Education
1990–1994
(BA) Ankara
University, Department of
Archaeology and Art History, Protohistory
and Near Eastern Archaeology Program. Thesis:
“Early Cycladic Pottery” (Prof. Dr.
Hayat Erkanal - Advisor).
1994-1997 (MA)
) Ankara University, Institute of Social Sciences, Program of Protohistory
and Near Eastern Archaeology. Thesis:
“Relations between Anatolia and the Cyclades during the 3rd Millennium BC). (Prof. Dr. Hayat Erkanal –
Advisor)
1997-2002
(PhD) Ankara University, Institute of Social Sciences, Program of Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology. Thesis:
“Early Bronze Age Pottery at Liman Tepe and its significance in Aegean
Prehistory” (Prof. Dr. Hayat Erkanal – Advisor).
Work Experience
1994 – 2002
Research Assistant – Ankara
University, Department of
Archaeology, Program of
Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology
2002 - 2010
PhD Researc Assistant – Ankara
University, Department of
Archaeology, Program of Protohistory
and Near Eastern Archaeology
2010 – Present Associate Prof. Dr.
– Ankara University, Department of Archaeology, Program of
Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology
Administrative
Experience
2007 – Present Director, Ankara University
Research Center
for Maritime Archaeology (ANKÜSAM)
Projects
- Çeşme – Bağlararası Excavations, Director.
- Actively involved in Liman Tepe Land and Underwater excavations under the
direction of Prof. Dr. Hayat Erkanal
-Ankara University
Scientific Research Coordination Center (BAP) Project No: 20060901024 “Izmir Region Excavations and Research Project
– III”. (2006-2010)
-TÜBİTAK Project
No: 108K263 “Urla Peninsula Prehistoric Excavations and Research Project”. (2009-2011)
-Ankara University
Scientific Research Coordination Center (BAP) Project No: 10Y6055002 “Re-Animation of the Early Cycladic Boats”. (2010-2011)
Research Interests
Anatolian Archaeology, Aegean Prehistory, Maritime
Archaeology, Trade and Interconnections, Prehistoric Burial Customs, Ancient
Economy, Early Bronze Age Pottery.
Grants
and Fellowships
2000-2001 ARIT
(American Research Institute in Turkey) PhD Research Grant Fellow.
1 October 2000 –
30 September 2001 DAAD (Deutsches Akademisches Austauschdienst) Institute für
Ur und Frühgeschichte – Heidelberg University, Germany. PhD Research Grant.
INSTAP
(Institute for Aegean Prehistory) www.aegeanprehistory.net
6 week research Grant at INSTAP – SCEC – Crete – Greece. (2005)
INSTAP
(Institute for Aegean Prehistory) www.aegeanprehistory.net
Post Doc research Grant (2007)
Professional Memberships
Member of Advise Committee for UNESCO Protection
of Underwater Cultural Heritage (since 2010)
Member of Scientific Committee for Ilısu Dam Project (since 2011)
PUBLICATIONS
Books (Editor)
1. H. Erkanal, H. Hauptmann, V. Şahoğlu & R. Tuncel (ed.), Proceedings of the International
Symposium The Aegean in the Neolithic,
Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age,
Urla 13-19 Ekim 1997, Ankara, 2008.
2. V. Şahoğlu
& P. Sotirakopoulou (ed.), ACROSS:
The Cyclades and Western Anatolia during the 3rd Millennium BC. İstanbul
2011.
3. V. Şahoğlu & P. Sotirakopoulou (ed.), KARŞIDAN KARŞIYA: M.Ö. 3. Bin’de Kiklad
Adaları ve Batı Anadolu. İstanbul 2011.
Book
Chapters
1. Vasıf Şahoğlu, “’Cycladic Frying
Pans’ from Bakla Tepe”, A. Erkanal et al. (eds.) Studies in Honor of Hayat
Erkanal: Cultural Reflections, 689-696, İstanbul 2006.
2. Mikele Massa & Vasıf Şahoğlu, “Western Anatolian Burial Customs during the Early Bronze
Age”, “Erken Tunç Çağı’nda Batı Anadolu’da Ölü Gömme Gelenekleri”, ACROSS: The Cyclades and western Anatolia during the 3rd
Millennium B.C. – Exhibition, V. Şahoğlu & P. Sotirakopoulou (Eds.)
İstanbul – 2011, 164-171.
3. Vasıf Şahoğlu, “Early Bronze Age Pottery of Coastal Western
Anatolia” ACROSS: The Cyclades and western Anatolia during the 3rd
Millennium B.C. – Exhibition, V. Şahoğlu & P. Sotirakopoulou (Eds.), İstanbul – 2011, 136-143.
4. Vasıf Şahoğlu, “Interregional Contacts between Anatolia and
the Cyclades during the Early Bronze Age”. ACROSS: The Cyclades
and western Anatolia during the 3rd Millennium B.C. – Exhibition, V. Şahoğlu
& P. Sotirakopoulou (Eds.), İstanbul 2011, 172-177.
5- Vasıf Şahoğlu, “Çeşme – Bağlararası”, O. Bingöl, A. Öztan,
H. Taşkıran (Ed.), Dil ve Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi 75. Yıl
Armağanı Arkeoloji Bölümü Tarihçesi ve Kazıları
(1936-2011). 2012 Ankara, 83-90
6- Hayat Erkanal & Vasıf Şahoğlu, “Liman Tepe”, O. Bingöl,
A. Öztan, H. Taşkıran (Ed.), Dil ve Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi 75. Yıl
Armağanı Arkeoloji Bölümü Tarihçesi
ve Kazıları (1936-2011). 2012 Ankara, 219-230.
7- Hayat Erkanal & Vasıf Şahoğlu, “Bakla
Tepe”, O. Bingöl, A. Öztan, H. Taşkıran (Ed.),
Dil ve Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi 75. Yıl
Armağanı Arkeoloji Bölümü Tarihçesi
ve Kazıları (1936-2011). 2012 Ankara, 91-98.
8- Gülden Özkalalaı – Ekmen & Vasıf Şahoğlu,
“Karalar”, O. Bingöl, A. Öztan, H. Taşkıran
(Ed.), Dil ve Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi
75. Yıl Armağanı Arkeoloji Bölümü
Tarihçesi ve Kazıları (1936-2011). 2012 Ankara, 179-182.
Journals
1. Vasıf Şahoğlu,
“Interregional Contacts Around the Aegean During The Early Bronze Age: New
Evidence from the Izmir Region” ANADOLU / ANATOLIA, vol. 27, 97-120,
2005.
2. Vasıf Şahoğlu, “The Anatolian Trade Network and the Izmir Region during the Early
Bronze Age”, Oxford Journal of
Archaeology 24 (4), 339-360,
2005.
3. Vasıf Şahoğlu, Levent Keskin, Gregory
Votruba, “Liman Tepe Sualtı Kazı ve
Araştırmaları”, Aktüel Arkeoloji,
Mart 2008, 72-77.
4. Hayat Erkanal & Vasıf Şahoğlu,”Un ponte con l’Egeo”, ARCHEO XXIV, No: 3, March 2008, 14-16.
5. Beverly Goodman, Eduard Reinhardt, Hendrik Dey, Vasıf Şahoğlu, Hayat Erkanal, and Michal Artzy, Evidence for Holocene Marine Transgression and Shoreline
Progradation due to Barrier Development in Iskele,
Bay of Izmir, Turkey Journal of
Coastal Research vol. 24, No: 5, 2008,
1269-1280.
6. Beverly Goodman, Eduard Reinhardt,
Joe Boyce, Hendrik Dey, Vasıf Sahoglu,
Hayat Erkanal, Michal Artzy, “Multi-proxy geoarchaeological study redefines understanding of the
Paleocoastlines and ancient harbours of Liman
Tepe (Iskele, Turkey). Terra Nova vol. 21, 2009, 97-104.
7. Vasıf Şahoğlu, Levent Keskin, Gregory
Votruba, Sıla Votruba “Liman Tepe”, Aktüel Arkeoloji, Temmuz 2009, 103.
Published Conference Papers
1. Vasıf Şahoğlu, “Erken Tunç
Çağında Anadolu Ticaret Ağı ve İzmir Bölgesi”, Z: Çizmeli – Öğün, T. Sipahi & L. Keskin (ed.), I-II. Ulusal Arkeolojik Araştırmalar
Sempozyumu, Ankara, s. 245-262, Ankara, 2004.
2. Vasıf Şahoğlu, “Çeşme – Bağlararası: A New Excavation in Western Anatolia”, Florens Felten, Walter Gauss and
Rudolfine Smetana (eds.) Middle Helladic
Pottery and Synchronisms. Proceedings of the International Workshop held at
Salzburg, October 31st – November 2nd, 2004. 309-322. Wien 2007
3. Vasıf Şahoğlu, “Liman Tepe
and Bakla Tepe: New Evidence for the Relations between the Izmir Region, The
Cyclades and the Greek Mainland during the Late Fourth and Third Millennia BC”
H. Erkanal, H. Hauptmann, V. Şahoğlu, R. Tuncel (Ed.) Proceedings of the International Symposium The Aegean in the
Neolithic, Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age , 483-501, Ankara 2008.
4. Vasıf Şahoğlu, “Crossing Borders: Izmir Region as a Bridge Between the East and the West During the Early Bronze Age”, C. Gillis & B. Sjöberg (ed.),Trade and Production in
Premonetary Greece: Crossing Borders. Proceedings
of the 7th, 8th and 9th International Workshops, Athens 1997-1999. Sävedal, Paul Aström förlag, 2008, 153-173.
5. Hayat Erkanal, Vasıf
Şahoğlu, Rıza Tuncel, Ourania Kouka, Levent Keskin, İrfan Tuğcu, “Liman
Tepe 2007 Yılı Kazıları”, 30. Kazı
Sonuçları Toplantısı - I, Ankara,
2009, 299- 322.
6. Vasıf Şahoğlu, Hüseyin Vural, Emrullah Karaturgut, “Çeşme – Boyalık
Erken Tunç Çağı Mezarlığı” 26. Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı - I,
Ankara, 2009, 235- 252.
7. Peter Day, Christos Doumas, Hayat
Erkanal, Vassilis Kilikoglu, Ourania Kouka, Maria
Relaki & Vasıf Şahoğlu, “New
Light on the ‘Kastri Group’: A Petrographic,
and Chemical Investigation of Ceramics
from Liman Tepe and Bakla
Tepe” 24. Arkeometri Sonuçları
Toplantısı, Ankara, 2009, 335- 346.
8. Hayat Erkanal, Vasıf Şahoğlu, Rıza Tuncel, Ourania Kouka, Levent Keskin, İrfan
Tuğcu, “2008 Yılı Liman Tepe Kara Kazıları”. 31. Kazı
Sonuçları Toplantısı Bildirileri Cilt 4, 2010, 347-360.
9. Hayat
Erkanal, Michal Artzy, Vasıf Şahoğlu, Gregory
Votruba, Sıla Votruba, Levent Keskin, “2008 Yılı Liman Tepe Sualtı Kazıları”. 31. Kazı
Sonuçları Toplantısı Bildirileri Cilt 4,
2010, 361-368.
10. Vasıf Şahoğlu, “Ankara University Research Center for
Maritime Archaeology (ANKÜSAM) and its Role in the Protection of Turkey’s Underwater Cultural Heritage”, Proceedings of the World University Congress – Çanakkale. 20-24 October
2010. 1571-1580.
11. Vasıf Şahoğlu, Hayat Erkanal ve
Ümit Çayır - Böyükulusoy, “2009 Yılı
Çeşme – Bağlararası Kazıları”
32. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, 25 Mayıs 2010, İstanbul.
(Ankara 2011) 463-474.
12. Hayat
Erkanal, Vasıf Şahoğlu, Rıza Tuncel,
Ourania Kouka, Levent Keskin, İrfan Tuğcu,
“Liman
Tepe 2009 Yılı Kazıları” 32. Kazı
Sonuçları Toplantısı, 25 Mayıs
2010, İstanbul. 446-462.
13- Vasıf Şahoğlu, Hayat Erkanal, Ümit Çayır
– Böyükulusoy ve Yiğit Erbil, “Çeşme – Bağlararası 2010 Yılı Kazıları”, 33. KST (Ankara 2012) 489-508.
14- Hayat Erkanal, Vasıf Şahoğlu, Ayşegül
Aykurt, Ourania Kouka ve İrfan Tuğcu, “2010 Yılı Liman Tepe Kara Kazıları”, 33. KST (Ankara 2012) 463-478.
15- Hayat Erkanal, Vasıf Şahoğlu, Sıla
Mangaloğlu – Votruba, Gregory Votruba, İrfan Tuğcu, Soner Pilge, “2010 Yılı
Liman Tepe Sualtı Kazıları”,
33. KST (Ankara 2012) 479-487.
ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS
Conferences
1. International Symposium The Aegean during
the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age, Urla – İzmir, Turkey,
13 – 19 October 1997. Organization together with Prof. Dr. Hayat Erkanal and
Prof. Dr. Harald Hauptmann.
Exhibition
1. ACROSS: The Cyclades and Western Anatolia
during the 3rd Millennium
BC. Opened at Sakıp Sabancı
Museum – İstanbul 24 May
– 30 October 2011. Organization together with Dr. Nazan Ölçer, Prof. Dr. Hayat
Erkanal, Prof. Dr. Nikos Stampolidis, Prof. Dr. Turan Efe.
COURSES
- (PRT 111) The Earliest
Settlements and City States of Anatolia
- (PRT 209) Hittite, Phrygian
and Urartu Civilisations
- (PRT 206) Archaeology of Egypt
- (PRT 106) The Development of
Pottery Production in the Ancient Near East
- (PRT 303) Archaeology of
Cyprus
- (PRT 203) Prehistoric
Archaeology of the Aegean
- (PRT 205) Relations of Anatolia with its
Neighbouring Cultures
- (PRT 410) Archaeology of Balkan
INTERNATIONAL PROJECT EXPERIENCE
1- Involvement in the ESF
funded International ARCANE Project – Associated
Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East and the Eastern
Mediterranean. Synchronizing Cultures and Civilizations of the
Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean in the Third Millennium BC. Team leader with Prof. Dr.
Hayat Erkanal in Western and Central Anatolia Group. Topic coordinator in
Ceramics and Stratigraphy and in Burials and Funerary Practices.
2- Participant in the International
Interdiciplinary Project ‘Kastri Group Pottery: The Transmission of
Style and Technology in the Early Bronze Aegean II’’. Other project members include: Archaeological
Society at Athens
(Prof. emer. Chr.G. Doumas and Dr. Ourania Kouka), National Research Center of
Natural Sciences ‘Demokritos’ –
Laboratory for Archaeometry (Dr. V. Kilikoglou), Ankara University– Department of Protohistory and Near
Eastern Archaeology (Prof. H. Erkanal), Sheffield University-Department of Archaeology and Prehistory
(Dr. P. Day) and University of Western
Ontario – Department of Archaeology and Prehistory (Dr. D.E. Wilson).