Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9
Period Classical·Regional culture Submerged-Variant·🇹🇷 Turkey Region 9, Turkey
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About Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9
Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9 in Turkey Region 9, Turkey is a Neolithic submerged-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Classical; Culture: Regional culture Submerged-Variant; Field status: ongoing; Materials: mudbrick, plaster; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Submerged-Variant submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Elite residence
- 02Ceremonial centre
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1500 BCE
- Period
- Period Classical
- Culture
- Regional culture Submerged-Variant
- Purpose
- submerged-city ritual/settlement purpose for Submerged-Variant
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1981
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9
On the ground
Structures & features
5.6888° N · 98.2903° E · 1264 m · 3 mapped features
- Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9 — Principal Harbourharbourharbour at Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9 — hydraulic feature5.6903° N · 98.2901° E
- Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9 — Wall Annex 2wallwall at Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9 — primary structure5.6906° N · 98.2893° E
- Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9 — Southern Templetempletemple at Fortress Citadel Submerged 117 — Turkey Region 9 — hydraulic feature5.6880° N · 98.2885° E