| TITLE | DATE CREATED | COLLECTION(S) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hacılar Excavations Summary | Hacılar Excavations | ||
| Hacılar Excavations Bibliography | Hacılar Excavations | ||
| Dağpazarı Survey | 1957 to 1959 | Research Projects | Michael and Mary Gough directed survey work at Dağpazarı (Mersin Province) between 1957 and 1959, focusing specifically on the site’s Classical and early Christian architecture. |
| Dağpazarı Survey Summary | Dağpazarı Survey | ||
| Restoration Of The Church Of Saint Sophia At Trabzon | 1957 to 1962 | Research Projects | Through this project, active between 1957 and 1962, paintings, frescoes, and other architectural elements were cleaned, restored, and preserved. |
| Restoration Of The Church Of Saint Sophia At Trabzon Summary | Restoration Of The Church Of Saint Sophia At Trabzon | ||
| Restoration Of The Church Of Saint Sophia At Trabzon Bibliography | Restoration Of The Church Of Saint Sophia At Trabzon | ||
| Survey Of Cilician Castles | 1960 to 1962 | Research Projects | In 1960, and again in 1962, W.W.M. Boal and John G. Dunbar directed a survey of Cilician castles, visiting a number of sites in Adana, Mersin, and Muğla Provinces. |
| Survey Of Cilician Castles Summary | Survey Of Cilician Castles | ||
| Survey Of Prehistoric Sites In Northwestern Anatolia | 1960 to 1966 | Research Projects | Between 1961 and 1966, David French conducted fieldwork in prehistoric sites in northwestern Anatolia. He was particularly interested in taking detailed notes on mounds and tumuli encountered and reco… |
| Survey Of Prehistoric Sites In Northwestern Anatolia Summary | Survey Of Prehistoric Sites In Northwestern Anatolia | ||
| Can Hasan Excavations | 1961 to 1970 | Research Projects | Excavations, which took place between 1961 and 1970, contributed (along with Çatalhöyük) to a more complete stratigraphic sequence for the Konya Plain. |
| Can Hasan Excavations Summary | Can Hasan Excavations | ||
| Can Hasan Excavations Bibliography | Can Hasan Excavations | ||
| Can Hasan Excavations Participants | Can Hasan Excavations | ||
| Çatalhöyük Excavations 1961-1965 | 1961 to 1965 | Research Projects | Survey and excavation work at Çatalhöyük was initiated by James Mellaart in 1961, and quickly revealed the largest Neolithic site known in the Near East. Though this highly significant project was clo… |
| Çatalhöyük Excavations 1961-1965 Summary | Çatalhöyük Excavations 1961-1965 | ||
| Çatalhöyük Excavations 1961-1965 Bibliography | Çatalhöyük Excavations 1961-1965 | ||
| Çatalhöyük Excavations 1961-1965 Participants | Çatalhöyük Excavations 1961-1965 | ||
| Pamphylian Epigraphy | 1961 to 1962 | Research Projects | In 1961 and 1962, Shelagh Jameson conducted epigraphical fieldwork in Pamphylia, Lycia, and other regions. Over one hundred inscriptions were recorded. |
| Pamphylian Epigraphy Summary | Pamphylian Epigraphy | ||
| Survey Of Rough Cilicia | 1961 to 1964 | Research Projects | George Ewart Bean and Terence Bruce Mitford undertook survey work in the area of Rough Cilicia (around Antalya and Mersin Provinces) in 1961 and 1964, recording inscriptions and proposing ancient iden… |
| Stone artefact in museum garden, human face | 1981-07 | RECAM Photographic Collection | |
| Altar to the Augusti (A rectangular altar with a sacrificial bowl on top) | 1985 | Alan Hall Photographic Collection | |
| II Monastery | 1989-05-09 | Adıyaman Survey Photographic Collection | |
| Tille Höyük Archive | Tille Höyük was an ancient mound site located near the village of Geldibuldu (formerly known as Tille) in Adıyaman Province. Excavations at the site took place under the direction of David French, fro… | ||
| Photographic Collection | The BIAA photographic collection comprises a large number of images in various formats, including slides, negatives and prints. They depict archaeological monuments, sites, artefacts, landscapes and p… | ||
| Tille Höyük Photographic Collection | Tille Höyük Archive, Photographic Collection, David French Archive | Tille Höyük was an ancient mound site located near the village of Tille (now known as Geldibuldu) in Adıyaman Province. Excavations at the site began in 1978, as the BIAA took part in a rescue project… | |
| Botanical Reference Collection | The botanical reference collection was first established by Gordon Charles Hillman (1943-2018) between 1970 and 1974 to be a source of reference for archaeobotanical and environmental studies of the r… | ||
| Research Projects | This collection provides information, bibliographic references, and sources for projects carried out under the auspices of the BIAA from 1947 until today. Throughout the years, researchers have engage… | ||
| Herbarium Collection | Botanical Reference Collection | The BIAA’s herbarium (Index Herbariorum reference BIA) forms the largest part of the Botanical Reference collection. It contains plant specimens from many different regions of Turkey, including areas… | |
| Wood Collection | Botanical Reference Collection | The wood collection was compiled to be a reference collection when the BIAA herbarium was first established. It is an important collection for archaeobotany studies and consists of modern samples of t… | |
| Charcoal Collection | Botanical Reference Collection | The charcoal collection consists of modern samples of charred woods and shrubs from Turkey. It was compiled to be a reference collection for comparing archaeological samples from excavations and resea… | |
| Squeeze Collection | The BIAA houses a unique collection of paper squeezes of inscriptions from all over Turkey. This collection was assembled by various epigraphists, including David Henry French, Stephen Mitchell, Alan… | ||
| Alan Hall Archive | During his time at the BIAA, Alan Hall worked as an epigrapher in the Aşvan (1970) and Regional Epigraphic Catalogues of Asia Minor (1978, 1981) projects. He then went on to serve as project director… | ||
| Alan Hall Photographic Collection | Alan Hall Archive, Photographic Collection | ||
| Events | The ever-growing events collection includes records of lectures, workshops, symposiums, conferences, and book launches held in person and/or virtually since 2012. These events explore a wide range of… | ||
| Tom Rasmussen Photographic Collection | Photographic Collection | B | |
| RECAM Photographic Collection | Photographic Collection, David French Archive | ||
| Adıyaman Survey Photographic Collection | Photographic Collection | ||
| Beycesultan Photographic Collection | Photographic Collection, Beycesultan Archive | ||
| Beycesultan Archive | Excavations at Beycesultan took place over six seasons from 1954 to 1959, overseen by the then director of the Institute, Seton Lloyd. The site, close to Çivril in Denizli Province, was revealed to be… | ||
| David French Archive | As the longest-serving director of the BIAA (1968-1994), David Henry French conducted multiple large-scale rescue excavations in eastern Turkey. The archive comprises photographs as well as maps, dra… | ||
| Can Hasan Photographic Collection | Photographic Collection, David French Archive, Can Hasan Archive | ||
| Aşvan Archive | Aşvan Project (Çayboyu, Taşkun, Aşvan Kale) was set up by David French for a more in-depth study of the site before it was submerged. Material was found from the Early Bronze Age, the Hellenistic peri… | ||
| Can Hasan Archive | Can Hasan, ancient site near Karaman, was excavated over nine seasons from 1961 to 1970, under the direction of David H. French. A very successful water-sieving system and an air house were implemente… | ||
| Seed Collection | Botanical Reference Collection | The BIAA seed reference collection, archaeobotanical samples, and the Can Hasan III palaeobotanical reference collection were relocated on 03-04 September 2020 under the instructions of the Republic o… | |
| Seed Collections Data | Seed Collection | ||
| Ethnographic | Tille Höyük Photographic Collection | ||
| Tabara El Akrad Excavation | 1948 to 1949 | Research Projects | The Tabara El Akrad excavations took place between 1948 and 1949 near Atchana in Hatay Province, with Sinclair Hood acting as project director. The research aimed to discover more about the connection… |