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Teikhiousa |
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City |
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Aegean |
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Mugla |
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District:
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Milas |
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Village:
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Kazikli |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Classical Roman |
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| It is located approximately 26 km southeast of the ancient city of Miletus; northwest of the Milas District of the Mugla Province. It was found out that Teichiussa; as the unique settlement before the Roman Period located between Didyma and Iassos; was ruled by a person called Chares during the 6th century B.C. based on an inscription on a statue pedestal. The Delian League records the city as subject to Miletus; and also Archestratus indicates that it is a village of Miletus. Thucydides tells that the city was in the Milesian territory; and the Spartans used Teichiussa when they attacked Iassos [Thucydides 8; 26-28]. Then; it became a demos subject to Miletus. It was visited by LeBas and Waddington at the end of the 19th century; followed by surveys of Robert in 1930s; and of Bean and Cook in 1950s. The settlement was founded on a hill; which is 40-50 m high from the sea level; so called Doganbeleni; around 700 m far from the modern Kazikli Gulf. It is enclosed by a 2.6 m wide city wall with an irregular trapezoidal masonry. It is most probably no later than the 5th century B.C. It is pierced by four towers. Out of the two rocky elevations it encloses; the higher one houses a tower of 10 x 6 m; which has been preserved up to an height of 1 m. On the western section of the settlement; there are remains of a building; presumably a cistern. In the vicinity; there are remains of village types of settlements from the Ancient Period (see Erenler; Ilmin; Örtülü Kuyu) and graves. Some of these graves are like chamber graves; which were carved into the rock; and topped by flat plates. The graves and the inscriptions are dated to the Roman Period [Bean-Cook 1957:108-109; Bean 1976:890-891]. |
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