American Journal of Archaeology

107.1

Archaeology in Turkey: The Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages, 2000

Alan M. Greaves and Barbara Helwing

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Gre Virike: view from the south. (Courtesy of A.T. Ökse)

Few nation-states can boast of an archaeological heritage as rich as that of Turkey. While this has never been any great secret to historians, in the past 10 years there has been a noticeable change in the general public’s perceptions of Turkey. The responsible management of cultural resources has now become a topic of public interest, even more so in a nation facing the challenges of a rapidly changing economy. As part of its objective of creating an archaeological site inventory for the whole of Turkey, the TAY (Türkiye Arkeolojik Yerlexmeleri) Project documents and publishes the status of registered archaeological sites as they exist at this time on the ground. The result is an often alarming catalogue of sites now lost to the bulldozer; this information is disseminated in English and Turkish via print and on the Internet.1 The project has an impressive collection of academic and financial backers, and its results are distributed widely through the Turkish government from the President down to local municipalities. There can be few countries that are experiencing the same levels of destruction as Turkey is, as a result of the factors mentioned above, but even fewer that document and publicize it so effectively as the TAY Project does.

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Volume 107 No. 1
January 2003

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Lucrezia Spera

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