Historical place profile
Myous
An ancient Ionian port settlement in Caria, the site is located at modern Avşar Kale in Turkey. The site was abandoned in antiquity due to siltification from the Maeander river; it was modestly resettled in the Byzantine period.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:599813
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:599813
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.598723, 27.425862
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient Ionian port settlement in Caria, the site is located at modern Avşar Kale in Turkey. The site was abandoned in antiquity due to siltification from the Maeander river; it was modestly resettled in the Byzantine period.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 E2 Myous
Source and reuse
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Research path
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