Graduate School | Department of Archaeology | Doctorate Degree (Ph.D) | Program in Classical Archaeology

<span rgb(59,="" 59,="" 59);="" font-family:="" tahoma,="" 'lucida="" sans="" unicode',="" verdana,="" sans-serif;="" font-size:="" 12px;="" line-height:="" 18px;="" text-align:="" justify;"="">Our department, aiming to train archaeologists, started its education as Classical Archaeology Department in the academic year of 2013-2014. The staff, apart from their educational activities, has been conducting excavations, surveys and museum research where the students also take part. The department staffs are conducting excavations at Side in Antalya and Dorylaion (Şarhöyük). Also excavations at Çavlum Bronze Age Necropolis in Eskişehir, completed in 2003 and Hurmalık Bath and Theater buildings at Patara in Antalya, completed in 2009 were conducted by department staff. The staff and students also took part in important excavations, such as Arykanda, Aphrodisias, Çatalhöyük, Ephesos, Perge, Pessinus, Kelenderis, Kültepe, Limyra, Olympos, Tarsus, Teos, Tieum and Zeugma in Turkey in collaboration with other foreign or Turkish universities and research institutes. The staff conducted surveys on Phrygian Rock Monuments in Eskişehir, Afyon and Kütahya provinces and at Karahöyük (Midaion) and Kanlıtaş Höyük. Also, in the Archaeological Museums of Antalya, Eskişehir, Isparta, Uşak and Side are numismatic, glass and metal objects studied by the department. The programme contains compulsory courses on Classical Archaeology. Elective courses are also offered on these subjects and students can also choose other elective courses from various programmes of the university.