Museum Exhibitions

FINDS and ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES IN THE MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

The first archaeological site to be investigated within the METU CAMPUS is located at Ahlatlıbel (Koşay, H. Z. 1934:5). Koçunbeli and Yalıncak archaeological sites located on the skirts of the highland to 2 km north of Ahlatlıbel, have drawn the attention of the archaeological communities due to the research and excavations carried out in the 1960s (Tezcan, B. 1964;Tezcan, B. 1966a;Tezcan, B. 1966b). As a result of the excavations carried out in the METU Campus in recent years, new archaeological sites have been recognized (Bertram, J.-İlgezdi, G. 2009). Among these sites, a Hellenistic period farm settlement (?) with a fortification wall found on the bank of Eymir Lake and a late Roman/Byzantine period settlement exposed during extension works of Konya Highway are significant.