Harbor settlement patterns of the second millennium BC in Cilicia and the Amuq
Author(s)
Advisor
Gates, Marie-HenrietteDate
2013Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This thesis is a study on harbor settlement patterns in the northeastern
Mediterranean of the second millennium BC based on geo-archaeological evidence.
The purpose of the thesis is to assess a hypothesis that estuaries (river mouths/
outlets) acted as harbors for settlements in Cilicia and the Amuq. In order to pursue
the hypothesis further, river transport and inland river harbors are proposed. The
thesis will attempt to answer questions such as how harbor settlements can be
inferred from archaeological and geomorphological evidence and how archaeology
identifies river harbor settlements.
Keywords
Harbor settlement patternsestuary
river transport
MBA and LBA
Anatolia
Cilicia
the Amuq Plain