Investigation of the ancient and present land use of Salamis ancient city and it's environment by using remote sensing and geographic information systems

ABSTRACTM.Sc. THESISINVESTIGATION OF THE ANCIENT AND PRESENT LAND USE OFSALAMIS ANCIENT CITY AND IT?S ENVİRONMENT BY USINGREMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMSErsü İDERMANUNIVERSITY OF ÇUKUROVAINSTITUTE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCESDEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOMETRYSupervisor : Prof. Dr. Vedat PEŞTEMALCIYear : 2006 Page: 109Jury : Prof.Dr. Vedat PEŞTEMALCIProf.Dr. Selim KAPURProf.Dr. İlhami YEĞİNGİLIn this study, Salamis Ancient City, The Necropolis of Salamis, St.BarnabasMonestry and Enkomi (Alasia) City are located on the east coast of Famagusta Bayon the Island of Cyprus which is found between 32-34 east meridian and 34-35 northparallels have been examined by using Remote Sensing methods and database havebeen created by using Geographic Information Systems. For this aim, topographicmaps of 1/5.000 scale, soil maps of 1/25.000 scale and IRS-1C Satellite data (IndianSatellite) dated 3 November 1996 have been used.The study region has been related between present and ancient land use byusing the creating database. As a result of this study, advices and suggestions forimproving the national economy on land and agricultural use without negativelyeffecting the cultural and natural riches of the area have been interpreted.Keywords: Archaeology, Salamis, Remote Sensing, Geographical InformationSystem, Land use.II