Preface; Urban Planning of Laodikeia on the Lykos in the Light of New Evidence; Prehistory of the Lykos Valley; The Lykos Valley during the Second Millennium BC; Tabernae in Tripolis; The Provenance of Banded Travertine from the Ancient City of Tripolis (Yenice/Buldan -- Denizli) based on Minero-Petrographic and Geochemical Characterization; The Marmora Phrygiae Project; Nature and Cult in the Ploutonion of Hierapolis Before and After the Colony; Palaeo-Vegetational Reconstructions in the Lykos Valley via Archaeobotanical Analyses at Hierapolis; Abstracts
Summary
This book explores archaeological excavations and investigations into the history of the Lykos valley, Turkey. The contributions discuss the latest discoveries at the Ploutonion of Hierapolis; the excavations of the tabernae in Tripolis; the Lykos Valley in prehistory and the second millennium BC; the origins of the marble used in Hierapolis; and archaeo-botanic studies in Hierapolis, among others. Taken together, all the articles gathered here reveal the strong connections between the cities of the valley
