Gordion Paleoethnobotanical and "Ecopark" Project
Curatorial Section
Research Discipline
Ethnobotany
Dates
2000 - 2012
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- Site: Gordion, modern: Yassıhöyük, village: Yassıhöyük Köyü, Turkey
- Time Period Studied
- Middle Bronze Age to Medieval; Modern; future
- Researcher(s)
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- Dr. Naomi Miller, Penn Museum
- John 'Mac' Marston, UCLA
- Project Overview
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This long-term project focuses on vegetation and land use from antiquity to the present, and on toward the future. Analylsis of archaeological plant remains shows us how people lived on the land in the past. Ongoing work towards developing an ecological/archaeological park in the region involves using native plants to help preserve the ancient monuments and celebrating regional biodiversity through the establishment of a mini-botanical garden at the local museum.
Gordion (Turkey) Paleoethnobotanical and "Ecopark" Project: Appreciating plants in Central Anatolia.