Site was occupied since 3000 BC. Greek Karmylessos - Καρμυλησσός and later Carmylessus existed as good port including the Byzantine times. Carmylessus described by Strabo between Telmissus and the mouth of the Xanthus1
- Richard Stillwell, s.v. KARMYLESSOS Lycia, Turkey in: The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton University Press. 1976.
- Strabo, Geography XIV
References
- ↑Then, next, one comes to Anticragus, a steep mountain, where is Carmylessus, an inhabited place situated in a ravine