History & Society
Evidence-led studies of climate, technology and institutions in Anatolia, using the same toolkit as the engineering work: measurable evidence, system boundaries, explicit uncertainty. Full texts are in Turkish; English summaries below.
History
The Derinkuyu underground settlement as a climate-adaptation thesis
Cappadocia's underground settlements are usually read as defensive works.
In progress
An archaeology of the festival calendar: astronomical and climatic traces in seasonal festivals
Eighty-six festivals from fourteen traditions are compared by their calendar position and their relation to the agricultural cycle and astronomical events.
In progress
Yazılıkaya and the Phrygian monuments: re-reading the early travellers' records
Nineteenth-century travellers' accounts of the rock monuments of the Phrygian Valley are read against present-day field measurements.
In progress
Spies and historiography: the source value of intelligence records
Intelligence documents cannot serve as historical sources without knowing the purpose and verification practices of the institution that produced them.
In progress
