Vol. 10 — Fall Edition 2012 International Summer Session for Archaeology (ISSA)

Theme: Education Without Borders

International Summer Session for Archaeology Mission Statement

The Crisler Library in Ephesos International

Archaeology Seminar for students strives to be a model archaeology seminar for qualified

undergraduates and graduate students from diverse cultural and disciplinary backgrounds to foster a deeper understanding of the ancient history of

scholarship that continues to shape this region’s society. The seminar aspires to offer a world-class

educational experience in which students walk where Western civilization began, learn in a 2000

year-old setting, and touch the stones while hearing on-site lectures by professional experts.

Director’s Report by Dr. Hilke Thuer

The CLE International Summer Session for Archaeology (ISSA) was implemented again in Selcuk and environs from July 2 to 15, 2012. The program, organized the fourth time was traditionally focused on Ephesos and its nearby ancient sites. The antique city was presented with its urbanistic, political, sacred and private aspects as it existed from prehistoric to late antique Byzantine times up to the time and including the Selcukian settlement. Excursions to nearby sites (Belevi, Claros, Notion) and more distant sites (Smyrna/Izmir, Nysa, Priene, Miletos, Didyma, Sardis) gave our students an opportunity to compare complex insights. The eleven 2012 participants came from Turkey (3), Palestine (2), USA (3), Canada (1) Bosnia-Herzegovina (1), Croatia (1). Most of them were graduates or Ph.D students; their selective academic fields were architecture, archaeology, classics, history and biblical studies. Not only, the students but also the professors formed a multi-national group. Lectures were given by Arminta Fox (Drew University), Mahmoud Hawari (professor at Oxford and Birzeit University, Ramallah, Palestine), Dan Scholwalter (Carthage College, WI), and Hilke Thuer (University of Vienna). An additional lecture was given by Prof. Ufuk Kocabas University of Istanbul) on the sensational “Rescue Excavation: Harbor at Istanbul”. His lecture was followed with a visit to the two newly built antique ships in the Pamucak harbor near Selcuk. The daily programs combined introductory lectures with Powerpoint presentations on general and special subjects about Ephesos and related sites, including comprehensive teaching at the sites. The indoor lectures took place in the CLE Muharrem Kayhan Conference Hall where serious air conditioning helped alleviate the searing July heat. The main reading room, presently with its 5000 volumes – the majority on “Ephesos” was frequently used by both students and professors during free time and in the evenings, as were PC work places, internet, printers and copiers. Much of the organization again was in the hands of Janet Crisler personally; her hospitality and warm interest in all needs of the students and professors was an important part towards the program’s success. She was assisted by the excellent managerial skills of the CLE, manager Cahit Kaya, and culinary skills of housekeeper, Kezban Kardes. The students, happily again had full board at the Amazon Pension close by CLE. Arminta Fox, as Assistant Director for Hilke Thuer managed and organized every detail to keep the scientific program humming. Dan Schowalter’s powerful lectures at the Library and in the field created insightful discussions for students and faculty alike.

Dr. Thuer’s report continues on page two.

On site at Aphrodisias Back row: Elliot Culp; Ergun Karaca; Hilke Thuer; Marko Barisic; Daniel Schowalter. Middle row: Arminta Fox; Lindsey Guy; Ozge Yildiz Ayoogan; Emily Klassen; Kira Jones; Waad Awisat wearing her “victory crown” for having just won a race in the Aphrodisias Stadium; Nursemin Sonmez; Danjiela Ucovic; Mahmoud Hawari. Sitting: Amani Awaad.

The program focused on Ephesos as the metropole of the Roman Empire in Asia Minor. Two full days were spent teaching at the site, visiting the Upper Agora with its political and cultic structures, the “Street of Curetes” as the main boulevard of the city flanked by porticos, honorary statues and public buildings such as the Octagon (grave monument of Cleopatra’s sister Arsinoe), the Heroon of the city founder Androklos, the Gate of Hadrian, an altar and the famous rebuilt Celsus Library adjacent to the Mazeus/Mithradates southgate to the lower agora. All these monumnets became the subjects for extensive teaching, numerous questions and long discussions. The ruins of the huge temple of Serapis, the theater as the place of the silversmith riot during Paul’s stay in Ephesos, the theater gymnasium, the harbor gymnasium , St. Mary’s Church built in the South neocoros, the Temple to Hadrian, the Olympion were all important points of the visit. Long hours were spent under the protective roofing of Terrace House Two. This detailed visit was again one of the highlights of the program. In addition to the detailed visits at Ephesos, a visit to St. John’s church was included followed by an excursion with Prof. Mustafa Buyukkolanci to his restoration work in the Citadel. Additional visits to the area of the Artemision, the Seven Sleepers site and not least, the Ephesos Museum in Slecuk. The traditional Aqueduct Tour had to be done without Gilbert Wiplinger, whose attendance wasblocked by unfortunate bureaucratic issues. The profound introductory lecture and power-point about Islamic architecture and art given by Prof. Hawari was followed by detailed on-site lectures at Isa Bey Mosque in Selcuk; also the Ilias Bey Mosque in Miletos. These presentations were once again very special highlights in the program.

Excursions…. …began with a trip to Izmir to study the ancient agora of Smyrna and the excellent archaeological museums, followed a few days later with an exciting trip to Aphrodisias. There the Austrian architect, Thomas Kafer explained the principles of building conservation plus the rebuilding of one part of the Sebasteion, in the system known as anastylosis. Architect Arzu Ozturk showed her work as a “Bauforscher” at the Bath of Hadrian. After our tour through the c i ty with i t s wel l preserved stadium, Temple of Artemis, Bouleuterion, South Agora, Theater etc. the Director of Excavations, Prof. R. R. R. Smith gave us a detailed tour in the Aphrodisias Museum with all its famous and special s cu lp tu re s , mos t e spec ia l l y the s cu lp tu red Sebasteion Panels. In Sardis, Prof. Nick Cahill introduced our group to the difficulties and questions concerning the building phases of the Artemis Temple. Prof. Cahill added a thrilling addition to

Hilke Thuer lecturing about discoveries made during the Ephesos excavations, exhibited in the Selcuk Museum.

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our visit by driving us in the excavation jeep to a new excavation area half-way up the hill to the acropolis. There in the upper layers, late antique houses had been unearthed; in deeper layers the palace of the Lydian kings is presumed. On our trip to Priene, Miletos and Didyma, the students saw and studied the well preserved Hellenistic City of Priene with its public, cultic and private spaces indicative of a perfect model of an antic polis. In Miletos, the overwhelming substructures of the large theater showed a well organized infrastructure for public assembly and entertainment building. The Apollo Temple in Didyma clearly defines the dimensions of the only well preserved Ionian colossal temple; which at the site of the Artemision in Ephesos it is invisible. Once again, the CLE Summer Session was a big success. The students’ summaries given on the final day before the farewell luncheon were moving. In the audience was a very special guest, Douglas Cochrane from the UK, Chairman of the CLE Board of Trustees. The student summaries clearly showed that this program is unique, highly viewed and valued by the students; all grateful that they had had the chance to participate. According to the frequently asked wishes for an “Advanced Program” by the 2012 students and this year’s as well, we promised to organize an “Advanced Program for 2013.”

Details will be forthcoming on the CLE website: www.crislerlibraryephesos.wordpress.com. Dates for 2013: June 16 to 29.

Summer Session Summary 2012 by Elliot Culp of Carthage College, Wisconsin, USA

It is now the end of our current journey at the site of Selcuk and the Crisler Library, but what we come away with will stay with us forever. I feel it appropriate to lead in with this quote: “I will not let my schooling interfere with my continued education.” - Mark Twain. At first glance this may appear to be disingenuous, but here is the explanation: This was so much more than a summer school. When I think of school I think of a conveyor belt continuously feeding facts with little and even without context, this leads to a lack of understanding. The Crisler Library at Ephesos is understanding, tangible, and palpable education. We would get lectures from experts in their respective fields, people who had decades of experience. A phenomenal example of this is Hilke Thuer, a professor, who spent 30 years on the terrace houses at Ephesos. The professors, while brilliant, were also approachable and willing to help in what ways they could. One of these connections I made was with Professor Mahmoud Hawari. I had read some of his work prior to our meeting, so when I found out he would be at this session I was ecstatic. When we got to talking, though, there came to be a more complete picture of this man. One instance had come at Aphrodisias after I had been whistling 80’s tunes all day. I caught out of the corner of my eye a glimpse of movement, I turned to look and there was Prof. Hawari dancing and he started singing as well. The rest of that day was spent dancing, singing and bonding over 80’s music. This made all of the information taken in that day all the more memorable. This is what the program excels at. The visits to the sites discussed, along with tours lead by site directors leading active excavations, provided great opportunities. Along this vein of thought the discussion held amongst the students after the fact only served to further cement the information in our minds. Information fed to us was not just taken at face value either, it was not an expectation. There was a great deal of questioning and examination of the sites with professors. (Bless their patience with us all.) One example of this was when Marko and went back to the Isa Bey mosque. We stayed there for a few hours examining every last inch of the place whilst bouncing ideas off of one another. That was not the only time. The concept of free time is great. In practice it is even better. Many of us would go out, grabbing some tea or coffee and proceed to sit for hours on end discussing sites, ideas, and our lives in and out of context. On that note, getting to know our fellow students was perhaps the most important experience. For me personally I know this to be true. Everyone was so kind and eager to share their stories; many of which tugged at the old heart strings. At the center of it all though was humanity. We had a lot of the same fears and wishes. I learned I was not alone in terms of what I was taught growing up. Being here has allowed me to grow up a lot. I would not trade this experience for the world. The friends we have made here will be our friends for life.

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Students examining a replica of a Roman passenger ship, finished in 2011; presently sitting in the water channel that once flowed from the Aegean Sea to the ancient Ephesos Harbor

Students standing on the Crisler Library stairway, all wearing their CLE T-shirts.

The Terrace Houses of Ephesos:

Celebrating 50 Years of Excavation & Restoration

We enjoyed a celebration together with Hilke Thuer honoring her completion of the volume on the Aptus House. This masterpiece signals the final point of her long and dedicated work on this important scientific publication. The volume will be published in 2013. It also signals work began 50 years ago, when H. Vetters, then Director of the Ephesos Excavations ordered the work to begin at the Ephesos Terrace Houses. Throughout his tenure as director, he daily observed the work performed by the specific skills needed from the following experts: Hilke Thuer, Gilbert Wiplinger, Karl Herold, Volker Mischael Strocke, Claudia Lang, Ulrike Outschar, and Werner Jobst. Without their collective expertise the presentation of these magnificent structures would not enjoyed nor valued on the world stage today.

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Chairman of CLE Board of Trustees at Buckingham Palace

CLE Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Douglas Cochrane and his wife Cary received an invitation to a picnic and concert in the gardens at Buckingham Palace during the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations.

Doug (left) chatting with Prince Andrew (right), no doubt getting some good advice for CLE.

A very surprised Hilke Thuer admiring a cake to celebrate 50 years of excavation & restoration in the Ephesos Terrace Houses. The “celebration surprise” for Hilke was held in the CLE Peristyle Courtyard Photo by: Amani Awaad

Special Thanks Janet and I both want to give special thanks and praise to all those generous donors who provided scholarships for students who proved to be, once again, the crème de la crème from all over the world. Their gratitude is immense as is ours.

Contact information: janetcrisler7@gmail.com. All donations gratefully accepted at the following address:

CRISLER LIBRARY EPHESOS PO BOX 60705

SANTA BARBARA, CA 93160

Make all checks payable to Crisler Library in Ephesos. The CLE is a 501c(3) non-profit public benefit foundation.

“THE SALVATION OF THIS HUMAN WORLD LIES NOWHERE ELSE THAN IN THE HUMAN HEART, IN THE HUMAN POWER TO REFLECT, IN HUMAN MEEKNESS, AND IN HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY.”

VACLAV HAVEL PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Hilke Thuer lecturing to students at Aptus House, inside the Terrace Houses.