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Document Details : Title: Alexander's Hill Subtitle: The First and Last Stand of Sagalassos? Author(s): TALLOEN, Peter , POBLOME, Jeroen , VERLINDEN, Julie , DEGRYSE, Patrick Journal: Anatolica Volume: 48 Date: 2022 Pages: 253-300 DOI: 10.2143/ANA.48.0.3291922 Abstract : In 2000, 2001 and 2003 excavations were conducted on top of the so-called Alexander’s Hill at Sagalassos (southwest Anatolia). This paper presents the results of these archaeological works, as well as interprets these against the current framework of knowledge on the archaeology and history of Sagalassos. No remains of the conquest by Alexander the Great were attested, while the location might have functioned as a sanctuary (for Demeter?) in Roman Imperial times. The remains of a 6th century CE Christian basilica, on the other hand, are certified and can be considered as a funerary church. The 10th-11th century CE refurbished version of this church possibly functioned as the episcopal church for the contemporary kastron. Most of the archaeological record, however, is related to a 12th-13th century CE fortified hamlet installed on top of Alexander’s Hill, the functioning and historical context of which this paper aims to reconstruct. |
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