TY  - JOUR
TI  - THE PROTOHISTORIC TIMES OF ISTANBUL IN THE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE
AB  - Paralel to the rising number of the archaeological excavations in Istanbul, our knowledge on the Prehistoric and theProtohistoric periods are becoming clearer. It is understood that the settlement in the city started in Neolithic Ageand continued without disruption until the Greek Colonization Period despite the relocations and restructuring. Inspite of this in the important excavations like Old Prison of Sultanahmet, Yenikapı and Beşiktaş no evidence attestingto the “Byzas – Megarans – Byzantion – 669/658 BC” structure which has been tried to be accepted as the “OfficialAncient History of Istanbul”. On the contrary, the evidence pointing towards the Thracian presence of Early IronAge started appearing in Beşiktaş besides the Sultanahmet – Hagia Sophia flats. In this article where new evidenceas well as the old ones are evaluated, the theory that the Istanbul being an Iron Age settlement belonging the localPre-Byzantion people.
AU  - DÖNMEZ, Şevket
PY  - 2017
JO  - TÜBA-AR: Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi
VL  - 0
IS  - 21
SN  - 1301-8566
SP  - 93
EP  - 115
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/266185
ER  -