Palaeogeographical reconstruction and management challenges of an archaeological site listed by UNESCO: the case of the Letoon shrine in the Xanthos Plain (Turkey)

During the Hellenistic period, Xanthos and Letoon were respectively a large city and an important shrine in Lycia. Questions still remain about the geography of the Eşen Çayi delta during the first millennium BC: what were the features of the landscape surrounding the Letoon shrine? Where did the ri...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Fouache, Eric (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Ulusoy, Inan (author), Ecochard, Emilie (author), Çiner, Attila (author), Kuzucuoğlu, Catherine (author), Ekmekçi, Mehmet (author), Carcaud, Nathalie (author), des Courtils, Jacques (author)
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Ecochard, Emilie
Çiner, Attila
Kuzucuoğlu, Catherine
Ekmekçi, Mehmet
Carcaud, Nathalie
des Courtils, Jacques
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Ulusoy, Inan
Ecochard, Emilie
Çiner, Attila
Kuzucuoğlu, Catherine
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Carcaud, Nathalie
des Courtils, Jacques
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Ulusoy, Inan
Ecochard, Emilie
Çiner, Attila
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Ekmekçi, Mehmet
Carcaud, Nathalie
des Courtils, Jacques
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Palaeogeographical reconstruction and management challenges of an archaeological site listed by UNESCO: the case of the Letoon shrine in the Xanthos Plain (Turkey)
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description During the Hellenistic period, Xanthos and Letoon were respectively a large city and an important shrine in Lycia. Questions still remain about the geography of the Eşen Çayi delta during the first millennium BC: what were the features of the landscape surrounding the Letoon shrine? Where did the riverbed lie? Our analysis is based on a reconstruction of the geomorphological dynamics at work during the Holocene. These are then compared with historical, archaeological and literary sources. Sedimentary sampling shows that a marine bay was gradually closed during the formation of a coastline spit, which led to the development of a lagoon system. Lagoons and marshes remained predominant characteristics of the plain over a long period. A branch or a former channel of the Eşen Çayi was discovered close to the Letoon shrine. In recent decades, authorities, as well as UNESCO, are now making an effort to manage palaeoenvironmental reconstructions in their promotion of the tourist potential of archaeological sites. We propose a management project for the Letoon site.
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spelling Palaeogeographical reconstruction and management challenges of an archaeological site listed by UNESCO: the case of the Letoon shrine in the Xanthos Plain (Turkey)Fouache, EricUlusoy, InanEcochard, EmilieÇiner, AttilaKuzucuoğlu, CatherineEkmekçi, MehmetCarcaud, Nathaliedes Courtils, JacquesDuring the Hellenistic period, Xanthos and Letoon were respectively a large city and an important shrine in Lycia. Questions still remain about the geography of the Eşen Çayi delta during the first millennium BC: what were the features of the landscape surrounding the Letoon shrine? Where did the riverbed lie? Our analysis is based on a reconstruction of the geomorphological dynamics at work during the Holocene. These are then compared with historical, archaeological and literary sources. Sedimentary sampling shows that a marine bay was gradually closed during the formation of a coastline spit, which led to the development of a lagoon system. Lagoons and marshes remained predominant characteristics of the plain over a long period. A branch or a former channel of the Eşen Çayi was discovered close to the Letoon shrine. In recent decades, authorities, as well as UNESCO, are now making an effort to manage palaeoenvironmental reconstructions in their promotion of the tourist potential of archaeological sites. We propose a management project for the Letoon site.2019-02-03T08:18:48Z2019-02-03T08:18:48Z2012Controlled Vocabulary for Resource Type Genres::text::periodical::journal::contribution to journal::journal articleapplication/pdf0137-477Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12458/29210.2478/v10117-012-0002-z2-s2.0-84859977211enQuaestiones Geographicae1313749oai:depot.sorbonne.ae:20.500.12458/2922023-12-05T09:40:27Z
spellingShingle Palaeogeographical reconstruction and management challenges of an archaeological site listed by UNESCO: the case of the Letoon shrine in the Xanthos Plain (Turkey)
Fouache, Eric
title Palaeogeographical reconstruction and management challenges of an archaeological site listed by UNESCO: the case of the Letoon shrine in the Xanthos Plain (Turkey)
title_full Palaeogeographical reconstruction and management challenges of an archaeological site listed by UNESCO: the case of the Letoon shrine in the Xanthos Plain (Turkey)
title_fullStr Palaeogeographical reconstruction and management challenges of an archaeological site listed by UNESCO: the case of the Letoon shrine in the Xanthos Plain (Turkey)
title_full_unstemmed Palaeogeographical reconstruction and management challenges of an archaeological site listed by UNESCO: the case of the Letoon shrine in the Xanthos Plain (Turkey)
title_short Palaeogeographical reconstruction and management challenges of an archaeological site listed by UNESCO: the case of the Letoon shrine in the Xanthos Plain (Turkey)
title_sort Palaeogeographical reconstruction and management challenges of an archaeological site listed by UNESCO: the case of the Letoon shrine in the Xanthos Plain (Turkey)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12458/292