1954/12/01 by M. V. Seton-Williams · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Byzantine Studies and History #Geography #Human settlement #Bay #Archaeology #Settlement (finance) #History
paper · doi:10.2307/3642378
openalex publication_date 1954/12/01 · openalex created_date 2022/05/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
The survey, the results of which are detailed below, was conducted by the writer as Fellow of the British Institute of Archaeology in Ankara in company with the Misses du Plat Taylor and Munn-Rankin, Dr. J. Waechter and J. Mellaart, with the approval of the Director-General of Antiquities, Bay Hayrullah Örs and with the aid of a grant from the British Academy. The primary object was to examine and record the pre-classical sites in the Plain of Cilicia and round the Gulf of Iskenderun and to determine as far as possible the periods of their occupation, but many later settlements, usually under modern villages, were discovered and recorded. The survey was carried out during June and July, 1951, the best season for travel in this swampy area, but even so much time was lost owing to thunderstorms and heavy rains making the roads impassable for days.