Hans and Karavanserais in the Late Ottoman Vilayets of Selanik, Yanya, and Manastir

This dataset is based on a review of a combination of primary and secondary along with ethnographic and archaeological fieldwork in the area under study to record hans and caravanserais’ locations in the Late Ottoman vilayets of Thessaloniki (Selanik), Ioannina (Yanya), and Manastir. The dataset then presents the review of 13 primary sources, mainly travel accounts, that cover a period from the middle 17th century to the first quarter of 20th, and 21 secondary published research accounts. The fieldwork presented here, covers five fieldwork seasons in Thessaly, Southern Albania, and Greek Macedonia that took place between 2018 and 2023. A total of 514 hans were recorded alongside their locations, architectural type, century of construction, ownership status, and state of preservation. This is the largest dataset to date of any han network across the Ottoman Empire, and not only on the Ottoman Europe. The earliest hans located have been established in the 16th century (n=10), while the majority of the hans have been developed during the 19th century (n=429).
The dataset contains the hans names, locations, ownership, revenue beneficiary, century of construction, state of preservation, sources that refer that han, and modern day area that the han is located. All coordinates are in decimal degrees in WGS84. The dataset is enhanced with two maps showing the locations of the hans, alongside the main road networks of the era.

本数据集基于对研究区域内一手史料、二手文献的梳理，结合民族志与考古田野调查工作，旨在记录奥斯曼晚期塞萨洛尼基（Selanik）、约阿尼纳（Yanya）与马纳斯蒂尔行省境内的商队驿站（han, caravanserais）分布位置。本数据集共梳理了13份一手史料（以旅行记为主），时间跨度为17世纪中叶至20世纪初，同时收录了21篇已发表的二手研究文献。本次田野调查于2018至2023年间开展，覆盖色萨利、阿尔巴尼亚南部与希腊马其顿地区，共历经5个野外作业季。研究团队共记录了514处商队驿站，并收录其地理位置、建筑形制、建造年代、权属状态与保存现状等信息。这是迄今为止奥斯曼帝国境内（不仅限于奥斯曼欧洲区域）规模最大的商队驿站网络数据集。已确认的最早驿站始建于16世纪（共10处），而绝大多数驿站建于19世纪（共429处）。
本数据集收录内容包括：商队驿站名称、地理位置、权属情况、收益受益人、建造年代、保存现状、相关史料来源，以及该驿站所在的现代行政区域。所有坐标均采用WGS84坐标系的十进制度格式。本数据集还配有两张补充地图，分别标注了商队驿站的分布位置与该时期的主要道路网络。