Hakan Öniz (eds.), Underwater archaeology in Türkiye(Turkish Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Institute publications, 019)Istanbul 2022ISBN 978-625-7922-42-5240 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour-figs., 27 x 20 cm; kartoniert/hardcover
With its 8500 kilometers of coastline stretching from the
Mediterranean to the Black Sea, Turkey constitutes one of the most
important geographies in the history of civilization. The maritime
phenomenon was discovered tens of thousands of years ago on these
coasts, where people have lived for hundreds of thousands of years.
Paleolithic remains found in Karain and Beldibi Caves in Antalya and
Keldağ-Üçağızlı Caves in Hatay suggest that people who went to
Crete and Cyprus, were from Anatolia, the closest coast. More than a
thousand obsidian tools of Nevşehir origin, dating back at least ten
thousand years, were found in the Northern Cyprus Tatlısu-Çiftlikdüzü
excavations. People provided the transportation between the islands
and the mainland with primitive sea vehicles. The most concrete
example of this type of vehicle emerged in Anatolia, and wooden canoe
paddles dated 8000 years ago were found in Istanbul Yenikapı. It is
not surprising that the world’s oldest ships are found in such a
geography. In Antalya, the Gelidonya Shipwreck dated to 1200 BCE was
found in 1960, the Kaş-Uluburun shipwreck dated to the 14th century
BCE in 1984, and the Kumluca shipwreck, which dates back to 16-15th
BCE centuries in 2018. Both the shores of these seas and lakes &
streams have witnessed the existence of many known and unknown
cultures and their relations with each other for a long time.
The seas separating
Asia, Europe, and Africa simultaneously connected these continents
through maritime means. Today, investigating these unknowns under the
water is carried out within the framework of the discipline of
Underwater Archaeology. Turkey is among the leading countries in the
world both in the academic field and in the framework of underwater
excavations and researches. This book has been prepared in order to
put all the major studies done in Turkey on the map.
TINA - Maritime Archaeology Periodical / Denizcilik Arkeolojisi Dergisi 7-8, 2017Istanbul 2017ISSN 2149-0392Heft 7: 102 S., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb., 29,7 x 21 cm, broschiertHeft 8: 164 S., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb., 29,7 x 21 cm, broschiertzweisprachig englisch-türkisch
