Küçükyalı (İstanbul)'dan Geç Antik Dönemden Geç Bizans Dönemine sofra kapları ve ticari amforalar: Konstantinopolis'in Anadolu hinterlantından (M.S. 4.-14. yüzyıl) seramik örnekleri

With its large cistern framed by massive retaining walls and its domed-octagon church flanked by a funerary chapel and an impressive tower, Küçükyalı forms the largest and best-preserved archaeological site in the Asian part of modern Istanbul. While the principal elements of its architecture and architectural sculpture are dated to the second half of the 9th century, the ceramic and numismatic finds present a wide chronological range spanning from the 4th-14th centuries CE. Küçükyalı is currently interpreted as the monastery of Satyros founded by the Constantinopolitan patriarch Ignatios between 867 and 877. It certainly should be understood within the context of high-ranking Middle Byzantine patronage. A manifold repertoire of high quality architectural ornamentation, inscriptions, various small finds and ceramics have been unearthed during excavations since 2008 and are currently the object of study. This thesis is a study of ceramics excavated inside the tower`s fills and from the 14th-century abandonment contexts around it. From the perspective of ceramics research, the stratigraphic excavations in Küçükyalı offer a unique opportunity to enhance our knowledge about medieval ceramics from the former Byzantine capital and its immediate hinterland. This study focusses on Byzantine glazed tablewares and cargo amphorae. These are predominantly Glazed White Wares, the different kinds of Late Byzantine Sgraffito Wares and the so-called Günsenin Amphorae. Late Antique and Early Byzantine fine wares and transport jars comprise relatively small quantities. The majority of the pottery can be dated to the 12th-14th centuries. Next to a typo-chronological analysis, the main goal is to contextualize the material within the site's archaeology and stratigraphy and to embed it into the wider research of Byzantine ceramics. While most of the other significant excavations in Istanbul have taken place inside its historical peninsula, Küçükyalı is distinctively situated deep in the city's Asian suburbs. Abundant ceramic evidence from around the 13th century raises the question of the site's strategic importance within medieval exchange patterns between the areas of the Aegean and the Black Sea during the periods of Komnenian, Latin and Palaeologan rule.