27. araştırma sonuçları toplantısı 3. cilt - Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı

century A.D. bronze coin, and a Latin inscription (F1702). A number of early
Byzantine tombstones have been reused ornamentally within the village. 18
tombstones were recovered, none of which give more information than names
and occupations, which included a hegoumenos, two deacons, and a kerularios.
The inscriptions show significant variations in orthography and make no
reference to the existence of the Roman Empire. All of these stones probably
came from two cemeteries, one from an area known as Gavurbela (F1354) to
the east of Beyözü, the other to the west of the modern village on a low rise
called Kurtçu Tepesi. The glass bracelet fragments found during fieldwalking
(S1781-03) probably came from one of these cemeteries. (Fig. 2)
Analysis of the architectural sculpture suggests a single church with a
mixture of sixth century palmette (F1465, 1707, 1723, 1773) and impost (F1586,
1670) capitals; diameters varied between 0.35 and 0.44 m. The palmette capitals
seem typical of local churches since similar palmette capitals were seen at
Bayındır, Elvançelebi, Figani, Sarıhasan, and there are numerous examples
in the Çorum museum (Fig. 3). Also recorded were a screen fragment (F1674)
and two chancel screen posts (F0353, F0354). This church was probably the
source for the pilaster base for engaged half columns (F1084). This church
may have been located in the southern part of the village where there is an
exposed section of wall (small limestone blocks over a rubble core) (F1726)
and a local rumour records an illegally excavated mosaic. Remote sensing
work suggested the foundations of a an apsidal building 6 x 15 m. oriented
east-west, though the results include significant other buried features; this
may be a later phase Byzantine church overlying a larger late Roman church.
There may also have been a second church at the southern approach to the
modern village, where remains of a buttressed wall at least 0.6 m. thick made
of small blocks over a rubble core were found (F0204).
The village also contained numerous column bases and fragments of
columns, mostly of diameters around 0.3 m. (though there was one column
fragment (F1522) that was 0.54 m in diameter), and three threshold blocks.
The other architectural remains included two blocks from a paved street
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