Roman Theater of Parion: Excavations, Architecture and Finds from 2006-2015 Campaigns

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................VACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...............................................................................................VIIFOREWORD .........................................................................................................................IXI. 2010-2015 PARION THEATER EXCAVATIONS .....................................................1Cevat BAŞARAN II. ARCHITECTURE ........................................................................................................21A. THE ARCHITECTURE OF PARION'S THEATER .............................................21H. Ertuğ ERGÜRER - Derya GÜLEÇ ÖZERB. AN EVALUATION OF THE WATER SYSTEM and THE FUNCTION OF THE ORCHESTRA IN THE PARION THEATER ......................................................43 Michael D. YILMAZC. THE ARCHITECTURAL DECORATIONS OF THE PARION THEATER ROMAN PERIOD ..................................................................................................53Cevat BAŞARAN - Mustafa YILDIZLI III. RELIEF AND STATUARY PIECES OF THE PARION THEATER .....................79Cevat BAŞARAN IV. THE FINE POTTERY FOUND IN PARION THEATER ......................................91A. SIGILLATA, LATE ROMAN RED SLIP POTTERY and OTHERS ..................91H. Ertuğ ERGÜRERB. PARION THEATER COMMERCIAL AMPHORA FINDINGS ....................127İsmail AKKAŞC. TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS OF THE THEATER OF PARION ....................139 Alper YILMAZD. WHITE CLAY CERAMICS OF PARION THEATER DATING FROM BYZANTINE PERIOD ........................................................................................153Umut BÜYÜMEV. COINS ..............................................................................................................................165A. A GENERAL EVALUATION ON THE COINS FROM THE THEATER OF PARION .......................................................................................165Kasım OYARÇİN B. ALEXANDRIA TROAS COINS FOUND IN THE PARION THEATER and THE GOTHIC INVASION ......................................................175Vedat KELEŞVI. DEATH IN THEATER: GLADIATOR FIGHTS IN THE THEATER OF PARION ............................................................................................181 Mustafa Hamdi SAYARVII. METAL OBJECTS FROM THE THEATER ..........................................................185Ersin ÇELİKBAŞVIII. PARION THEATER BONE OBJECTS ...................................................................217İsmail AKKAŞIX. PARION THEATER GLASS FINDINGS .............................................................227Büşra Elif KASAPOĞLU X. PARION THEATER TERRACOTTA FIGURINES .............................................237Hasan KASAPOĞLU XI. ANALYSIS OF THE BONES FOUND IN PARION THEATER EXCAVATIONS .........................................................................................................277 Alper Yener YAVUZ - Ayla SEVİM EROLXII. ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY .........................................................281