This book covers sacred areas and temples that left their mark on Archaic Period Architecture. The book, which allows us to see temple architecture as a whole starting from the pre-Archaic Period, includes basic information on the historical and urban background of the Archaic Period, the use of terminology in temple architecture, the location of temples, construction technology and the architectural elements that make up temples. The main subject of the book, the Archaic Period temples, the emergence of architectural orders and their geographical distribution following the pioneering 7th century BC examples, are discussed with examples, and the architectural development extending from the Black Sea to the Aegean, from the Aegean to the Eastern and Western Mediterranean is presented in a way that can be read with pleasure. The fact that there is no Turkish textbook in the Department of Classical Archaeology that covers Archaic Period Temple Architecture as a whole up to the present day increases the importance of this book even more.
730 pp, color and black and white figures, in Turkish.
CHAPTER I: UNTIL THE ARCHAIC PERIOD
1. The Distant Past: Paleolithic - Bronze Ages
a. Culture is Born: Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic Age
b. The First Villages and Temples: Early Holocene (Mesolithic / Early Neolithic Age)
c. Farewell to the Temples: Late Neolithic Age
d. The Infrastructure of Urbanization is Being Built: End of Neolithic / Chalcolithic Age
e. Aegean Awakening: Bronze Age
2. Recent Past: Early Iron Age
a. From Darkness to Twilight: 12th - 9th century
b. From Dusk to Light: 8th century
CHAPTER II: ARCHAIC PERIOD: BACKGROUND OF THE TEMPLES
1. City States: Order in Chaos
2. Religious Belief in City States
3. The Meaning of the Temple
CHAPTER III: INTRODUCTION TO TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE
1. Temple as an Architectural Unit
a. Basic Terminology in Temple Architecture
b. Architectural Decorations: Moldings, Profiles and Decorative Motifs
c. Location and Orientation of Temples
2. Construction Materials and Technology
3. Unit of Measurement
4. Projecting
5. Architectural Elements
a. Basic Structure
b. Sekos Walls
c. Peristasis
d. Columns
e. Entablature (Superstructure)
f. Roofing and Roof Tiles
g. Wall Openings (Doors and Windows)
h. Stairs
i. Floors and Coverings
6. Architectural Decoration and Use of Paint
CHAPTER IV: ARCHITECTURAL ORDER: ARCHAIC PERIOD FEATURES AND TEMPLE EXAMPLES
1. First Signs: 7th Century Temples
2. Doric Order and Temple Examples
3. Volute Patterns
a. Aeolic Order and Temple Examples
b. Ionic Order and Temple Examples
c. On the Relationship between the Aeolian and Ionic Orders
CHAPTER V: OVERSEAS SETTLEMENTS AND THEIR TEMPLES
1. Historical and Urban Background
2. Archaic Temple Architecture in Overseas Cities
a. Mediterranean Temples
b. Black Sea Temples
3. Temple Examples
a. Doric Temples
b. Ionic Temples
CHAPTER VI: A FINAL WORD ON THE ORIGIN OF HELLENIC TEMPLES AND ARCHITECTURAL ORDER
Attachments
Maps
Source
Index