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Fig. 1: 2016 Yılı Vordonisi
Adası Çalışma Alanı.
Fig. 1: Study area at Vordo-
nisi Island, 2016 Campaign.
ur archaeological underwater survey within tanbul showed that a number of Yortan vessels dating
the scope of the Northeastern Marmara Sea from the Early Bronze Age were found in Kalamış
OUnderwater Survey project began with the Bay in 1989 during a cleaning work on the seafloor.
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permission of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism un- It was reported that the Istanbul Archaeological Mu-
der No. 159887 dated 02.09.2016 on behalf of Düzce seums found stone wall foundations during the rescue
University between September 20th and October 5th dives they performed there. However, their work was
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in the area known as the Manastır Kayalıkları (Mon- terminated because of very poor visual conditions.
astery Rocks), lying 1.5 km southwest of the Maltepe Studying these remains, Dönmez indicated a potential
coastline and 4 km northeast of Kınalıada. The North- submerged settlement in Kalamış Bay. Özdoğan also
eastern Marmara Sea Underwater Survey project aims emphasized that the artifacts recovered from this site
to conduct a systematical and comprehensive scientific suggest presence of a settlement underwater. Another
research with a multidisciplinary approach along the archaeological survey was carried out before the con-
shoreline of Anatolian side of Istanbul and The princes struction of the harbor structure and waste reception
Islands. With this survey, we attempt to reveal the un- facility on the seafloor, which is located in front of the
derwater cultural heritage of the region. The primary Sheet 28, parcel 5808 of the Tuzla Shipyard Territo-
focus of the survey was the Vordonisi Island (Fig. 1), ry in Tuzla District of Istanbul province. During this
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an area claimed to contain building ruins from the Byz- survey, which was carried out in 2011 and was limited
antine period, and thus known as Monastery Rocks. only to the harbor construction site, they attempted to
A review of previous archaeological underwater identify presence of any cultural underwater heritage,
surveys that have been conducted in and around Is- and did not find anything .
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1 We would like to extend our thanks to Mr. Ali Kılıç, the Mayor of Maltepe Municipality for his all kinds of support during our research. We
also would like to thank to Archaeologist Onur Kamiloğlu from Kocaeli Cultural Heritage Preservation Board for his devoted efforts. Also we
owe a debt of gratitude to Prof. Mustafa Şahin, the Head of Archaeology Department of Uludağ University, and Assoc.Prof. Emre Okan, the
Director of Maritime Practice and Research Center of Düzce University. And we are grateful to Volkan Narcı, the President of Adalar Marine
Life and Sports Club, Serço Ekşiyan, Gökhan Karakaş and Ercan Akpolat. Furtermore, we would like extend our endless thanks to Mustafa
Uğur Ekmekçi and Faruk Yolsal, who contributed to our research and devoted their efforts to us.
2 The fact that the clarity of visibility in the Marmara Sea was close to perfection in the specified dates, proved the accuracy of our decision while
planning our schedule. However, during the last days of diving, there was an intense jellyfish migration, and in October and after, the quality of
the visibility decreased due to the migration and the southwesterly winds.
3 MİLLAS 1992, 205-208.
4 These works were under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mustafa Şahin and a team which includes the secnd writer of this article, and no artifacts
of any cultural significance were found in or near the port.
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