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Archaeological potential could not be assessed with spatial references in Tarsus historic city centre like similarly many multi-layered historic city centre in Turkey. Archaeological data are mostly stored in the traditional archives of museums or regional conservation councils. Although the number of archaeological researches using the developing technological facilities and Geographical Information Systems is increasing gradually, it is not yet at a sufficient level. Therefore, research team had been established an Urban Archaeological Database (UAD) was for spatial assessments. GIS based UAD let experts to evaluate archaeological potentials in Tarsus historic city centre for developing specific strategies in similar planning issues. In other words, UAD was developed as a planning tool to evaluate archaeological resources in spatial context. Research team prefers to use Free and Open Source GIS software, QuantumGIS (QGIS), because of widening use by other groups. The paper mainly focuses on UAD and especially spatial evaluation of different archaeological findings instead of whole processes of research project.

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