western Ontarioto. The project aims to define the character and distribution of Kastri Group Ware throughout the Aegean.

 
 

14C analyses started by Dr. B. Weninger from Köln University in 2003.

 

 

The fourth season of the joint underwater excavations (Ankara & Haifa Universities), including the geomorphology research by Dr. E. Reinhardt & B. Goodmann (McMaster University, Canada), has been completed. The preliminary reports are in progress. So far an average of 2-3 m. deposit below the sea floor are excavated in different sectors and a well preserved archaic level is recorded throughout the whole site. The deep geological soundings indicate that there is at least a 5 m. cultural deposit below the archaic level. And we hope to reach the earliest phases in the next years, where we already have some Early, Middle and Late Bronze Age sherds from different sectors.

 

 

The second season with the INSTAP publication team was as much effective as the first one. We all express our warm thanks to the members of the team ( Douglas Fallman, Michell Rochenbrugge, Chronis Papanikolopoulos, Ephtichia Papadopoulou) and the INSTAP Centre in Crete as well.

 

 

 

Sunday,  April 23, 2002
  Bibliography page updated!
  Construction of the fifth house and the store room at Liman Tepe is almost finished.
  Excavation of a new MBA site in Cesme called BAGLARARASI is due to begin in 2002! First years work will include sieving of the already excavated soil and the excavation of the deposits among the destruction pits.
Sunday,  December 2, 2001
  Progress Report of the publication of the Proceedings of the International Symposium "The Aegean In The Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age" is added!!  Don't forget to check out the contents of the book!

 

Sunday, October 28, 2001
  Liman Tepe excavation is still continuing and we are entering our final week on the field. In the mean time, the construction of our The fifth house is also progressing.
 
  We love animals too! Here is a small selection of our pets in our little farm :).
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Monday, October 22, 2001
  After another long break, we are back! Hopefully this time it will work and you will be updated more often. This update is coming directly from the excavation house at Liman Tepe - Urla and the excavation is still progressing. During the long absence since the last update, two underwater excavation seasons were carried out together with our Israeli colleagues from the Haifa University. So far archaic remains have been excavated on and around the big breakwater which is submerged in the northwestern part of the site. Geological soundings have also been opened on and around the site including the underwater. More work has been planned for the coming 2002 season.
 
  Bakla Tepe excavations have been carried out during the 2000 and 2001 seasons as a result of the unexpected decrease in the water table of the Tahtali Dam. Work concentrated on the end of EB2 / Beginning of EB3 pithos cemetery, EB 1 settlement/cemetery and Late Chalcolithic settlement at the site. Preliminary reports of the excavation have appeared as usual in the Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi journal of Ministry of Culture - Turkey. Various IRERP members have been working on different aspects of the site for their PhD and MA degrees.
  2000 Excavations at Liman Tepe was concentrated on the EBA settlement. The monumental EB2 horse-shoe shaped bastion has been further investigated and the full extend of this structure has been unearthed. 2001 excavations are still continuing in the northern part of the settlement and new monumental features including an EB2 well are currently under investigation. More news on this comes soon! Preliminary reports were published in Kazi Sonuclari Toplantisi (KST) journal. Various IRERP members are working on different materials from the site for their PhD and MA degrees.
  Systematic regional survey project started during the 2001 season in the Menemen Plain. Extensive and intensive work have been carried out as planned. Unsystematic recordings of the new prehistoric settlements in Menderes Plain and Urla Peninsula continued to yield many new settlements ranging from Neolithic to Late Bronze Age. Two MA thesis are currently in progress dealing with this material.
  Construction of a permanent excavation house at Liman Tepe is still progressing. Number of our houses is now 4! The construction of the 5th one (Haifa House) has just started. We now have four bedrooms, a kitchen, a big hall, a washing/drying room and a lavatory in the first house, seven bedrooms and two lavatories in the second one. The third house is our study room. The fourth one is designed and built as a restoration / conservation labaratory and includes two more bedrooms and two lavatories. The fifth house under construction includes ten new bedrooms and two lavatories. A little store room is also planned as a cellar. The main storehouse of the IRERP is located at Panaztepe and was built with a generous support from INSTAP in the previous years.

 

Friday, June 09, 2000
  Underwater investigations will take place at Liman Tepe during the season of 2000 in a co-project together with Prof. Michal Artzy and Center for Maritime Civilisations from the University of Haifa – Israel.
  Our New Book is out now!! Its called Tahtali dam Area Salvage Project and is edited by Dr. Turkan Özkan and Prof. Dr. Hayat Erkanal. The book inclues an extensive article about Bakla Tepe (Turkish and English).
  PANAZTEPE vol. II is out!! The volume includes the Second Millennium B.C. Pottery from the site and is written by Assoc. Prof. Sevinc Gunel.


 

Wednesday, May 10, 2000.
  We have moved to our new site!!! What more can there be J
  Bibliography page updated.
  We now have new e-mail addresses [email protected] & [email protected]. The previous one was out of use for quite a long time so we apologise for any unanswered messages! Sorry…
  Please note that our previous web page is also valid and can be visited http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/8635

 

Tuesday, April 07, 1998.
  This page added!
  Guestbook added. Please add an entry to our guestbook, and view our guestbook.
  Forms added. Please contact us to tell us more about you and what you think of these pages.

 

Monday, April 06, 1998.
  Panaztepe page added.



 

Friday, April 03, 1998.
  Bakla Tepe page added.
  IRERP Bibliography page added.



 

Tuesday, March 31, 1998.
  New version of the IRERP pages launched. New look!

 

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