Necropolis Church
| Name of structure: | Necropolis Church |
| Extended name of structure: | Church A II 1 |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Turkey |
| Region within country or main area: | Cilicia, Anatolia |
| City or area within region: | Anemurium |
| Date of structure: | 4C, 5C, 7C |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 7 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Scattered tesserae on the ground. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | n/a |
| Date of mosaic: | 5C? |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 5 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Colour tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | Unknown |
| Has analysis been done? | No |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1976-: team led by J. Russell |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Russell, J., 'Christianity at Anemurium (Cilicia), recent discoveries', Actes du XIe congrés internationale d'archéologie chrétienne (Lyon Genoble, Genève et Aoste (21-28 Septembre 1986) (Collection de l'école française de Rome, 123: Studi di antichità cristiana 41) (1989), 1621-37. Russell, J. et al, 'Recent archaeological research in Turkey', Anatolian Studies 38 (1988), 191-208. Stern, E. M., ‘Ancient and medieval glass from the Necropolis church at Anemurium’, Annales du 9e Congrès de l’Association Internationale pour l’Histoire du Verre (Liège, 1985), 44–5. Russell, J.,' Anemurium: the changing face of a Roman city, Archaeology 33 (1980), 31-40. Russell, J., 'Excavations at Anemurium (1976)', Échos du Monde Classique-Classical News and Views 21 (1977), 5-10. Russell, J., 'Excavations at Anemurium (Eski Anamur), 1973', Türk Arkeoloji Dergisi 22/2 (1975), 121-38. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, E., Anamur Nekropolu (Ankara, 1971).
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