Post Late Bronze Age Ionian settlement architecture

Although we have sufficient information about the Iron Age in Greece and the Aegean Islands as a result of excavation works conducted in this area, layers in Western Anatolia from the beginning of the Iron Age are not clarified yet. This can be explained by the lack of archaeological excavations conducted in the area or the relevant layers have not been reached yet. As a result of long term and continuous settlement of the cities of Ionia, it is thought that layers of the Iron Age remained under the structures of later periods. In addition, it should be noted that they are also ruined by the structures of later periods. In the Late Bronze Age, mostly Greece Mainland-centered, Mycenaean and Crete-based Minoan culture is in interaction with Western Anatolia. Intense influences of these cultures are seen in the centers of Late Bronze Age of Western Anatolia such as Panaztepe, Bakla Tepe, Troia, Liman Tepe and Miletus. This interaction also shows itself in architectural culture. These structures, which are very complex, divided by streets and designed within a specific plan, have been replaced by irregular structures as a result of the effect of Aegean Migration in the Early Iron Age. Structures found in Phokaia, Klazomenai, Smyrna, Ephesos, Miletos, Erythrai, Khios Emporio and Samos from Early Iron Age in the Ionia region are oval, apsidal and megaron planned structures as found in contemporary Greece and most of the islands. Migration of Ionians to the region called Ionia after Aegean Migration and architecture, topography and geography of the settlements established in these regions are evaluated by taking ancient sources into consideration. At the same time, it is aimed to update our knowledge about the subject by recent excavations carried out in the region.