F005: Southwest Transect Settlement

Page reference: Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012), 26, 71, 85. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92998>

F005

Settlements4: Roman

Local Information: West of Southwest TransectLatitude: 37.41.46.91Longitude: 28.42.02.70Elevation: 483mDimensions: Up to 100 by 150 m ** Wall Length: 1.64m ** Room 1 Width: ca 3.15m ** Room 2 Width: ca 3.08m ** Wall Width: ca 2.74mDescription: Remains of a settlement spread over several terraced fields just north of the Morsynus to the SW of Aphrodisias. Wall remains are visible in one field, where outlines of at least 2 rooms discernible, and 3 in situ blocks running N-S from one wall. The surrounding fields are full of brick, tile, pipe and ceramics. Other finds include several fragments of molded revetment. The scatter extends roughly 150m east-west by at least 100m north-south. Roughly 60m west of the preserved walls, on same terrace, are several large marble blocks used to span an irrigation channel; these include a threshold block ([D2008.0119] W: 1.38m; visible D: 0.67m; visible H: 0.29m). In field wall 25-30m north of of the preserved walls is a socket block (F006) and several other large worked marble blocks. In terrace below the field with the preserved walls, the ceramics scatter continues, and several large blocks are found built into the lower field walls; these include a parapet block ([D2008.0130] L: 0.93m; W: 0.46m; H: 0.13m), and two triangular blocks, worked for one half the length and unworked for the other, possibly boundary markers of some sort ([D2008.0127-29] Block 1:Total L: 0.82m; worked L: 0.36m; Triangle Bisect: 0.17m; Block 2: Total L: 0.92m; Worked L: 0.38m; Triangle Bisect: 0.17m). The sherd scatter appears to continue north of the terrace with the visible walls, but field was planted with wheat as of 28- May- 2008 so it could not be adequately surveyed.Finds: Finds suggest an occupation period from the 2nd/3rd c AD through the 5th/6th c AD ** Systematic pottery collection conducted 24-May-2008

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