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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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Classical Archaic Geometric |
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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: 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: The finds recovered during the excavations indicated that the site had been almost uninterruptedly inhabited from the EBA until the Byzantine Period. Recovery of Pre-Hellenistic sherds and stone tools from several spots of the city confirmed the presence of an EBA settlement. The intramural cemetery was occupied as a burial area starting from the EBA followed by Geometric, Hellenistic and Roman Periods. |
| Small Finds: Architecture: The rear part of a shrine which was exposed during the 1976 campaign was dated to the Classical Period [Clelio 1984:207]. S. Mitchell reported that this shrine dedicated to Zeus and used as sacred area for offerings belonged to the 5th century BC, and it was enlarged towards the east during the Hellenistic Period. Pottery: Mitchell reported that the cemetery area was enlarged during the Geometric Period, and they found Geometric material during the 1978 campaign [Mitchell 1979:338]. Some Orientalizing and Archaic Period pottery and a black-figured column crater with an inscription in Carian language were found under the pavement of the shrine, which was dedicated to Zeus, and used as a sacred area for offerings. The 1961-62 campaigns yielded some restricted forms, 2 hydriae, and 1 damaged neck-handled amphora, and they were dated to 870-800 BC [Özgünel 2006:31]. Figurines: Some Archaic and Early Classical Period figurines were found under the stone pavement of the shrine, which was exposed in 1976 [Clelio 1984:207]. |
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