Geoarchaeological Interpretations of the “Trojan Bay”

Kayan, İlhan; Öner, Ertuğ; Uncu, Levent; Hocaoǧlu, Beycan; Vardar, Serdar

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“…As it was not possible to conduct geomorphological drillings along the coastline we have to rely on work done by I. Kayan in Beşik Bay near Ilium for changes in relative sea‐level along the west coast of the Troad (Kayan, 1988; Kayan, 1991; Kayan et al ., 2003: 382f., fig. 2).…”

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The Roman Harbour of Alexandria Troas, Turkey

Feuser¹

2010

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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This article summarizes the results of a survey conducted in the area of the ancient harbour of Alexandria Troas. It presents an outline reconstruction of the harbour and explains its significance for our understanding of the region. The harbour is located at the point where two important sea-routes met and where ships waited for favourable winds to travel through the Dardanelles. It was built in the reign of Augustus and consisted of an outer basin protected by two breakwaters and an inner basin. The area was occupied until the beginning of the 7th century.

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The Roman Harbour of Alexandria Troas, Turkey

Feuser¹

2010

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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“… Cline 1995. 112 Kayan et al 2003, 379. 113 Korfmann 1986 Stone anchors have often been found on land, in particular in sanctuaries, where they were deposited as votive offerings, cf.…”

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Troy VI: A Trading Center and Commercial City?

Kolb¹

2004

American Journal of Archaeology

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Fascination with Homer's Iliad has led scholars, even before Schliemann, to postulate that Ilios/Troia was not only a real place but also that Homer gave an essentially realistic account of the topographical features and the historical importance of Priam's splendid city. The present * This article is a revised and expanded version of a paper given at the Tübingen Troy Conference "Die Bedeutung Troias in der späten Bronzezeit", 15-16 February, 2002. I am deeply obliged to Judith Binder (Athens) for intensive discussion and her careful revision of the English text. R.A. Bridges, B. Hänsel, J.D. Muhly and J.P. Sickinger gave me valuable advice. The author visited the Troy excavation in 1989 and in 1997, when he spent one whole day with the excavator M. Korfmann in the excavation area, thoroughly discussing the archaeological evidence. At that time, the discoveries that the excavator considers as being of prime importance had already been made: the alleged settlement wall, the so-called defensive ditches, and the majority of the house remains in the so-called lower city. Since 1998 the excavation activities have been systematically reduced year by year and no significant discoveries have been made.

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Redating the formation of Lake Bafa, western Turkey: Integrative geoarchaeological methods and new environmental and dating evidence

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The ancient Gulf of Latmos is an iconic example of a dynamic landscape and humankind's historical relationship with it. Using extensive new primary data and original models for calibrating radiocarbon dates in transitional lagoon environments, we demonstrate that Lake Bafa (or Bafa Gölü, in Turkish) formed at a much earlier date than previously thought. In questioning the logical process by which previous dates were achieved, we re‐examine the relationship between sedimentological data, archaeology and written history. We reassert the need to establish independently dated environmental data sets as the foundation of regional studies as distinct from archaeological and historical interpretive processes. We conclude that Lake Bafa slowly transitioned to become an isolated lagoon sometime between the end of the second millennium B.C. and end of the first millennium B.C.; becoming a fully closed brackish lake during the second millennium A.D. This marks a major shift in our understanding of the nature of human occupation and activity here during the last four millennia but also in the way we date ancient lagoons and integrate historical and environmental data in general.

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Geoarchaeological Interpretations of the “Trojan Bay”

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The Roman Harbour of Alexandria Troas, Turkey

The Roman Harbour of Alexandria Troas, Turkey

Troy VI: A Trading Center and Commercial City?

Redating the formation of Lake Bafa, western Turkey: Integrative geoarchaeological methods and new environmental and dating evidence

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