11. Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı - Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı

een published on newspapers and magazines or has been presented inconferences.We are now working on the collected materials to get to a first publication,which will cover the following topics:- Origin, goals and first results of the explorations.- Historical and archaeological profile of the area.- Geographic and geological profile.- Rock culture in the Mediterranean basin and Cappadocia.- Typology of the hypogean structures.- Architectural and urbanistic aspects of the underground settlements.- Underground hydric installations.- Dating of the underground settlements.Enclosed:- Materials and techniques of exploration.- List and maps of the sites.- Illustrative schemes of the explorated settlemerıts.- Topographical reliefs of the underground installations.- Bibliography.CATEGORIES OF HYPOGEAN STRUCTURESOn the basis of the examination of the structural peculiarities and ofthe urbanistic organisation, and according to the Giovannini proposedclassification (Arte della Cappadocid-1971), two main categories ofhypogean stri.ıctures have been recognized:1) Clif!settlements2) Underground structures1) CLIFF SEITLEMENTSThe first category is composed by all the stuctures digged in the rockhills above the country leveL.The types of cliff settlements are:47