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ROMAN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AT
‘AT MAYDANI’/ZEUGMA, REPORT 2003 1
Martin HARTMANN*
Michael SPEIDEL
Hamza GÜLLÜCE
Mahmut G. DRAHOR
The sixth archaeological campaign investigating Roman military installations in
the immediate vicinity of ancient Zeugma (Fig.1) was conducted between February 18
and 27 and from April 28th to June 6th 2003. It was under the direction of Dr. Hamza
Güllüce of the Gaziantep Museum and of Dr. Martin Hartmann, project leader of the
Swiss Team. The team also included Prof. Mahmut Drahor with his team from Dokuz
Eylül University, Ahmet Beyazlar (Gaziantep Museum), the archaeologists Dr. Jürg
Ewald and Werner Rutishauser, as well as Prof. Dr. Michael A. Speidel (University of
Bern), co-project leader, and 15 local workmen.
In 2002, our investigations led to the discovery of several Latin inscriptions and
numerous Roman military tile stamps all from within a large area of c. 20 ha in the immediate
vicinity of the ancient city of Zeugma, and distinctly separated from it. A geophysical
survey and trial trenches on the ‘At Meydani’ plateau NW of Belkıs Tepe further
revealed the clear outlines of architectural structures that match those of Roman
military installations as well as many fragments of Roman military equipment of the late
first to the fourth century AD. The results of the 2002 campaigns have recently been
published. Clearly, this was a discovery of great archaeological and historical importance
and required further investigations.
In February 2003, therefore, a second geophysical survey was carried out in the
fields adjacent to the ‘At Meydani’ plateau. The aim of this survey was to collect further
information on the nature of the archaeological remains in the area of Roman military
occupation (Fig.2).
The geophysics team was led by Prof. Mahmut Drahor from Dokuz Eylül University
at İzmir. The team carried out a geophysical survey in February 18-27, 2003 in area
of 100x200 m. Both gradiometry and resistivity methods were applied and a full report
was delivered in April 2003. The image produced by the gradiometry data shows a variety
of architectural structures in NW-NE and NE-SW directions. The resistivity profiling
data was collected in 1 m. intervals along 10 N-S profiles by the Wenner type array (a
= 1, 3, and 5 m.). This data was processed by inversion and interpreted via electrical resistivity
tomography (ERT) in order obtain true resistivity and depths in the study area.
* Dr. Martin HARTMANN, Phil.I Archäologe, Müselstr.4, CH-5417 Untersiggenthal/ SWITZERLAND
Tel. 056 288 19 17, Fax 056 288 39 20, E-Mail: mhartmann@bluewin.ch
1 See also M.Hartmann / M.A.Speidel , The Roman army at Zeugma: recent research results in: Zeugma: Interim
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