Kerkenes Dağ

Kerkenes, an Iron Age capital located on a low mountaintop in Central Anatolia, was perhaps founded in the late seventh century BC and plausibly identified with the Pteria of Herodotus. Its seven kilometres of strong stone defences, pierced by seven gates, enclose 2.5km2 of urban space. According to Herodotus, the Pterians were enslaved by the Lydian King Croesus before the Battle of Pteria, fought between Cyrus the Great of Persia and the Lydians in about 547BC. Before abandonment the city was deliberately burnt and its defences comprehensively destroyed. Work in 2004 produced pieces of a unique sandstone statue as well as further fragments of Old Phrygian inscription from a truly monumental entrance to the "Palace Complex".

GIS of road system, KerkenesGIS Transportation studies are revealing how people and goods moved around within the city, simulating traffic volumes calibrated by excavation and laboratory tests of street surfaces. Development of the Kerkenes Eco-Center included construction of a strawbale building and environmental studies.

Source: Kerkenes Haberler vol 7 2004

Geoff Summers 2005 Director Geoff Summers, Monumental Gate excavations July 2005

Current Archaeology in Turkey: Kerkenes Dağ

email: summers@metu.edu.tr

email: branting@uchicago.edu

The Kerkenes Webpage

Kerkenes Dağ

Orta Anadolu'da alçak bir dağın tepesinde bulunan Demir Çağı 'na ait bir başkent olan Kerkenes MO 7. yüzyıla tarihlenmektedir Heredot'un söz ettiği Pteria olduğu düşünülen Kerkenes, 2.5 km2 alana sahip olup 7 kilometrelik güçlü bir savunma sistemi ve yedi kapi ile çevrelenmektedir

Herodot' a göre, Pterialı'lar, MÖ 547'de Lidya Krali Croesus ile Pers Krali Büyük Cyrus arasinda yapilan Pteria Savaşı 'ndan Once Lidya Krali Croesus tarafindan köleleştirilmislerdir Şehir terk edilmeden önce kasten yakılmış ve savunma sistemi tamamen tahrip edilmiştir: 2004 yilindaki çalqmalarda, ünik bir kumtaşı heykel ile Saray Yapi Grubuna ait Anitsal Girişte üzerinde Eski Frig yazisi bulunan parçalar ele geçmistir

GIS of road system, KerkenesCBS Ulaştırma Çalışmaları, kazi ve laboratuar sonuçlari ile kalibre edilen trafik hacmi simülasyonları sayesinde şehirdeki insan ve mal trafığini ortaya koymaktadir

Saman ev yapimi ile çevresel çalışmalar Kerkenes Ekolojik Merkezi 'nin gelişimine katkida bulunmuştur.

Source: Kerkenes Haberler vol 7 2004

Geoff Summers 2005 Director Geoff Summers, Monumental Gate excavations July 2005

email: summers@metu.edu.tr

email: branting@uchicago.edu

The Kerkenes Webpage

 
Kerkenes 2005 report
Report on the excavations and other research undertaken in 2005
(02 Mar 2006)