Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOSYSTEMS AND ECOLOGY SCIENCE (IJEES), cilt.12, sa.4, ss.235-244, 2022 (ESCI)
Accessibility between illegal excavation sites that destroy cultural assets and gendarmerie stations responsible for
public order and security is an issue that has not been studied until now. Geographic Information Systems are widely
used in archaeological studies, but only for certain analyses. There are difficulties in obtaining data for
archaeological studies focused on conservation and accessibility. The study area was determined as the provincial
border of Antalya and 286 illegal excavations identified between January 2015 and May 2021 were reproduced by
assigning random points in a unique frame. The current situation was examined using two different scales and the
system was tested. Illegal excavation sites were matched with the closest 54 gendarmerie stations. The system
efficiency was examined by calculating the time and distance costs of these routes. It is thought that measures can be
taken against illegal excavations by increasing the accessibility of the gendarmerie station with the use of GIS. With
the spatial analysis techniques used in the study, the areas where there is a lack of stations and the ways to be
improved were determined.