The Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey Project (LGASSP)

Field survey was undertaken over five years from 2013-2017

Instituted in 2013, the Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey Project aimed to document archaeological heritage in the Göksu River valley, focusing on a zone scheduled for flooding with the construction of a hydroelectric dam.

The project was directed by Dr Naoíse Mac Sweeney (at the time of the University of Leicester), Dr Tevfik Emre Şerıfoğlu (at the time of Bitlis Eren University), Dr Anna Collar (Southampton University), and Dr Stuart Eve (at the time of Bournemouth University).

Field survey was undertaken over five years from 2013-2017, with preliminary results published annually. A short documentary film was produced in 2015 by the film-maker Joseph Briffa, as part of the wider work done by team members on the documentation of intangible cultural heritage (https://youtu.be/dvp_YYFXjFU?si=IWOUwxW6vXMuWnfm).

The findings are now under active study at the University of Vienna, and a final publication is in preparation.

Bibliography

  • Şerifoğlu, T.E., Mac Sweeney, N., and S. Eve. 2018. 'Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey: The Fifth Season', Anatolica 44: 165-177.
  • Şerifoğlu, T.E. and Mac Sweeney, N. 2017. 'Never the Same River Twice: The Göksu Valley Through the Ages', in Y. Heffron, A. Stone and M. Worthington (eds) At the Dawn of History. Near Eastern Studies in Honour of J.N. Postgate, Winona Lake, In: Eisenbrauns, 335-354.
  • Şerifoğlu, T.E., Mac Sweeney, N., and C. Colantoni. 2017. 'Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey: The Fourth Season', Anatolica 43: 1-13.
  • Şerifoğlu, T.E., Mac Sweeney, N., Collar, A., Colantoni, C. and S. Eve. 2016. 'Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey Project: The Third Season', Anatolica 42: 1-17
  • Şerifoğlu, T.E., Mac Sweeney, N., and C. Colantoni. 2015. 'Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey Project: The Second Season', Anatolica 41: 177-189.
  • Şerifoğlu, T.E., Mac Sweeney, N., and C. Colantoni. 2014. 'The Lower Göksu Archaeological Salvage Survey', Anatolica 40: 71-92.