International Symposium on Sinope and Black Sea Archaeology - Call for Papers ENG (original) (raw)

Ancient Sinope, once capital of the many local administrative systems, was one of the most important coastal cities of the Black Sea and the ancient World. Founded as an Milesian Colony in the Archaic Period, Sinope thrived as an important port in the Classical, Hellenistic, Roman Periods and Late Antiquity. In order to understand better the character, importance and evolution of this coastal city, as well as revealing its role in the Black Sea in light of the recent evidences, Archaeology Department of the Sinop University took a step in for organizing this International Symposium. First of its kind for the Sinop University, this symposium will especially focus on the ancient periods of the city and its close surroundings. Sinope and its hinterland will establish the setting for the symposium, where as history of the city, its religious character, architecture, urban and rural organization, productions, epigraphic evidences, trade or politic connections as well as underwater richness will be the main subjects of interest. In this context, papers focusing to the below listed subjects through recent and inventive studies will be welcomed: - Region of Sinop during prehistory - City Planning, urban and mortuary landscape of the city through ages - Local production, industry and economy in ancient Sinope - Trading connections of Sinope with the Black Sea from Bronze Age to Late Antique Period - Sociocultural, trading and political relations of Sinop with its mainland neighbors - Tracing socio-cultural transformation and cultural continuity in Sinope - Place of Sinope in the Black Sea monatery system - Results of the archaeological excavations, underwater surveys and Museum researches