The city was first located on the mainland in Limantepe, as a result of the Persians’ revolt in Ionia, the city was moved to the Quarantine Island. BC in the city with the excavations. Part of the defense mechanism belonging to the second half of 3000 BC has been unearthed. The most important information provided by the studies carried out in this field; The reason is that the settlement in the city of Klazomenai has a dual structure: the “upper city” surrounded by walls around Limantepe and the “lower city”, which has a different defense system.
On the axis of the city wall built in the middle of the 7th century BC, another defensive wall was uncovered, extending in the north-south direction and built with large, partially shapeless, round stones placed on the ground of the bedrock. The approximate height of this wall is 1.55 meters. It was built on the core made of adobe, with veneer blocks placed from the outside. Part of the defensive wall was exposed on the west face, thought to be a tower roughly in the form of a horseshoe. Unlike the main wall body, the tower is made of smaller slate slabs, mostly thin plates.
Limantepe Klazomenai Antique Harbor was formed by the closure of two moles extending from the land to the sea. The western breakwater is under the Urla Harbor breakwater today. The eastern breakwater extends from the land into the sea. The first harbor to be built similar to this was built in the 9th century BC. It extends from the land into the sea, similar to the early example in the Klazomenai Ancient Harbor. hand mortars and grinding stones were found. A workshop with 15 pits carved into the rock with many different functions was also discovered. Single-roomed houses, many ovens and hearths were found within its walls.
