Tshukuri (modern Çukuryurt): Greek Christian village
Department | Archive |
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Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
Reference No. | BSA SPHS 01/6134.C3547 |
Level | Item |
Description | Film negative, approximately half plate size, an original negative. |
Dimensions | 12x9 cm |
Place |
Tshukuri 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, [SIC Tchoukouryourt] Tskukuri, 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. |