Bizans Küçükyalısı'nda küçük bir oda bağlamının kronoloji ve işlevinin sırlı seramik örnekleriyle yorumlanması

The Byzantine complex at Küçükyalı, currently known as the Küçükyalı ArkeoPark Project, constitutes the largest surviving archaeological site on the Asian side of Istanbul. The complex has four distinctive phases of construction/habitation from the sixth-seventh centuries to the early fourteenth century. Although the major building activities are dated to the middle Byzantine period, specifically to the second half of the ninth century, this thesis focuses on the very late phases of occupation at Küçükyalı in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries.vThis study analyzes an intact storage chamber belonging to the late Byzantine phase at Küçükyalı. The small chamber was excavated during the 2009 and 2010 seasons. By examining its architecture and small finds, with a focus on its glazed pottery assemblages, this M.A. thesis interprets the function of the small chamber and how the chamber reflects upon the late Byzantine period occupation in the Asian suburbs of Constantinople on the eve of the Ottoman conquest. Besides, this study proposes a possible date for the small room by comparing its glazed pottery assemblages to already known and established typologies from the former Byzantine territories. My thesis constitutes a starting point for the future studies on the ceramic finds at the Küçükyalı complex and contributes to better understanding the late phases of the Byzantine presence on the Asian suburbs of Constantinople.