Geç Antik Dönem Dağlık Kilikyası'nda yerleşim düzenlemesi ve bağlantısallık

Late Antique Rough Cilicia was composed of well-connected rural sites of various types, such as villages, hamlets, and farms. Archaeological and textual evidence suggests that the main products of these sites were wine and olive oil. These products were brought to ports to be shipped overseas. This mechanism of production and export was enabled by the development and maintenance of a road network, which made the transfer of wine and olive oil from the producer to the consumer or seller possible. This thesis aims to understand the elements that contributed to the working of these relationships through the study of different aspects of settlements, such as typology and production facilities, and their positions in the network of people, roads, and ports. To do that, a study region in eastern Rough Cilicia, encompassing three centers of Korykos, Elaiussa Sebaste, and Olba-Diokaisareia with their hinterlands, was chosen and all the rural sites known to have been occupied during Late Antiquity were examined. During the analysis of these subregions, a methodology of categorizing site types and evaluation of these sites in terms of their topography, production facilities, and proximities to the crucial network elements, such as roads and harbors is employed.