Sean Silvia

THE MYTH OF ‘ABANDONMENT’: FINDING (SEMI-)NOMADIC INHABITATIONS OF ANATOLIAN ANTIQUITIES AMIDST THE LIMITATIONS OF LONG-NINETEENTH-CENTURY TRAVELOGUES

Descriptions of abandoned ruins abound across the pages of travelogues created by European visitors to Ottoman Anatolia during the long nineteenth century. Yet, remnants of ancient architecture were often less devoid of inhabitation than these authors presented. Some of the most...