Cisthene (Mysia)

Cisthene or Kisthene (Ancient Greek: Κισθήνη) was a coastal town in ancient Mysia; its mines were a source of copper.

Its location is not certain, but it is generally considered to be near modern Ayvalık on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey.[1] During the survey project, realized by Engin Beksac , in 1997, it was possible for Prof. Beksac, to identify the place of Kisthene, as Kiz Çitflik , on the Plains of Gomec, near Ayvalik. The site is near the sea, and faces towards the Peninsula of Pryha. And by a cooperation of Kİzçiftlik, it has been destroyed partially. A great many of the archaeological datas, from the Early Bronze Age up to Late Byzantine Period , have identified by Prof. Beksac on the surface. According to the informations, provided by Strabon, the ruins, identified by Prof. Beksac, are related to Kisthene(2).

References

  1. ↑ Joseph Thacher Clarke, "Gargara, Lamponia and Pionia: Towns of the Troad" The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts 4.3 (September 1888, pp. 291-319) p. 295 note 13.

2. Engin Beksaç ''Balıkesir İli Ayvalık ve Gömeç İlçelerinde Pre ve Protohistorik Yerleşmeler Yüzey Araştırması 1997", XVI. Araştırma Sonuçları Toplantısı, 1998, Ankara,

1999, Cilt II, s. 109-119,

See also

Roman metallurgy

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