Cityscape and micro-region. Archaeological urban research using the example of the ancient city of Atarneus (Izmir province, Turkey)

• Applicant: Dr. Julian Schreyer
• Subject Area: Classical, Roman, Christian and Islamic Archaeology
• Term: from 2018 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 418939096

The aim of the project is to examine the material remains of the ancient city of Atarneus against the background of current urban-historical questions. As part of a habilitation thesis, I aim at contributing to a new perspective of archaeological urban research. The focus is on the question of how the built cityscape developed, subdivided into fortifications and urban spaces, and the aim to understand the formation and transformation of the cityscape of Atarneus in interrelation with specifics of the natural and cultural micro-region. The entangled application of the analysis categories "cityscape" and "micro-region" is a desideratum in Classical Studies so far and will be systematically explored for the first time within this project. The entire project is designed for the period from mid-2018 to mid-2022. Since current research impulses for ancient settlement research are largely promoted by on the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Vienna (ÖAI), I am very pleased about the commitment of two three-month research stays at both institutions from 02-07 of 2019. The work in the libraries and partly with the archival holdings of both institutions as well as the exchange with specialized scholars will significantly sharpen the theoretical-methodological design of the project and lead on to central results.

• DFG Programme: Research Fellowships
• International Connection: Austria
• Hosts: Privatdozent Dr. Oliver Hülden; Professor Dr. Felix Pirson