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G001: Timeles Aqueduct, Kepiz Çayı East Access Tunnel

dc.contributor.authorAphrodisias Regional Surveyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-24T19:01:26Z
dc.date.available2012-08-24T19:01:26Z
dc.date.issued2007-05-24en_US
dc.identifier.citationPage reference: Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012), 256, 262, 267, 276, 298, 299 - Book catalogue no.: Aqueducts cat. 6. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93106>en_US
dc.identifier.otherG001en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93106
dc.descriptionLocal Name: Kepiz Çayıen_US
dc.descriptionLocal Informant: Osman Güzel, Nuri Fiskinli, Mehmet Kökenen_US
dc.descriptionLocal Information: A stretch of conduit and two access tunnels connected to it have been exposed in the north (right) bank of the Kepiz Çayı, a tributary of the Yenidere Çayı, 1.6 km southwest of the modern village of Güzelköy and 18 km southeast of Aphrodisias.en_US
dc.descriptionLongitude: 28.53.12.10en_US
dc.descriptionElevation: 848men_US
dc.descriptionDimensions: Preserved Height of E Access Tunnel (G001): 0.8-1 m ** Width of E Access Tunnel (G001): 0.7 m (floor); 0.4 m (ceiling) ** Preserved Length of E Access Tunnel (G001): 11 m ** Preserved Internal Height of Conduit (G001): 1.7 m ** Internal Width of Conduit (G001): 1.7 m ** Preserved Length of Conduit (G001): 35.4 m ** Preserved Length of Exposed Conduit (G002): 270 men_US
dc.descriptionDescription: The recent construction of a road along the north bank of the Kepiz Çayı has revealed and caused damage to sections of the conduit and two access tunnels perpendicular to it. The machinery used to cut vertically into the hillside exposed several longitudinal cross-sections of the aqueduct conduit, effectively scraping away its entire southern sidewall and the rubble masonry supporting it, as well as, in some areas, the blocks that formed the interior northern sidewall of the conduit, revealing the mortared rubble packing that was built around both the conduit floor and the northern sidewall (G002, E014, E013). In addition, the two horizontal access tunnels visible along the road cut were likely shortened in length as a result of the construction, and the western tunnel (E003) has suffered soil infill due to erosion so that it cannot be entered. The two tunnels are located about 350 m apart, but only the eastern tunnel (G001) can be entered. ** The tunnels are carved out of sandy conglomerate rock. The subterranean conduit is a vaulted masonry structure built of regular blocks of the same sandy conglomerate rock, bonded with white lime mortar with densely packed stone inclusions. The blocks are 0.30-0.40 m long and 0.20 m high. The sidewalls and floor of the conduit are surrounded by mortared rubble packing, 0.7 m thick along the northern sidewall and 0.2 m thick below the floor. ** The eastern tunnel (G001) is 0.8-1 m high and 0.7 m wide at the floor and 0.4 m wide at the ceiling. It can be followed for almost 11 m, at which point it connects directly to the subterranean masonry conduit. The interior of the conduit is about 1.7 m wide and 1.7 m high. Putlog holes line the interior of the conduit at a height of five courses, or just under 1 m, above the current floor level. It can be followed 27 m to the east and 8.4 m to the west, after which the modern road cut has damaged the remains. From this point headed west, a longitudinal section of the conduit is visible for about 270 m (G002, E013, E014).en_US
dc.relationG002, E014, E013, E003en_US
dc.subjectWaterworksen_US
dc.subject4: Romanen_US
dc.titleG001: Timeles Aqueduct, Kepiz Çayı East Access Tunnelen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelArchaeologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.owningcollnameAphrodisias Regional Survey


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