2015 Excavations Cancelled

There have been two articles in the Turkish press over the last few days regarding the cancellation of the excavations in 2015 

18-Aug-15

http://www.yeniasir.com.tr/kenthaberleri/2015/08/18/myndos-kazilarinin-yeniden-baslamasini-talep-ettiler

22-Aug-15

http://www.yarimadagazetesi.com/haberler/guncel/myndos-kazilari-durdu/

Neither appears to say why, and there are no comments on the Uludağ University web site or the Myndos Facebook page.

Rabbit Island Excavations

As the excavations on Tavşan Adasi / Rabbit Island start to wind down, I’ve attempted a brief summary of the findings.

Tavşan Adasi / Rabbit Island Excavations

New Page Added – Excavations in 2005 and 2006

The new page contains an interpretation of Uludağ University’s web reports of the 2005-2006 excavations cross referenced with an earlier version of the same reports downloaded in 2007; I’ve also added a few photographs of the area taken in 06 & 07.

New Page - Excavations in 2005 and 2006

The web reports only contain brief descriptions of the findings and I would love to get access to the full excavation reports as there are more tantalising references to finds which suggest a possible earlier period of occupation, but there is no detail of the context in which they were found e.g. were the fragments of obsidian tools, and the sherds of pottery dating from 740 – 700 BC found below undisturbed layers of Hellenistic deposits. 

New Page – Archaeological Survey 2004

Although certain areas of the village have been subject to a state protection order for some time there seems to have been no systematic or formal evaluation of the area until a survey was undertaken in 2004.

New page Archaeological Survey 2004  describes some of the areas and findings detailed in the survey report

Two pithoi burials in the Gümüşlük area excavated by staff from the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology

http://www.haberler.com/gumusluk-te-2500-yillik-mezar-bulundu-5800023-haberi/

Bodrum Museum have performed a number of “rescue” excavations of tombs and burials around Gümüşlük, but to date I have never managed to find any of their reports published online.