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5.B Summary
The study, which is divided into four main chapters, is accompanied by a catalogue of finds
and is illustrated with plates.
The first and central Chapter 1 is dedicated to the evidence and finds from the Archaic Settle-
ment underneath the Tetragonos Agora.
Following a topographical siting and an overview of the find site from the point of the his-
tory of research, the stratigraphically excavated finds from the Archaic period, resulting from
research by the Austrian Archaeological Institute in the 1980s and 1990s, are presented in the
form of a catalogue of finds, with commentary. This is organised according to building phases,
and within it, all buildings and structures are individually described. Attached to this catalogue
of finds are a first, summarizing overview of the periodisation of the building phases and their
sub-phases, as well as a breakdown in table form of the stratigraphy resulting from the existing
excavation documentation. The tables of plans in the section of plates illustrate the first Sec-
tion A in Chapter 1.
Chapter 1 Section B focuses on the presentation of the pottery finds from the Archaic Settle-
ment horizons. Following a brief introduction to the theme and the description of the methodolog-
ical parameters according to which the processing and analysis of the material was carried out,
comes an extensive discussion, initially predominantly intrinsic to the material, of the Settlement
pottery from a typological basis. This serves the extensive representation of the spectrum of the
inventory of vessels and its decorative typology, typology of fabrics, and chronology, a spectrum
which presents a representative picture of the composition of ceramics from the Archaic Settle-
ment at Ephesos. A detailed catalogue, organised according to context, accompanies the material
studies and is illustrated in the section of plates both by drawings and in part by photographs.
The few examples of small finds of bronze, iron and ivory excavated from the Archaic Settle-
ment are presented in their own section, Chapter 1 C. These finds round out the picture which
arises from the building evidence and the pottery for the Archaic settlement under the Tetragonos
Agora, and represent the third category of finds, albeit a less informative category due to the
smaller quantity, which is available for the archaeological interpretation of the Agora settlement.
After the presentation of the entire evidence of finds, in Chapter 1 Section D in a second Step
the typo-chronological itemisation of the ceramic spectrum is supplemented around its contextual
analysis. This has as its goal on the one hand the absolute chronological Classification of the
stratigraphically captured architectural structures in their diachronic building phases; the indi-
vidual contexts are discussed in this connection extensively again in the synopsis of evidence
and finds. It was thereby possible to record the settlement phases and sub-phases documented
by building stratigraphy with the contextual data obtained from the dating of the representative
ceramic ensembles, and to define the Archaic settlement under the Tetragonos Agora within the
historical overall picture of Ephesos.
According to this evidence, the Agora settlement recorded a lifespan of approximately 150
years, during which time span it experienced a violent destruction by fire in the mid-7th Century, a
methodical abandonment after an immediate reconstruction, with a new construction at the turn of
the 6th Century, and finally the ultimate discontinuation as a settlement area in the mid-6th Century.
These marked events which affected the entire excavated surfaces (first stone architecture,
destruction by fire, rebuilding, abandonment and raising of levels, rebuilding, abandonment) are
defined by building phases I up to AG Phase IV. Smaller-scale phenomena such as alterations
to existing buildings and selectively recorded new structures underscore the internal division,
particularly for the AG Phase II and the AG Phase III, each into two sub-phases (a+b), which
are also identifiable in the typo-chronological development of the inventory of vessels within
each phase, from their building evidence up until their destruction evidence.
A second thematic concentration of the contextual analysis is aimed at a first approach to func-
tional sets of questions, which are posed starting from the heterogeneous building evidence in the
individual settlement phases. For buildings which, within a settlement phase, are differentiated
5.B Summary
The study, which is divided into four main chapters, is accompanied by a catalogue of finds
and is illustrated with plates.
The first and central Chapter 1 is dedicated to the evidence and finds from the Archaic Settle-
ment underneath the Tetragonos Agora.
Following a topographical siting and an overview of the find site from the point of the his-
tory of research, the stratigraphically excavated finds from the Archaic period, resulting from
research by the Austrian Archaeological Institute in the 1980s and 1990s, are presented in the
form of a catalogue of finds, with commentary. This is organised according to building phases,
and within it, all buildings and structures are individually described. Attached to this catalogue
of finds are a first, summarizing overview of the periodisation of the building phases and their
sub-phases, as well as a breakdown in table form of the stratigraphy resulting from the existing
excavation documentation. The tables of plans in the section of plates illustrate the first Sec-
tion A in Chapter 1.
Chapter 1 Section B focuses on the presentation of the pottery finds from the Archaic Settle-
ment horizons. Following a brief introduction to the theme and the description of the methodolog-
ical parameters according to which the processing and analysis of the material was carried out,
comes an extensive discussion, initially predominantly intrinsic to the material, of the Settlement
pottery from a typological basis. This serves the extensive representation of the spectrum of the
inventory of vessels and its decorative typology, typology of fabrics, and chronology, a spectrum
which presents a representative picture of the composition of ceramics from the Archaic Settle-
ment at Ephesos. A detailed catalogue, organised according to context, accompanies the material
studies and is illustrated in the section of plates both by drawings and in part by photographs.
The few examples of small finds of bronze, iron and ivory excavated from the Archaic Settle-
ment are presented in their own section, Chapter 1 C. These finds round out the picture which
arises from the building evidence and the pottery for the Archaic settlement under the Tetragonos
Agora, and represent the third category of finds, albeit a less informative category due to the
smaller quantity, which is available for the archaeological interpretation of the Agora settlement.
After the presentation of the entire evidence of finds, in Chapter 1 Section D in a second Step
the typo-chronological itemisation of the ceramic spectrum is supplemented around its contextual
analysis. This has as its goal on the one hand the absolute chronological Classification of the
stratigraphically captured architectural structures in their diachronic building phases; the indi-
vidual contexts are discussed in this connection extensively again in the synopsis of evidence
and finds. It was thereby possible to record the settlement phases and sub-phases documented
by building stratigraphy with the contextual data obtained from the dating of the representative
ceramic ensembles, and to define the Archaic settlement under the Tetragonos Agora within the
historical overall picture of Ephesos.
According to this evidence, the Agora settlement recorded a lifespan of approximately 150
years, during which time span it experienced a violent destruction by fire in the mid-7th Century, a
methodical abandonment after an immediate reconstruction, with a new construction at the turn of
the 6th Century, and finally the ultimate discontinuation as a settlement area in the mid-6th Century.
These marked events which affected the entire excavated surfaces (first stone architecture,
destruction by fire, rebuilding, abandonment and raising of levels, rebuilding, abandonment) are
defined by building phases I up to AG Phase IV. Smaller-scale phenomena such as alterations
to existing buildings and selectively recorded new structures underscore the internal division,
particularly for the AG Phase II and the AG Phase III, each into two sub-phases (a+b), which
are also identifiable in the typo-chronological development of the inventory of vessels within
each phase, from their building evidence up until their destruction evidence.
A second thematic concentration of the contextual analysis is aimed at a first approach to func-
tional sets of questions, which are posed starting from the heterogeneous building evidence in the
individual settlement phases. For buildings which, within a settlement phase, are differentiated
