Göreme and Şahinefendi

Contents

1. Introduction

2. General Overview

3. Ancient and Recent Sources

Part One: Göreme and Environs

4. The Area of Göreme

5. Water Works at Göreme

6. Catchment Works in the Kiliçlar Vadisi

7. The Kayadibi Zone

8. The Underground Shelters of Göreme: St Eustachius and Vicinity

9. Shelters and Other Cavities along the Kiliçlar Vadisi

10. The Concentric Shelter of Kiliçlar Kilisesi Complex

11. The Amphitheatre Shelters of Göreme

12. The Peripheral Shelters of Göreme

13. The Kozanağa Zone

14. Zemi Vadisi

Part Two: The Şahinefendi Basin

15. Șahinefendi

16. Orta Tepe

17. Yarlağan Tepe

18. The Sites of the Eastern Sector of Şahinefendi

19. Düğen Tepe

Appendices

About the Author

Andrea Bixio is a caver, photographer, topographer and computer programmer, graduated in Computer Science, University of Genoa. Since 1991 he has participated in the missions carried out by the Team for Underground Studies in Turkey, under the aegis of the Turkish Ministry of Culture, Directorate General of Antiquities. He is co-author of numerous articles and volumes published by the team on the rock-cut sites of Ahlat, Bitlis and Cappadocia.

Roberto Bixio is a caver, researcher, and topographer, and holds an Honorary Doctorate from the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia. Since 1991 he has been Director of the Team for Underground Studies in Turkey, which deals with the speleo-archaeological missions in central and eastern Anatolia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of Turkey and several Turkish and Italian Universities. He is author of 11 books and 160 papers in international journals and conference proceedings.

Andrea De Pascale is a caver and archaeologist, PhD in Historical Sciences. Previously he was Scientific Director of the Centre for Underground Studies of Genoa. Since 2008 he has joined all the missions carried out in Turkey by the Team for Underground Studies, in Ahlat, Bitlis and Cappadocia. He is co-author of all volumes and articles published in the proceedings of international congresses and journals related to the missions, and 300 other publications on archaeological topics.

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