Edremit gulf in antiquity: Archaeological survey of Edremit, Havran, Burhaniye, Gömeç districts in Balıkesir province

The area searched during 2013-14 seasons located on the western side of Mysia. In modern time gulf located betwen the boarders of Çanakkale and Balıkesir provinces, in ancient times it was located on the boarders of Troas, Mysia and Aiolis. Even in the works of ancient writers, exact limits of the gulf not openly mentioned. Today, the limits of gulf restricted with Bababurnu on the northern side, ancient name of the area known as Lekton, and on the south Büyük Maden Adası, known as Prygos in Ayvalık district. The surface area of working place is rather board. Therefore working area has to be restricted. Only four districts have been choosen for archaeological survey project. Edremit, Havran, Burhaniye and Gömeç are the main research areas and both of them belongs to the Balıkesir province. Broad geographycal measurements leads to this restriction. The starting point of the research is Narlı village, located on the norhent side of the gulf in Edremit district and Kerem Köy on the southern side of the gulf which located between the boarders of Gömeç district representing the ending boarder. On the eastern side of the gulf Küçük Çal Tepe and Büyük Çal Tepe representing eastern boarder of resaerch area. The aim of the thesis "Edremit Gulf in Antiquity: Archaeological Survey of Edremit, Havran, Burhaniye, Gömeç Districts in Balıkesir Province", to locate ancient settlements in the gulf territory with the intensive survey method. With this way the settlement layers and habitations tried to be understood in mentioned geography.