Landscape and History in the Lykos Valley. Laodikeia and Hierapolis in Phrygia

267 pp, b/w figures, hb, in English.

This book explores archaeological excavations and investigations into the history of the Lykos valley, Turkey. The contributions discuss the latest discoveries at the Ploutonion of Hierapolis; the excavations of the tabernae in Tripolis; the Lykos Valley in prehistory and the second millennium BC; the origins of the marble used in Hierapolis; and archaeo-botanic studies in Hierapolis, among others. Taken together, all the articles gathered here reveal the strong connections between the cities of the valley.

Contents

• Preface
• Celal Şı·mşek / Urban Planning of Laodikeia on the Lykos in the Light of New Evidence  
• Ali Ozan – Fulya Dedeoğlu – Erim Konakçı / Prehistory of the Lykos Valley 
• Erim Konakçı / The Lykos Valley during the Second Millennium BC 
• Bahadır Duman / Tabernae in Tripolis 
• Tamer Koralay – Bahadır Duman – Kıymet Denı·z – Y. Kağan Kadıoğlu / The Provenance of Banded Travertine from the Ancient City of Tripolis (Yenice/Buldan - Denizli) based on MineroPetrographic and Geochemical Characterization 
• Giuseppe Scardozzi / The Marmora Phrygiae Project: The Contribution of Landscape Archaeology Research in the Territory of Hierapolis in Phrygia to the Reconstruction of Building Sites in the City, and Their Strategies for Supplying Stone Materials 
• Francesco D’Andria / Nature and Cult in the Ploutonion of Hierapolis Before and After the Colony 
• Girolamo Fiorentino / Palaeo-Vegetational Reconstructions in the Lykos Valley via Archaeobotanical Analyses at Hierapolis 
• Abstracts