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Submitted by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 23 June 2015  Page Views: 11691

Multi-periodSite Name: Limantepe Alternative Name: Liman Tepe, Klazomenai
Country: Turkey Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: İzmir  Nearest Village: Urla
Latitude: 38.362560N  Longitude: 26.775670E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Limantepe
Limantepe submitted by davidmorgan : Current excavations to the south of the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Settlement in Turkey. Limantepe is a prehistoric (Bronze Age) site situated within the urban zone of the coastal town of Urla near İzmir in western Turkey.

A harbour settlement inhabited starting from 6000 years ago and apparently equipped with a fortification wall partially submerged in the sea along the shore significantly transformed in time, Limantepe is one of the oldest known artificial harbors in the Aegean Sea.

Discovered by Ekrem Akurgal in 1950, its exploration is being pursued simultaneously on land and underwater since 1979 by an international team and many of the artifacts discovered are currently on display in İzmir Archaeology Museum. It is very close but separate from the site of Klazomenai, inhabited as of the Iron Age and which itself had changed location several times during its history in the same area between the mainland and Karantina Island across its coastline.

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Note: Underwater archaeology research center opens in İzmir, and more Neolithic marine archaeology news in the comments
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Limantepe
Limantepe submitted by davidmorgan : The area to the north of the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Limantepe
Limantepe submitted by davidmorgan : Old excavations to the north of the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Limantepe submitted by davidmorgan : Archaeologists working on the section to the south of the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Limantepe by davidmorgan on Thursday, 29 October 2015
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Underwater archaeology research center opens in İzmir by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 23 June 2015
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A new step has been taken in İzmir’s Urla district to boost Turkey’s position in underwater archaeology and to conduct studies on underwater cultural richness, with the opening of the Ankara University Mustafa Vehbi Koç Marine Archaeology Research Center on June 17.

The center has been established with the support of the Vehbi Koç Foundation and the Turkish Underwater Archaeology Foundation (TINA).

Koç Holding CEO Mustafa Koç said Turkey was one of the most important countries in the world of archaeology and every step in this field was closely followed by the world. He said underwater archaeology had progressed a long way in Turkey despite limited means.

Koç said the new research center was of a “global standard,” including a restoration lab, storage, library, a conference hall for national and international studies a 30-person dormitory, and 4-decare area to display maritime technologies from the ancient to the present era.

“We have lots of expectations from this center, which is considered a first of its kind in Turkey in many senses,” he added.

Koç noted that excavations in Urla had so far revealed very important findings starting from the Neolithic era, and said the projects of the Vehbi Koç Foundation and his personal close interest in archaeology and the underwater world helped this project to be realized.

Ankara University Archaeological Research and Application Center Director Hayat Erkanal said they had difficulty reaching education and material when they had started underwater excavations in Limantepe.

“We have collaborated with the University of Haifa for some time. Then we established a center with the university support and got many artifacts in the excavations, including five ancient harbors. The new center has opened new horizons and we will progress further in underwater archaeology,” Erkanal said.

Source: Hürriyet
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Millennia-old sunken ship could be world’s oldest, researchers suggest by davidmorgan on Sunday, 07 September 2014
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The port at Urla is one of Turkey’s rare underwater excavation sites. There, experts say, a sunken ship estimated to be 4,000 years old is one of the oldest in the Mediterranean.

Underwater excavations led by Ankara University’s Research Center for Maritime Archaeology (ANKÜSAM) have uncovered sunken ships ranging from the second century B.C. to the Ottoman period in İzmir’s Urla district.

A recent excavation uncovered a ship estimated to date back 4,000 years, which experts say would make it the oldest sunken ship to have been discovered in the Mediterranean.

Urla Port is one of Turkey’s rare underwater excavation sites. Professor Hayat Erkanal, the head of Limantepe excavations for the underwater ancient city of Klozemenai and director of ANKÜSAM, said the port dates back to the seventh century B.C. Klozemenai, he explained, was a coastal town, making it the home of many sunken ships from different eras. An earthquake in the eighth century left the city underwater.

He said the team is currently working to determine the features and correct age of its most recent shipwreck find.

There are two other sunken boats that compete for the title of the world’s oldest, Erkanal said. The Uluburun shipwreck, found off the coast of Kaş, is around 3,500 years old, while the sunken ship of Hatshepsut, the fifth pharaoh of Ancient Egypt’s 18th dynasty, is dated to be around 150 years older.

“If we confirm that the sunken ship [we have found] is 4,000 years old, it will be a very important milestone for archaeology,” Erkanal said.

Erkanal said materials removed from seawater must be cleaned of salt to prevent further decay. This process is conducted in a large restoration and conservation laboratory at the recently opened Mustafa Vehbi Koç Maritime Archaeology Research Center and Archaeopark. The process of removing a sunken ship from the water can take approximately seven to eight years, Erkanal said.

Erkanal said that through its discoveries, the team is working to make the sea map of the region. “We’re also working on a project to turn the region, which has a lot of important [information] for world maritime history, into an experimental archaeology center,” he said.

The team will also focus on removing and displaying an Ottoman ship from the site, planning to begin work in the next year. Citing only a few other Ottoman-era shipwrecks that have been discovered in Limantepe, Erkanal said there is a “significant deficiency” in the archaeological record.

“It is unfortunate that we don’t have even one example to show our sea forces that ruled the Mediterranean in the past,” he said.

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Ancient boats to take journey back in time by davidmorgan on Monday, 01 July 2013
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An archeopark will be established to exhibit the maritime history of İzmir’s Urla district, where the adventures of mankind with the sea are being enlightened by underwater excavations.

The manager of the Ankara University Underwater Archeological Researches and Practices Center and the director of Limantepe Excavations, Prof. Dr. Hayat Erkanal, said that the land excavations in the İskele region started in 1992. After the finding of traces in the depths of the sea in the photos taken from air, the underwater excavations started in 2000.

The excavations, in which many ports, sunken boats and sunken ships were uncovered, enlightened the marine history and the historical relationship of mankind and the sea. Erkanal explained that there are many traces from 6000 B.C. and from different civilizations. There are also important documents found about the marine history since 4000 B.C. Erkanal said that they were not only carrying out excavations but also working on the construction of replicas of the ancient boats and ships. The first replication completed was a ship from 3500 years ago. “After that we made a replica of a 2600-year-old ship and this was sent to Marseille since 2009 was considered as “the Turkish Season” in France. We have found the oldest known ships of the Aegean and started building those too. The attention to the area is increased with the boats. Last year, even though we could not have an organized exhibition, there were many guests coming from Europe persistently. Almost every day there were groups to see the ancient boats,” said Erkanal.

Tours with the ancient boats

Erkanal stated that there was no other group in the world that was carrying out underwater excavations, examining ports, enlightening merchandise relationships in different eras and making experimental tours with the ancient boats at the same time. Therefore the studies made in Urla were drawing the attention of other countries all around the world and also finding places in many international popular newspapers and magazines. Ankara University has decided to create an underwater archeological research and practice center campus to centralize the studies since there was intense international attention.

“The archeopark will form the most important part of this center. We are going to exhibit both the boats and important materials about the marine history. Besides, we are planning to make short tours for our guests with the ancient boats. This will be a historical tour with the opportunities of the time in the historical boats. This area, which has become a charming center, will draw more attention. Every stage of the relationship mankind has had with the sea can be observed in this center. You can observe the stages from the beginning until the discovery of the steam vessels. The person visiting the center can observe the world marine history from the beginning and will have enough knowledge,” said Erkanal.

The archeopark will consist of the oldest known boat of the Aegean region that is from 6,000 years ago, a 2,600-year-old boat replica, different models from different eras and cultural material about marine history. The foundations of the archeopark will be laid in a month and the opening of the center is planned to be held in the beginning of 2014.

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Turkey’s Aegean Explored in Underwater Archaeology Excavations by Andy B on Wednesday, 01 April 2009
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Archaeologists announced today they have begun underwater excavations of the prehistoric site of Limantepe in western Turkey.

The underwater research, headed by Professor Hayat Erkanal of the Archaeology Department of the Ankara University, explores the prehistoric settlement located in the coastal town of Urla near İzmir in western Turkey.

The harbour settlement was inhabited as early as starting from 6,000 years ago and, as such, it is one of the oldest known artificial harbours in the Aegean Sea. A big part of it, including a fortification wall, was submerged in the sea due to a massive earthquake which occurred in 700 BC, according to Erkenal.

Layers from three different periods have been found at Limantepe. The lowest layer belongs to the Early Bronze Age and dates from the third millennium BC onwards. The second one dates to the Middle Bronze Age from the first half of the second millennium BC onwards.

According to experts, evidence from these two early periods indicate cultural ties with the nearby prehistoric sites of Tepekule, Bayraklı within the city of İzmir and the Panaztepe site at the mouth of the River Gediz.

The third layer belongs to the Late Bronze Age and covers the time period from the fourteenth to the thirteenth century BC, with some artifacts discovered from this period suggesting a cultural proximity with the Mycenaean culture.

According to Erkanal, Limantepe was a major sea transportation centre with large political significant in the Aegean Region in 3000 BC.

Interest in the site grew in 2007 when a wooden anchor dating from the seventh century BC was discovered wedged in the sea ground during underwater explorations. It is said that it could be the oldest such anchor ever found.

The current excavations are being carried out with the support of experts and equipment from Israel's Haifa University.

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