Greek Christian village at Afshar-Köi (abandoned after 1924)

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/6102.C3515
Level Item
Description Film negative, approximately half plate size, an original negative.
Dimensions 12x9 cm
Place Afshar Köi
Cappadocia
Dates 1911
Donor/Creator Dawkins, Mr Richard McGillivray
Project Greek Dialects in Asia Minor 1909-1914
Scope and Content Part of a collection of images from Dawkins' travel to Cappadocia and Pharasa between 1909 and 1911. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Asia Minor Afshar Kioi (Taurus) Greek Christian Village".
Notes Date based on Dawkins' travel to Cappadocia to study Greek dialects between 1909 and 1911. In the introduction of his 1916 book A Modern Greek in Asia Minor ( p. 1), he mentions villages by the year he visited and plates at the end of the book are maps of the area.
Reference 1927 JHS 47: 13th accession to 1913 slide catalogue. lxiv.SPHS C.3515. Link to article