University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Theses (Historic Preservation) Graduate Program in Historic Preservation 2009 THE EARLY PHRYGIAN GATE AT GORDION, TURKEY: AN INVESTIGATION OF DRY STONE MASONRY IN SEISMIC REGIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STABILIZATION Meredith Arlene Keller University of Pennsylvania,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses Keller, Meredith Arlene, "THE EARLY PHRYGIAN GATE AT GORDION, TURKEY: AN INVESTIGATION OF DRY STONE MASONRY IN SEISMIC REGIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STABILIZATION" (2009). Theses (Historic Preservation). 129. https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/129 A THESIS in Historic Preservation Presented to the Faculties of the University of Pennsylvania in Partial Ful llment of the Requirements of the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION 2009 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/hp_theses/129 For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE EARLY PHRYGIAN GATE AT GORDION, TURKEY: AN INVESTIGATION OF DRY STONE MASONRY IN SEISMIC REGIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STABILIZATION Abstract The archaeological site at Gordion, Turkey is located in a region of high seismic activity, which threatens the standing masonry structures—particularly the dry laid limestone walls—of the ancient Phrygian capital. First excavated in the 1950s, the citadel gate is composed of an ashlar limestone veneer encasing a rubble core. Although the gate has been the focus of several conservation efforts, the unreinforced masonry structure requires study and possible stabilization to mitigate and prevent further bulging or even collapse. The gate’s current conditions include extensive cracking, spalls, split faces, missing chinking stones, open joints and bulges, which partially result from the complex history of the site.