PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Photographs
Very good photographs have been obtained of the whole ancient city along with details of individual buildings, gates, reservoirs etc. There are, in addition, photographs of sites and tumuli in the immediate vicinity.

Planning
Part of the southern end of the city has been planned using a total station. Computer generated drawings are now being produced. Measured sketches of some structures were also made.

Geophysical Survey
The results were excellent. The most important result is clear evidence that those areas which appear on the ground to have been large open terraces were indeed without buildings. It is also apparent that specialized activities were taking place in some of the courtyards. Final analysis of the results is not yet complete.

PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS

(1) The city wall with its gates and towers was conceived, laid out and built as a single enterprise.
(2) The whole of the interior of the city was planned and laid out at the same time as the city wall.
(3) The city was a new imperial foundation.
(4) Later occupation is restricted to two small and unimportant areas.
(5) The city wall did not have the mud-brick superstructure originally intended for it; i.e. the original scheme was not completed. How much of the interior was unfinished remains a problem for future research.
(6) Occupation was very short, less than a generation.
(7) The Median city of Pteria, briefly described by Herodotus, is the best candidate for the site. This was first suggested by von der Osten. Unfortunately we still lack the proof of inscriptions.