DOCUMENTATION OF HISTORICAL STARIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF NATURAL AND PHYSICAL VALUES IN THE CONTEXT OF CONSERVATION: CASE OF CAPPADOCIA REGION, N？？DE CITY

Stratified settlements have a risen as a result of overlapping settlements and buildings constructed by various civilizations that reigned a certain region in different time periods. A reasonable number of cities in Anatolia exhibit characteristics of stratified settlements that hold historical incessantness. One of those cities, Province of Ni？de in Cappadocia Region, is vested with the traces of historical periods of various civilizations. Ni？de, though it is one of the main historical settlements due to its strategic location, does not spring to mind immediately after the name Cappadocia is pronounced. Its historical importance has not been emphasized and it has valuable cultural assets, it has not developed in the direction of tourism. In this study, it was aimed to determine the historical continuity of the sustainable protection of the whole of the values which are standing, which are known to be underground and whose traits are unique to Ni？de. The values that the province possesses were determined by means of a three-step method as research, documentation-presentation and evaluation, and it was documented in the digital environment with the maps containing the works and settlement information of each turn. The stratification map has been created for each period by evaluating the data obtained separately. With this study, in which the historical stratification of Ni？de Province, which has as valuable qualities as the precious settlements of the Cappadocia Region, is revealed and documented, it is aimed to contribute to the work that will form the preservation decisions, strategies and policies about Ni？de