Cultural Ecology of Lake Amik
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Tarih
2008
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Marmara Univ
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
In this study, cultural ecology of the lake Amik, which was located on the Amik plain of Eastern Mediterranean Region and was drained in 1975 complately, was examined. The study area has been one of the important settlement areas since Paleolithic era due to suitable environmental conditions such as transportation (terrestrial, river and sea), climate, fertile soils, and wetland ecosystems. Because its interactions between people and the lake, a valuable wetland cultural ecology has established throughout the history. However, after drying processes, cultural ecology of the area has been changed drastically. To be able to examine cultural ecology of the lake before drying procedures, interview and participant observation technique were used along with literature findings. Interviews were done with older people whose ages are more than 60. The results showed that cultural ecology the area includes several socio-economic activities such as fisheries, hunting, animal feeding, cutting reeds and ecotourism
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Cultural ecology, Wetland, Amik Lake
Kaynak
Marmara Geographical Review
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