Tios/Tieion on the Southern Black Sea in the Broader Context of Pontic Archaeology

Gocha Tsetskhladze (PhD Moscow, DPhil Oxford) was a classical archaeologist who specialised in ancient Greek colonisation and the archaeology of the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, Caucasia, Anatolia, and Central and Eastern Europe in the 1st millennium BC. He was the author of more than 250 books, edited volumes, chapters, articles, etc.; founder and series editor of the publication series Colloquia Pontica, now Colloquia Antiqua; and founder and editor-in-chief of the journal Ancient West and East. He organised many international conferences, congresses, etc., notably the International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities which he established in 1995. He died suddenly on 11 September 2022, aged 59. Şahin Yıldırım graduated from the Classical Archaeology Department at Ankara University, where he also received his Master’s degree and Doctorate. He started his career in Edirne Archaeology and thnography Museum in 1998, serving as Museum Specialist and Deputy Museum Director. He has taught in the Department of Archaeology at Bartın University since 2016, He continues his archaeological excavations and research in many regions of Turkey, especially in the ancient cities of Sagalassos, Zeugma, Soloi-Pompeiopolis, Hadrianopolis (Edirne), Tios-Tieion and Satala.

‘Cet ouvrage permet notamment de mieux connaître le sud de la mer Noire et apporte des éclairages sur d’autres régions soit par des articles de synthèse, soit par la mise en valeur des dernières découvertes.’ [translated: This work allows us to better understand the south of the Black Sea and sheds light on other regions either through summary articles or by highlighting the latest discoveries.] – Thibaut Castelli (2024): Bryn Mawr Classical Review

• Introduction: Tios (Tieion) in the Context of Black Sea Colonisation – Gocha R. Tsetskhladze (†) (with Şahin Yıldırım)Tios in Ancient Geography and Cartography – Alexander V. Podossinov The Acropolis Temple of Tios (Tieion) – Şahin YıldırımThe Lower City of Tios: Finds in the Firebrick Factory Area – Sümer AtasoyCoin Finds and a Partial Tetrarchic Coin Hoard from Tios (2015–16) – Edward DandrowRemarks on the Indigenous People that Inhabited the Region around Tieion/Tios – Manolis ManoledakisA First Consideration of Roman Traces in Paphlagonian Hadrianopolis according to the Data of 2018–2021 – Ersin Çelikbaş Restitutori Bithynia et Paphlagonia: Chasing Hadrian in the North Anatolian Fault Zone. An Overview – Ali Bora and Yasemin BoraThe Phrygian Kingdom: A Local Power or a Regional State? – Şevket DönmezSome Thoughts on Coarse-Ware Pottery of the Early Iron Age found in the Inönü Cave – F. Gülden EkmenRevisiting the Rock-Cut Tunnels in the Black Sea Region of Turkey – Emine Sökmen AdalıSome Aspects of the Socio-Cultural Life of Roman Heraclea Pontica in the Light of the Epigraphic, Numismatic and Literary Evidence – Bülent ÖztürkLocal Memory and Archaeological Surveys in Turkey’s Black Sea Region: The Case of St John Chrysostom’s Monastery in Bizeri near Comana Pontica – D. Burcu Erciyas and Polina IvanovaNew Evidence about the Monumental Architecture in the Temenos of Apollonia Pontica in the Archaic and Classical Periods – Daniela Stoyanova and Margarit DamyanovA Breakthrough of Archaic Greek Transport Amphorae within the Getic Hinterland: The Case of Beidaud – Vasilica Lungu, Pierre Dupont and Sorin-Cristian AilincăiEarly Greek Pottery in the Context of Settlements and Burials: The Northern Black Sea Region – Stanislav Zadnikov and Iryna ShramkoThe House of Pythes, son of Pericles, in the North-Eastern Area of the Archaic Berezan Settlement – Dmitry ChistovSindoi: Written Tradition and Archaeological Data – Vladimir A. GoroncharovskyTarasova Balka in the Trans-Kuban Region as a Nomadic Sanctuary – Tatyana V. RyabkovaNew Material about an Old Archaeological Discovery: The First Mordvinovskii Barrow – Yuriy A. VinogradovClassical-Period Greeks and Locals at Pichvnari, Eastern Black Sea Area – Emzar Kakhidze