BAYRAKLI/SYMRN
IZMIIR’S FIRST SETTLEMENT
The history of Izmir was re written as a result of the
excavations carried out by the Archaeological Department of the Aegean
University in the district of Bornova in the 2000’s.
Significant artefacts such
as reliefs and small statues of animals, arrows made from flint stone, short
handled spoons made of fired earth and seals with labyrinth motif were
unearthed particularly by Yesilova Hoyugu (Mound) and classified as dating back
to the Neolithic Period. These are very recent historical developments for
Izmir and these finds have proved that the city had been a continuous
settlement for 8500 years.
The second most well-known ancient settlement in Izmir is
located at a place currently called Bayrakli Tepekule and dates back to 3000 BC
Bayrakl, which was under water ancient times, was built on a peninsular
extending out towards the Gulf of Izmir.
Bayrakli at that period exhibited
contemporary characteristics with Troy I and Troy II. Megaron style,
rectangular designed houses dating back from the 10th century BC to
the 7th century BC in the settlement where proto-geometric pots were
unearthed have the characteristics of the Archaic Period.
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