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More Water at Moatra: Archaeology, Geomorphology and Toponymy in the Territory of Sagalassos

Moatra’da Daha Fazla Su: Sagalassos Bölgesinde Arkeoloji, Jeomorfoloji ve Yer Adları

Peter Talloen(BILKENT UNIVERSITY)0000-0001-9644-3073
Diether Schürr
Ralf Vandam(Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
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Gephyra
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2024-11-13
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These data help to shed light on the long occupation of the area and clarify the somewhat exceptional nature of the settlement of Moatra within the territory of Sagalassos, providing an outstanding example of how different disciplines can contribute to our understanding of the ancient settlement landscape and the human-environment relationship in the Late Holocene.

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Objective & Hypothesis:While evidence of ancient place names is a crucial element for our understanding of the historical landscape, many of those toponyms, other than those of major urban centres, have often disappeared in the course of history.
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Key Findings & Data:The traditional localization of one such ancient toponym, Moatra in the territory of Sagalassos, at the present-day village of Bereket in the central district of Burdur Province (SW Türkiye) has recently been questioned.
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Conclusion & Impact:These data help to shed light on the long occupation of the area and clarify the somewhat exceptional nature of the settlement of Moatra within the territory of Sagalassos, providing an outstanding example of how different disciplines can contribute to our understanding of the ancient settlement landscape and the human-environment relationship in the Late Holocene.
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⚙️Variables:multi-disciplinary archaeology · ancient toponomy · Pisidia

Abstract

While evidence of ancient place names is a crucial element for our understanding of the historical landscape, many of those toponyms, other than those of major urban centres, have often disappeared in the course of history. The traditional localization of one such ancient toponym, Moatra in the territory of Sagalassos, at the present-day village of Bereket in the central district of Burdur Province (SW Türkiye) has recently been questioned. Allegedly, the vicinity of the modern village presents insufficient remains to support an identification of an ancient settlement there during the Roman Imperial period and this caused scholars to look for its location elsewhere in the area. This article presents an overview of the archaeological evidence from the Bereket intramontane basin and combines it with other strands of evidence to contest this new localization and explain why Moatra could not have been situated anywhere else but at Bereket. These arguments are based on the combination of the results of past and ongoing archaeological, geomorphological and paleo-environmental research, as well as toponymic study. These data help to shed light on the long occupation of the area and clarify the somewhat exceptional nature of the settlement of Moatra within the territory of Sagalassos, providing an outstanding example of how different disciplines can contribute to our understanding of the ancient settlement landscape and the human-environment relationship in the Late Holocene.

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Eski yer adlarına dair kanıtlar, tarihi coğrafyayı anlamamız için çok önemli bir unsur olsa da, büyük kent merkezleri dışında bu yer adlarının çoğu tarih içinde kaybolmuştur. Böyle bir antik yer adı olarak Sagalassos topraklarındaki Moatra’nın, günümüzde Burdur ili (GB Türkiye) merkez ilçeye bağlı Bereket Köyü’ne yapılan geleneksel lokalizasyonu yakın zamanda sorgulanmıştır. İddiaya göre, modern köyün çevresi, Roma İmparatorluk döneminde burada antik bir yerleşimin tanımlanmasını desteklemek için yetersiz kalıntılar sunmakta ve bu da akademisyenlerin bölgede başka bir yer aramasına neden olmaktadır. Bu makale, dağlarla çevrili Bereket havzasındaki arkeolojik kanıtlara genel bir bakış sunmakta ve bunları bu yeni lokalizasyona itiraz etmek ve Moatra’nın neden Bereket’ten başka bir yerde bulunamayacağını açıklamak için diğer kanıtlarla birleştirmektedir. Bu argümanlar, geçmişte yapılan ve halen devam eden arkeolojik, jeomorfolojik ve paleo-çevresel araştırmaların yanı sıra yer adları üzerine yapılan çalışmaların sonuçlarının birleşimine dayanmaktadır. Bu veriler, bölgenin uzun süreli iskânına ışık tutmaya ve Sagalassos topraklarındaki Moatra yerleşiminin istisnai niteliğini açıklığa kavuşturmaya yardımcı olarak, farklı disiplinlerin Geç Holosen’deki antik yerleşim peyzajını ve insan-çevre ilişkisini anlamamıza nasıl katkıda bulunabileceğine dair olağanüstü bir örnek sunmaktadır.

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Talloen, P., Schürr, D., Vandam, R. (2024). More Water at Moatra: Archaeology, Geomorphology and Toponymy in the Territory of Sagalassos. Gephyra, Volume: 28 Issue: 0. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1447027

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