About Klazomenai
Around Urla İskele, Klazomenai was one of the twelve Ionian cities and an early Aegean production centre. Its mainland settlement, Karantina Island and harbours reveal close ties with maritime trade. The excavated olive-oil workshop is a notable example of ancient production technology.
History
Occupation is traceable from the late second millennium BCE. Pottery, olive oil and sea trade supported growth in the seventh and sixth centuries BCE; black-figure Clazomenian sarcophagi represent a distinctive artistic tradition. Part of the population moved to the offshore island under Persian rule. A causeway attributed to Alexander connected island and mainland in the Hellenistic period. Roman occupation continued, though regional importance declined. Excavations examine workshops, houses, cemeteries and coastal topography together.
Highlights and principal structures
- Ancient olive-oil workshop
- Akpınar necropolis
- Karantina Island settlement
- Harbour structures
- Hellenistic causeway
- Houses and production areas
Historical period
Archaic–Roman