Ankara : The Department of Archaeology, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2013.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2013.Includes bibliographical refences.This thesis is a study on harbor settlement patterns in the northeastern
Mediterranean of the second millennium BC based on geo-archaeological evidence.
The purpose of the thesis is to assess a hypothesis that estuaries (river mouths/
outlets) acted as harbors for settlements in Cilicia and the Amuq. In order to pursue
the hypothesis further, river transport and inland river harbors are proposed. The
thesis will attempt to answer questions such as how harbor settlements can be
inferred from archaeological and geomorphological evidence and how archaeology
identifies river harbor settlements.Oruç, Sevilay ZeynepM.S
