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Karyanda
Type:
 City
Altitude:
 m
Region:
 Aegean
Province:
 Mugla
District:
 Bodrum
Village:
 Güvercinlik
Investigation Method:
 Survey
Period:
 Classical Hellenistic

     

The localization of the ancient city is controversial; and the first data on the city is based upon the ancient sources [Strabo 14; 2; 20; Mela 1; 85; Pliny 5; 107; 134]. According to Pliny and Strabo; the city is located on an island between Myndus and Bargylia. It has a port. The people of Caryanda abandoned the island and moved to the mainland. There is a lake called Caryanda in the mainland. Thus; most probably they moved to the banks of this lake. The city was visited by Paton and Myres at the end of the 19th century; followed by a survey by Maiuri in1920s; and by Bean and Cook in 1950s. The researchers believe that it is the lake after which the modern Gölköy (Göl means lake) was named [Bean-Cook 1955:156-157]. It was concluded that those places indicate Güvercinlik; located northeast of the Bodrum District and the Salihadasi Island across it. It is likely that the people of Caryanda re-located around the 3rd century BC. They might have been settled in an earlier Lelegian city; Madnasa. They became citizens of Myndus; of which the territorium was extended as a result of plantation by Mausolus [Bean 2000:123-124]. Neither coinage is available nor the name of the city is referred in the inscriptions and literature after this date. A coin uncovered by Paton indicate the relationship between Caryanda and Madnasa in the tribute lists [Bean-Cook 1955:157; Bean 1976:798]. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
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