Field tests were carried out in the ancient city of Perge under the supervision of the Antalya Archeology Museum with the permission of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Directorate General for Cultural Heritage and Museums. The thesis was financially supported by the Istanbul University Scientific Research Fund (Project coded SDK-2016-3775) and Ik University Scientific Research Fund (Project coded 15B701) . The author expresses her gratitude to her thesis advisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. H. Il oZSAT-KOCABAS for her support in this research carried out within the scope of the doctoral thesis, to Prof. Dr. Melih BOYDAK who provided full support throughout the whole research as well as his guidance in vegetation studies, to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali KA...