Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Asil Yaman
Penn University Museum, Mediterranean Section,
3260 South Street, 19104, Philadelphia, PA
Education
Postdoc 2020 Penn University Museum
PhD, 2018 Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Classical Archaeology Dept. Muğla, Turkey
MA, 2012 Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Archaeology Dept. Muğla, Turkey
MA, 2011 Ege University, Classical Archaeology Dept. Izmir, Turkey
BA, 2011 Ege University, Classical Archaeology Dept. Izmir, Turkey
Teaching and Research
Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology; Lycian and Carian Pottery; Ancient Food Culture; Trade Relations between the Near Eastern Regions; Late Antiquity; Carian Chersonessos
Employment History
2018-present Consulting Professor at the Penn University Museum
2016-2018 Visiting Research Scholar at the Penn University Museum
2011-2018 Research Assistant at Mugla Sıtkı Koçman University, Classical Archaeology Department
Courses
Anatolian Archaeology; Introduction to Archaeology; Asia Minor in Late Antiquity; The war between the East and West in Archaeological and Historical perspectives.
Grants and Awards
2019-2023 Mete Group of Companies: Amos Archaeological Project (AAP)
2018-2019 Boston University: The Levantine Ceramics Project (LCP)
Fellowships
2018-2019 Fellowship, American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT)
2016-2018 Fellowship, Penn University Museum
2017-2018 CAPP Fellowship, Koç University, Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED)
Archaeological Field Projects
2019-2023 Co-Director, Amos Archaeological Project (AAP)
2018-2020 Pottery specialist, Gordion Archaeological Project
2014-2020 Pottery specialist, Arycanda Excavations
2013-2014 Director of the Acropolis Excavations, Pedasa Archaeological Park Project
2012-2013 Director of Western Basilica Excavations, Xanthus (Lycia) Excavations
2012-2013 Researcher, St. Georgios Church at Isparta-Barla, Scientific Research Project
2012-2013 Archaeologist, Tabae (Caria) Excavations
2005-2010 Archaeologist, Aegae (Aeolis) Excavations
Administrative Missions
2019-2023 Co-director, The Amos Archaeological Project (AAP)
2020-2021 Co-organizer, The Levantine Ceramics Project 2020 workshop: Troad, Ionia, Lydia and Caria, May 29-30, 2020, Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA), Bodrum.
2019 Co-editor, The proceedings book of the International Symposium on Burial Customs in Anatolia during the Hellenistic And Roman Periods, 23-25 July 2018 Aizanoi-Çavdarhisar/Kutahya-Turkey. Bilgin
Yayınları: Ankara.
2019 Co-organizer, The Levantine Ceramics Project 2019 workshop: Lycia and Cilicia, May 23rd-24rd, 2019, Bilkent University, Ankara.
2018 Co-editor, Abstracts Booklet of the International Symposium on Burial Customs in Anatolia during the Hellenistic And Roman Periods 23-25 July 2018 Aizanoi-Çavdarhisar/Kutahya-Turkey.
2018 Organization Committee Member, The International Symposium onburial customs in Anatolia during the Hellenistic and Roman periods (Kütahya-Turkey).
2016 Deputy director, Arycanda Excavations
2016-2020 Board Member, Editorial Board, Arkhe-Logos Philosophy Journal.
2016-2020 Board Member, Philosophical Society of Aristotle.
2012-2013 Organization Committee Member, The 35th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry (Muğla-Turkey).
Publications
Articles (peer-reviewed)
-Yaman, A. (2020). The pottery of Arif Kale: 2012-2018 excavations (Forthcoming).
-Yaman, A. (2020). Trade Relations of Lycia in Late Antiquity (Forthcoming).
-Kızıl, A., & Yaman, A. (2017). A Group Trade Amphorae from the territorium of Ceramus: Typological Observations.
Anatolia Antiqua (26), 17-32.
-Ünver, G., & Yaman, A. (2013). New Funerary Stelae and Inscriptions from the Territory of Idyma. Gephyra (10), 138- 145.
Articles (other)
-Diler, A., Özer, B., Çur, M., & Yaman, A. (2015). Pedasa 2013 Yılı Çalışmaları. H. Dönmez (Dü.), 36. Uluslararası
Kazı, Araştırma ve Arkeometri Sonuçları Sempozyumu., p. 339-360. Ankara: T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı.
-Aydın, A., Yaman, A. (2013). Ksanthos 2012 Yılı Kazıları/Excavations at Xanthos in 2012. Anmed (11), 62-70.
Book chapters
-Dündar, E. & Yaman, A. (2020a). Pottery from the Hurmalık Hamam in Patara (Forthcoming).
-Yaman, A. (2020b). Some thoughts on a table amphora form (AF1) at Arycanda. In: Gurtekin Demir G., Polat
Y., Cevizoğlu, H. and Berlin A. (eds.), The Proceedings book of the joint workshop of Keramos & The
Levantine Ceramics Project. Ceramic wares of Turkey from the Archaic to the Roman eras (7th c. BCE- 6th c. CE),
May 17-18, 2018, Ege University, Izmir, Peeters, 39-47.
-Yaman, A. (2017). Late Roman Pottery from Bathhouse VI of Arycanda (Lycia). In: Yenişehirlioğlu, F. (Ed.), XIth
Congress AIECM3 on Medieval and Modern Period Mediterranean ceramics proceedings (pp.439-447). Ankara: Koç
University.
-Yaman, A. (2014). A Funerary Stele From Aegae (Aeolis). In: Yılmaz, Ö. (Ed.), 20th Annual Meeting of
the European Association of Archaeologists (p. 95). Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Press.
Presentations
-Yaman, A. (2020a). Lykia’nın Geç Antik Dönem Ticari İlişkileri: İthal Seramikler. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Arkeoloji Bölümü, 20 Mayıs 2020, Isparta.
-Gürbüzer, M. & Yaman, A. (2020b). Pottery Assamblage at Amos. The Levantine Ceramics Project Workshop, Longue Durée of Ceramic Production Across Anatolia, with special attention to the Regions of Troad, Ionia, Lydia and Caria, May 29-30, 2020, Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA), Bodrum.
-Gürbüzer, M. & Yaman, A. (2020c). Fieldwork at Amos, 2019. The Joint Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), Open Session 1A, Current Archaeological Research in Anatolia, Washington, D.C., January 2–5, 2020.
-Yaman, A. (2019). Levantine Implications of Lycian Coarse Ware in Late Antiquity: the evidence from Arycanda and Arif Kale. The Levantine Ceramics Project Workshop, Longue Durée of Ceramic Production Across Anatolia, with special attention to the Regions of Lycia and Cilicia, May 23- 24, 2019, Bilkent University, Ankara.
-Yaman, A. (2018). Some thoughts on a table amphora form at Arycanda. A joint workshop of Keramos & The Levantine Ceramics Project. Ceramic wares of Turkey from the Archaic to the Roman eras (7th c. BCE- 6th c. CE), May 17-18, 2018, Ege University, Izmir.
-Yaman, A. (2015). Late Roman Pottery from Bathhouse VI of Arycanda (Lycia): Preliminary Report.
XI. AIECM3 International Congress on Medieval and Modern Period Mediterranean Ceramics, 19-24 October, Antalya.
-Yaman, A. (2014). A Funerary Stele From Aegae (Aeolis). 20th Annual Meeting of the European
Association of Archaeologists, September 10-14, Istanbul.
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
2015-present Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)
2014-present European Association of Archaeologists (EAA)
2017-present British Institute at Ankara (BIAA)
2016-present Philosophical Society of Aristotle
Other Works
2016 Cover designer, Özne Philosophy Journal Kierkegaard Special Issue
2016 Cover designer, Arkhe-Logos Philosophy Journal (1)