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Iasos |
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Type:
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Flat Settlement and Cemetery |
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Altitude:
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5 m |
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Region:
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Aegean |
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Province:
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Mugla |
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District:
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Milas |
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Village:
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Kiyikislacik |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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Period:
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EBA II |
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| Location: It lies where the ancient city of Iassos is located; next to the Kiyi Kislacik Village; 31 km west of the Milas District; west-northwest of the Mugla Province. It is situated at the end of a small bay in Güllük Gulf; ashore of Aegean Sea. |
| Geography and Environment: The settlement stands on a cape next to the Küllük Port while the cemetery is out of the ancient city. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: Investigated by Chandler in 1770s; it was visited by Texier in 1835; and Ross in 1844 [Madran 1989:228; 230; 232]. In 1960-72 D. Levi excavated the site and the cemetery. From 1972 to 1984 C. Laviosa carried out excavations at Iasos. F. Berti took over the excavations and led the team until 2010 on behalf of the Italian School of Archaeology at Athens. Iasos is listed as an officially registered archaeological site by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. In 2011, M. Spanu launched excavations again in Iasos and excavated until 2013. Milas Museum directed excavations between the years 2014 and 2017. Today, A. Baldiran is in charge of the excavations at Iasos. |
| Stratigraphy: Excavations carried out inside the ancient city yielded finds exposing that the site had been inhabited more or less continuously from EBA to the Byzantine Period. Exposure of pottery and stone tools belonging to the pre-Hellenistic periods in several places of the city proved the presence of a settlement dating from the EBA.. The extramural cemetery had been used as a burial place of the city starting from EBA and during the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. |
| Small Finds: Human Remains: Intramural cemetery: Three graves uncovered under the stoa of Artemis Astias; south of the agora are considered probably belonging to EBA. Extramural cemetery: Plenty of graves (90 pieces) belonging to EBA were uncovered inside the ancient cemetery where; in fact; the villas were located during the Roman Period. As grave types; there are four-cornered or crooked-oval graves as cist graves; except one. Grave walls are usually erected by standing a few plates of cist stones. They were capped by one or two plate stones. Some graves house more than one burial; in such cases the bones of first skeleton were put aside. The dead were interred into the graves in hocker position; heads oriented toward the east; knees twisted; arms extended forward. Grave goods: Limited number of goods like bowls; cups and pots were left as grave goods. Some of them are incision and white painting decorated. Also found are rare marble cups; arsenical bronze finds; silver and lead rings and beads for necklaces. |
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| Interpretation and Dating: Grave goods expose that EBA culture at the Cycladic Islands strongly influenced the coastal settlements of Anatolia. Inhabitants of Iassos used imported pottery as well as local wares of the Anatolian origin. Cemetery is claimed to date from the EBA II. |
