The oldest highway
Between the regions of Van and Elazığ in eastern Anatolia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3702701 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Veli Sevin (Istanbul University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 236 |
| Pages | 547-551 |
| Publication date | 1988-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x0007469x |
| OpenAlex | W2204502649 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
The oldest road, in the narrow sense of a built way across difficult ground, seems to be the Neolithic Sweet Track in the English Somerset Levels. But what about the oldest road, in the larger sense ofa long-distance highway with staging posts, its essential purpose in the need to administer a large empire? Here seems to be that oldest highway, astonishingly visible on the ground, as Dr Sevin's illustrations show
Ancient history · Archaeology · Civil engineering · Empire · Geography · Highway system · Road construction · Track (disk drive) · Transport engineering · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Engineering · History
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2022 (29) |
| Highly cited | No |