|
©The Archaeological Settlements of Turkey - TAY Project
|
|
|
|
|
|
Çaltilar |
|
|
For site maps and drawings please click on the picture...  |
For photographs please click on the photo...  |
|
Type:
|
Mound |
|
Altitude:
|
1750 m |
|
Region:
|
Mediterranean |
|
Province:
|
Mugla |
|
District:
|
Fethiye |
|
Village:
|
Çaltilar |
|
Investigation Method:
|
Survey |
|
Period:
|
Middle Late |
|
|
|
  |
|
| The mound lies east-southeast of Mugla; northeast of Fethiye; 30 km northwest of Elmali; near Çaltilar village (Probably at the plain south of the village). It was discovered during the Survey; which was made east of the ancient city of Balboura; at the upper drainage areas of Karaculka and Küçüklü Rivers; conducted by J.J. Coulton in 1988. Medium-sized mound is located on a watery area. According to D.H. French; 5th and 4th Millennium ceramics and EBA; Iron Age sherds were collected. There is no detailed information about the pottery. It was surveyed in scope of the survey by N. Momigliano et al. from Bristol University who were invited for studying Bronze Age and Early Iron Age settlement history in southwest Turkey in 2008. the area yielded finds dating between Chalcolithic and Iron Age [Momigliano et al. 2010:43]. . Some of findings suggest that Çaltılar was part of exyensive trade networks during both teh Bronze Age and Iron Age. The ceramic material collected so far, which can be safely assigned to Chalcolithic, EBA and Middle-Late Bronze Age phases is relatively small in quantity (about 9%), but includes interesting items, such pottery with incised decoration or with white decoration on a red / black burnished surface, which may be compared with finds from Elmali-Karatas and assigned to the EBA [Momigliano et al. 2010:47-49]. The research on the site by Momigliano and team continued during 2009 and this research strengthened their view that this site is an important pre-classic settlement from Late Chalcolithic to Middle Iron Age. Late Chalcolithic materials are mostly found in the Northeast section [Momigliano et al. 2011: 225-228]. |
| Location: |
| Geography and Environment: |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: |
| Stratigraphy: |
| Small Finds: |
| Remains: |
| Interpretation and Dating: |
