Daily log, Sat 29.Aug.2015

  • Author: Toby C. Wilkinson, Anja Slawisch

Day 5: Environs of Mavişehir

Today AS and TCW concentrated on the area around modern Mavişehir, which stretches from the area of the ‘Panormos necropolis’ west along the coast to the so-called Türk Burnu peninsula. We wanted to see how much of the area could be reasonably walked using intensive methods, as well as visit a couple of Lohmann’s sites in the area. Much of the area just inland of the main part of Mavişehir looks walkable although the plans for development in the area make it seem urgent to look before the area is covered in further tatil sitesi.

Church on a rock, Ayios Konstantinos (an alternative Panormos?)

The first aim was to visit to site of the church of Ayios Konstantinos which is on a spur overlooking a sheltered bay which might offer an alternative location for Panormos. Not much is left of the church, except for some spoilia in a private garden next door to the beach, part of which is covered with concrete, and with a handsome bust of Atatürk looking west out to sea. The neighbour’s dog was particularly loud, and the area is now bordered by a gigantic hotel (the Anadolu) which seems somewhat out of keeping with the otherwise more modest siteler in the area.

Tumulus and cist grave

Whilst trying to identify a sherd scatter from Lohmann’s catalogue (S ###), AS and TCW had a chance to see the end of the windswept peninsula of Türk burnu, which offers a good view up the bay of Panormos toward Tavşan Adası.

A light patch on the satellite imagery from the area also led us to a overgrown thicket, which turned out to be a substantial illegal excavation. In the excavation was the remains of (what would have otherwise been) an almost intact stone-cist grave. The shape of the hill, suggests that this was built as a kind of tumulus.

Sadly a digger seems to have been used to reach the grave (though it is not clear why this point was chosen… it is not obvious why anyone could know the grave was there). The lid of the cist had been opened and the contents (including the remains of at least 2 individuals and some plain tiles) rummaged-through.

![Cist grave, POI ####][image1]

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