Verified36.9500° N · 28.4000° E · -2 m
Krya — Karia Murex Dye Station
Classical–Hellenistic (500 BCE–200 BCE)·Karian·🇹🇷 Muğla Province, Turkey
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About Krya — Karia Murex Dye Station
Krya — Karia Murex Dye Station in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Classical–Hellenistic (500 BCE–200 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Karian. Harbour dye station with murex middens now intertidal at Gökova. Krya murex dye intertidal pans.
Why it mattersKey Negev–Anatolian highland site
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Desert agriculture technology
- 02Roman frontier model
Theories
- 01Incense trade water management
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 500 BCE
- Period
- Classical–Hellenistic (500 BCE–200 BCE)
- Culture
- Karian
- Purpose
- Harbour dye station with murex middens now intertidal at Gökova
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Systematic survey
On the ground
Structures & features
36.9500° N · 28.4000° E · -2 m · 4 mapped features
Krya — Karia Murex Dye Station — Feature 1
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36.9502° N · 28.4001° EKrya — Karia Murex Dye Station — Feature 2
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36.9498° N · 28.4002° EKrya — Karia Murex Dye Station — Feature 3
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36.9504° N · 28.3998° EKrya — Karia Murex Dye Station — Reservoir
reservoirWater storage
36.9496° N · 28.3999° E