PHASELIS: Journal of Interdisciplinary Mediterranean Studies

Aim and Scope

PHASELIS: Journal of Interdisciplinary Mediterranean Studies is an interdisciplinary periodical established to serve as a sustainable platform for debate for scientists, researchers and experts examining the ancient city of Phaselis and its territory within the scope of multi/cross disciplinary methods since 2011. As of this moment, the updated and scientific results of the multidisciplinary studies specific to the settlement and area archaeology in the polis and hinterland carried out by a group of more than a dozen are submitted every year, to provide information to researchers who are interested in these topics. All of the scientific articles published in the journal, which are mostly in the field of natural sciences, are published on the condition of being fully focused upon Phaselis and so titled, including a wide range of topics such as flora-fauna, ecology and the natural cycle, fungi and lichens of Phaselis, and fish, chelonian, crustacean and algae types, inhabitants of the area from ancient times to today.

On the other hand, the ancient history based articles form the main scope of the journal. In this regard, the journal includes articles relating to each discipline concerned with the ancient history of the Eastern Mediterranean Basin and Anatolian Geography (such as archaeology, history, epigraphy, numismatics, historical geography etc.). This is because, Phaselis, with a historical geographic location on the land border of Lycia-Pamphylia in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin, over the longue durée, was sometimes counted amongst the settlements of Lycia (130-100 B.C.; after 46 B.C.) and sometimes numbered amongst those in the Pamphylian region, while in the Principatus Period (the provincia Lycia in 43 A.D.; provincia Lycia et Pamphylia in 72-73 A.D.) it was included in the named provinces.  In this context we aim to publish articles in the journal from each discipline of ancient history relating to the Eastern Mediterranean and Anatolian cultures.

Phaselis, on the maritime trade routes of the Eastern Mediterranean, with its three sheltered harbors and a lagoon convenient for the mooring of trade and cargo vessels, in a strategic location, became a wealthy emporion with a high volume and high value commodities. The city has had an economic, socio-cultural, political and environmental relationship with both the Eastern Mediterranean and Anatolian cultures, from antiquity into the middle ages. The city, which has grown and expanded over the course of time and context and process dependent expansions can be tracked in a chronological perspective, is one of the rare settlements with these above mentioned relationships. In respect to this, the journal’s aim is to create a panoptic view of the history, archaeology and urbanism of Phaselis, which has a strong potential for being a candidate for the UNESCO World Heritage List with its unique environmental, geographical and cultural significance.

The Phaselis Journal is prepared and published by a group of idealist scholars affiliated to Akdeniz University. No fee is required for the submitted articles. The article submissions and editorial processes are completely free of charge.

However, research into the history of the city, together with a systematic and sustainable area management are most crucial, because these have a direct influence upon the results that can be obtained. The previous lack of these fundamental elements is evident from the results of the study of Phaselis, undertaken by both national and international scientists from 1811 to 2000, albeit with interruptions, different directions and with a variety of purposes. Although these dedicated efforts have been highly productive in terms of their scientific nature, they have been unable to create a detailed and cohesive data set that would allow a more complete and integrated understanding of Phaselis and its hinterland within the context of its historical geography and settlement archeology, as they were unable to maintain any certain level of continuity. In consequence, the Phaselis Field Surveys and Excavations, which we initiated on the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Phaselis, have focused upon the scientific evaluation and inventory of the new data which has and will be obtained through systematic processes in line with the predetermined goals and objectives of the different research groups. In addition to the scientific data obtained within this scope, the prejudices, hypotheses and facts relating to Phaselis will be periodically presented to scholars and intellectuals through, Phaselis: Journal of Interdisciplinary Mediterranean Studies. Within this framework, this specific journal prepared by a group of idealist scholars will offer opportunities to produce knowledge, scientific reviews and a holistic research background, forming a bridge between pre-/post-research and a source for the future research.

Journal Information

Editorial Board

Owned by
Prof. Dr. Murat ARSLAN
Phaselis Araştırmaları Başkanı
Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Faculty of Letters, Department of History, Antalya –Turkey

Editor in Chief
Prof. Dr. Murat ARSLAN
Phaselis Araştırmaları Başkanı
Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Faculty of Letters, Department of History, Antalya –Turkey

Editor
Assoc. Prof. Nihal TÜNER ÖNEN
Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Faculty of Letters, Department of Ancient Languages and Literature, Antalya – Turkey

Advisory Board
Prof. Yun Yong Soo
Director of Institute for Mediterannean Studies, Busan University, Busan – Korea
Prof. Dr. A. Vedat ÇELGİN
İstanbul University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Ancient Languages and Literature, İstanbul – Turkey
Prof. François de CALLATAY
Royal Library of Belgium  & Université libre de Bruxelles, Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, Bruxelles
Prof. Dr. Serra DURUGÖNÜL
Mersin University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Archaeology, Mersin – Turkey
TurkeyProf. Dr. Burcu ERCİYAS
Middle East Technical University, Settlement Archaeology, Ankara – Turkey

Publication Editors
Research Assist. Aykan AKÇAY
Akdeniz University, Mediterranean Civilisations Research Institute, Antalya – Turkey
Research Assist. Betül GÜREL
Akdeniz University, Mediterranean Civilisations Research Institute, Antalya – Turkey

Redactors
PhD. Şenkal KİLECİ
Akdeniz University, Mediterranean Civilisations Research Institute, Antalya – Turkey
MA. Tolga KARAHAN
Akdeniz University, Mediterranean Civilisations Research Institute, Antalya – Turkey

Indexing

PHASELIS: Journal of Interdisciplinary Mediterranean Studies indexed by:

• ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities)
• Index Copernicus

Publication Policy

• The Phaselis Journal is prepared and published by a group of idealist scholars affiliated to Akdeniz University.
• PHASELIS is an international indexed, peer-reviewed, e-journal.
• The article submissions and editorial processes are completely free of charge.
• PHASELIS is an open access journal, all content is available for read, download and distribute.
• The authors are responsible for the content of their work.
• Articles, the assessment research processes of which have ended, are published on the website of the journal (journal.phaselis.org) within the related volume throughout the course of the year (Volume I: January-December 2018).
• The volume of the current year is completed at the end of December of that year.

Open Access

PHASELIS intends to present original scientific studies contributing to the development of dialogue amongst scientists from various disciplines, to update and expand the current knowledge and published record available to the scientific world.
PHASELIS: Journal of Interdisciplinary Mediterranean Studies is an open access periodical all of the contents of which are open to users. The users can read, freely download, distribute and print the articles in full text, as well as giving link to the articles with reference, without requiring any permission from the authors.

Copyright and Permissions

It is solely the author’s responsibility to check permissions for materials (image,  graph, picture etc.) used in their article.PHASELIS: Journal of Interdisciplinary Mediterranean Studies, do not accept responsibility for the copyrights.Author(s) accept their sole responsibility on the use of material in their submissions.

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