Site inhabited from Late Neolithic / Early Chalcolithic right up to the end of the Byzantine period. In the earlier layer was unearthed a megaron-like structures as seen in Troy and other Western Anatolian Early Bronze Age architecture. Hacimusalar was discovered in 1949 by M.S.F. Hood and M. Mellink.
Sources:
- The Hacımusalar Regional Survey: summary, 1997-2001. Pedar W. Foss, DePauw University https://quemdixerechaos.com/lycia/hs01summary/
- George E. Bean, Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, London John Murray Publishers Ltd 1989, pp. 156
