Kindos liman duvarları
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2019
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Knidos, Datça Yarımadası’nın en uç noktasında, güneye bakan ve denize doğru alçalan eğimli bir arazi ilehemen önündeki küçük ada üzerine kurulmuştur. Topoğrafik yapısından kaynaklı bu özelliği nedeniyle Strabon tarafından çifte şehir olarak adlandırılan kentin yaklaşık olarak 4 km’lik uzunluğa sahip bir savunma hattıvardır. Kent surları planlanırken stratejik düşünce ve arazinin sağladığı imkanlardan faydalanılmış, arazinin şeklisurların yapımında belirleyici olmuştur. Topoğrafya dikkate alınarak araziye oturtulan surlarda doğal tahkimliuçurum veya kayalık gibi bölümler akılcı bir şekilde surhattına dahil edilmiştir. Surlar arazinin jeomorfolojik yapısına bağlı olarak yerel kireç taşı bloklardan örülmüştür.Bununla birlikte yer yer konglamera blokların kullanıldığı bölümler de bulunmaktadır. Kulelerin tamamı, surbedenlerinin bir kısmı rektogonal bloklardan isodomosteknikte örülmüştür. Sur bedenlerinin büyük bir bölümünün ise polygonal bloklardan örüldüğü görülmektedir.Bu çalışmada, Knidos kent surlarının bir parçası olan ticari ve askeri liman çevresindeki duvarlar ve kuleler elealınacaktır. Antikçağda Strabon’un aktarımlarından bildiğimiz kadarıyla ana karadan Kap Krio’ya doğru inşaedilen bir mendirekle ada ile ana kara birleştirilmiş aradaise dar bir kanal bırakılmıştır. Ana kara ve Kap Krio’nunbirleştirilmesi ile kıstağın doğusunda ve batısında iki koymeydana gelmiştir. Oluşan koyların ağız kısımlarındayapılan düzenlemelerle koylar koruma altına alınarakbirer liman elde edilmiştir. Söz konusu limanlar MÖ IV.yüzyılın 2. çeyreğinde başlayan imar faaliyetleri çerçevesinde planlanan savunma sisteminin içine dahil edilmiştir. Özellikle Askeri Liman çevresindeki ve girişindekikulelerle “limen kleistos” olarak bilinen “kapalı veya kapatılabilen liman” olgusunun en iyi örneklerinden biridir.
Cnidus is situated on a slope which facessouth and descends to the sea at the farthest end of theDatça peninsula and faces a small island just off theshore. Having been named 'the double city' by Strabobecause of its topography, the city has a defensive line ofapproximately 4 km in length. During the planningprocess of the city's walls, the opportunities provided bystrategic thinking and land weretaken advantage of andthe shape of the land was decisive in the construction ofthe walls. The city walls incorporated natural cliffs orrocky areas built according to careful consideration ofthe topography of the area. The walls are made of locallimestone blocks according to the geomorphologicalstructure of the land. Conglomerate blocks are also usedin some places. All of the towers and a part of the wallswere built using the isodomos technique fromrectangular blocks. It is also evident that a large part ofthe wall bodies are covered by polygonal blocks.Our work focuses on the walls and towers around thecommercial and military harbour, a part of the Cniduscity walls. As far as we know from Strabo’s account, theisland was connected to the mainland by a mole builtfrom the mainland towards Cap Crio and a narrowchannel was left in-between. After the unification of themainland and Cap Crio, two bays of the eastern andwestern part of the isthmus were formed. The bays weretaken under protection with the arrangements made inthe mouth of the emerging bays and a harbour in eachbay was established. These ports were included in thedefense system planned within the framework of thezoning activities that started in the mid IVth century BC.The towers at the entrance of and around the militaryharbour are excellent examples of the “closed or closableharbour” known as limen kleistos.
Cnidus is situated on a slope which facessouth and descends to the sea at the farthest end of theDatça peninsula and faces a small island just off theshore. Having been named 'the double city' by Strabobecause of its topography, the city has a defensive line ofapproximately 4 km in length. During the planningprocess of the city's walls, the opportunities provided bystrategic thinking and land weretaken advantage of andthe shape of the land was decisive in the construction ofthe walls. The city walls incorporated natural cliffs orrocky areas built according to careful consideration ofthe topography of the area. The walls are made of locallimestone blocks according to the geomorphologicalstructure of the land. Conglomerate blocks are also usedin some places. All of the towers and a part of the wallswere built using the isodomos technique fromrectangular blocks. It is also evident that a large part ofthe wall bodies are covered by polygonal blocks.Our work focuses on the walls and towers around thecommercial and military harbour, a part of the Cniduscity walls. As far as we know from Strabo’s account, theisland was connected to the mainland by a mole builtfrom the mainland towards Cap Crio and a narrowchannel was left in-between. After the unification of themainland and Cap Crio, two bays of the eastern andwestern part of the isthmus were formed. The bays weretaken under protection with the arrangements made inthe mouth of the emerging bays and a harbour in eachbay was established. These ports were included in thedefense system planned within the framework of thezoning activities that started in the mid IVth century BC.The towers at the entrance of and around the militaryharbour are excellent examples of the “closed or closableharbour” known as limen kleistos.
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Arkeoloji, Dil ve Dil Bilim, Tarih
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Cedrus: Akdeniz Uygarlıkları Araştırma Dergisi
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Büyüközer, A. (2019). Kindos liman duvarları. Cedrus: Akdeniz Uygarlıkları Araştırma Dergisi, 7(0), 215-237.
