EXCAVATIONS AT BOGHAZ-KETJI WINCKLER AND PUCHSTEIN. 693 



II. The Buildings of Boghaz-Keui. 



By O. Puchstein. 



That the Imperial Archeological Institute was enabled to under- 

 take the solution of the archeological tasks connected with Prof. 

 H. Winckler's new explorations in 1907 was due to the kindness of 

 Dr. O. Hamdy Bey, director-general of the Imperial Ottoman Mu- 

 seum, and was made possible by the special grant of His Majesty, 

 the German Emperor. Some of the expenses were defrayed by Pro- 

 fessor Winckler from funds placed at his disposal. 



^Miile Makridy Bey, of the Ottoman Museum, had started the new 

 excavations in April, the government archeologist, Daniel Krencker, 

 and Dr. Ludwig Curtius, who were at first commissioned by the 

 central direction of the institute, could not set out before the end of 

 May and begin their work before the first of June. Doctor Curtius 

 remained on the scene till the end of August. After the end of June 

 Krencker was assisted by the government architect, Heinrich Kohl, 

 and after his departure, in the middle of July, was superseded by 

 him. From the middle of July the secretary-general of the institute 

 was digging and working alongside of Kohl, both carrying on the 

 excavations tentatively begun by Makridy Bey and Winckler in 1906. 



It was a great advantage for our archeological investigations that 

 Winckler's discoveries had determined the period and the sphere of 

 civilization to which the finds of Boghaz-Keui belonged. On this 

 sure basis Doctor Curtius studied the well-known rock reliefs and 

 examined the new sculpture finds. He gained much new material for 

 defining the authentic Hittite monochrome ceramics and the multi- 

 form " Phrygian," faintly tinted potsherds, so that the question as 

 to whether the latter belonged, in part at least, to the Hittite period 

 of Boghaz-Keui can now be settled. 



The additions to the knowledge of Hittite architecture in Cappa- 

 docia made by the work of the institute is of much scientific im- 

 portance. The buildings were large and monumental, and acquaint 

 us with a new style of oriental architecture. 



Considering first, from an archeological viewpoint, the buildings, 

 there may be recalled the data given by Winckler about Boyuk-Kale, 

 the main acropolis of Chatti, where the first more recent archives 

 were found. We ourselves did not work on this site of the city dis- 

 trict, but the examination of the remains which Makridy Bey brought 

 to light (" a " on pi. 1) were of great assistance for the knowledge of 

 the general character of Hittite architecture. What we saw was the 

 eastern half of several small rooms located on the edge of the large 

 plateau of the Boyuk-Kale and supported by fortress walls (pi. 6). 

 Wliile the foundation of the walls of the rooms consists of quarry 



