A Carian Mountain Landscape Herakleia On The Latmos City and Environment — Anneliese Peschlow Bindokat

Our Archaeological guides are written by well know archaeologists in the hope that they might evoke the spirit of these sites for anyone interested in the remains of Anatolian civilizations Illustrated with beautiful photographs equipped with helpful plans and drawings they are essential resources for travelers in Turkey Who crosses the area of the Maeander is at his east side threatened by the dark zig zag top of the Latmos a granite mountain created by eruptions Inhospitable and poor this mountain separated from the thoroughfare by a lake has always been the most desolate area of the region In the unparalleled wildness of jumbled rocks the Latmos is one of the greatest nature experiences a traveller can be granted M Schede 1936 In this mountain region which was so aptly described in his time by M Schede in the past years numerous largely unkown settlement traces have been found which are decisively characterised by the rock landscape of the Latmos Mount Latmos was one of the sacred mountains of Anatolia its top was the residence place of the highest god the Weather God Among the numerous recent discoveries the Prehistoric rock paintings with their unique imagery are undoubtedly the most important In the Karadere Cave presumably the central sanctuary of the Weather God even the modern visitor becomes aware of the connection between the rock paintings and the mountain top Dr Anneliese Peschlow Bindokat scientific researcher at the German Archaeological Institute Berlin DAI has been the director of the Latmos Project for more than 20 yeras

Who crosses the area of the Maeander is at his east side threatened by the dark zig zag top of the Latmos a granite mountain created by eruptions Inhospitable and poor this mountain separated from the thoroughfare by a lake has ahvays been the most desolate area of the region in the unparalleled vvildness of jumbled rocks the Latmos is one of the greatest nature experiences a traveller can be gran ted M Schede 1936 in this mountain region which was so apdy described in his time by M Schede in the past years numerous 1ar gely unknovra settlement traces have been found which are decisively characterised by the rock landscape of the Latmos Mount Latmos was one of the sacred mountains of Anatolia its top was the residence place of the highest god the Weather God Among the numerous recent discoveri es the Prehistoric rock paintings with their unique imagery aıe undoubtedly the most important in the Karadere Cave j presumably the central sanctuary of the VVeather God even the modern Adsitor becomes aware of the connection betwe en the rock paintings and the mountain top