<< Our Photo Pages >> Arykanda - Ancient Village or Settlement in Turkey
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Multi-periodSite Name: Arykanda Alternative Name: Arycanda. AcalandaCountry: Turkey
NOTE: This site is 5.529 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Latitude: 36.513750N Longitude: 30.059444E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Ancient Lycian city/town
The "Anda" part of this towns name suggests an Anatolian origin of the 2nd Millennium BCE. Excavations have uncovered ceramics and coinage dating as far back as 5th Century BCE.
Earthquakes in 141 CE and 240 CE devastated the town, both times there was reconstruction.
The town was largely abandoned after a earthquake in the 5th Century CE, although limited occupation continued on the site until the 11th Century CE.
The town is arranged on a series of terraces built into a mountainside. Parts of the site are quite well preserved due to them being buried in landslides.
The town of Arykanda was 'rediscoved' in 1839 by an english traveller called Charles Fellows. The site has been excavated since 1971.
After more than 30years of excavation the archaeologists now think the focal point of the town is in a deep gully that runs through the site where they have always dumped their spoil (this is quite typical - the best parts of the site are always under the spoil heap).
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