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- Project Name
- Archaeological Research and Assessment for Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline Project
- Country
- Turkey
- Department/Generate Directorate/Bureau/Service name
- METU-TAçDAM (Middle East Technical University - Centre for Research and Assessment of Historic Environment)
- Project URL
- http://www.tacdam.metu.edu.tr/index.php@option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=61_botas
- ACQUISITION AND HARVESTING - Other
- Archaeological research and assesment for BTC Crude Oil Pipeline Project has been carried out to meet the requirements of European Archaeological Heritage Management Convention and World Bank procedures. In this connection, the study represents first attempt to set out according to the standards mentioned above.Besides, such a study sheds light to the little known past of the region within the framework of the interdisciplinary archaeological studies by application of suitable survey techniques and methods. Therefore, strict measures and well-developed methodology have been implemented to achieve our scope and mitigate serious temporal and seasonal constraints confronting the archaeological studies
- DOCUMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT - Data management
- Preliminary archaeological studies on the impact areas of the 1100 km-long and 0.5 km wide corridor of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline route have been carried out by one reconnaissance team and five archaeological fieldwork teams under seven zones determined according to the different geographical and climactic conditions along the proposed route. However, to cope with the re-routing and route narrowing of engineering actions and considering probable adverse impacts given in section 4, archaeological study extended up to 1 km-0-1 km. wide corridor along the pipeline route, and include all archaeological-cultural entities within that range.
- DOCUMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT - Information Systems
- A standard format and field record have been designed for the field studies to be used in constructing the basic database of archaeological assessment. Information seminars have been arranged and meetings were held with the teams involved in field studies about the format and procedures to be followed before they have been mobilized. Main concern in these seminars was the implementation of the pre-designed format in field studies in order to achieve a similar minimum standard that would allow fieldwork data to be evaluated altogether
- OUTSTANDING RESEARCH AND SPECIFIC INTERESTS - Short and long-term preservation
- a study sheds light to the little known past of the region within the framework of the interdisciplinary archaeological studies by application of suitable survey techniques and methods. Therefore, strict measures and well-developed methodology have been implemented to achieve our scope and mitigate serious temporal and seasonal constraints confronting the archaeological studies. The arcaheological assessment had been shaped the route of Crude-Oil Pipeline and the implementation of the project.
- Department/Generate Directorate/Bureau/Service address
- Orta Do?u Teknik šniversitesi, MimarlÕk Fakltesi, Yeni Bina, No:410, 06531, Ankara
- Directorate/Bureau/Service tel.
- 00903122102771 - 00903122106208
- Directorate/Bureau/Service e-mail
- tacdam@metu.edu.tr, tnuman@metu.edu.tr
- Directorate/Bureau/Service Website
- http://www.tacdam.metu.edu.tr
- Contact Person
- Numan Tuna
- Contact Person Gender
- Male
- Contact Person Institution
- Middle East Technical University, Department of City and Regional Planning
- Contact Person Address
- Orta Do?u Teknik šniversitesi, MimarlÕk Fakltesi, Yeni Bina, No:410, 06531, Ankara
- Contact Person Tel
- 00903122106208 - 00903122102771
- Contact Person e-mail
- tnuman@metu.edu.tr
- Contact languages
- English or Turkish
- Project Duration
- 6 months - 1 year
- Objectives and priorities
- This study aims to provide the archaeological potential of the areas in Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline route within the Republic of Turkey?s part between from Posof to YumurtalÕk, 500 m wide, 1062 km long corridor during the detailed engineering phase and to propose cultural heritage management plan by minimizing or eliminating adverse effects of BTC Crude Oil Pipeline for optimal solutions in such an ambitious intervention. Archaeological research and assesment for BTC Crude Oil Pipeline Project has been carried out to meet the requirements of European Archaeological Heritage Management Convention and World Bank procedures.
