The modern Bozburun Peninsula, which was acknowledged as the Carian Chersonesos during the Classical period, fell into the influential sphere of Rhodes beginning with the early Hellenistic period and that the deme type settlements, the so-called villages/equivalents in the Peninsula, were politically subjected to the three main poleis of the Island, however specifically for the interests based on the economy model. Apart from the discussions about the relational status of the demes with these poleis, a problem of priority yet unsolved pertains to some of those whose locations have not been determined thoroughly. In this paper, the deme of Hygassos, whose territorium is deemed to have corresponded to the boundaries of Selimiye Village, is questioned. It is, at the same time, conceived that the deme center could have been situated at Asarcık Tepe lying in the vicinity of Kızılköy- a quarter of Selimiye while the relationship of a number of sites (comparatively distant to the core) with Selimiye known as ancient Losta is interrogated.

Çanakkale'nin güney-doğusunda yeralan Bayramiç, çevresinde birçok antik yerleşim yerinin bulunmasıyla önemli bir konuma sahiptir. Bölgedeki prehistorik döneme kadar inen yerleşmeler ise Dor-Göçleri sonrasında yoğunlaşır; Schliemann'ın Troia'yı keşfiyle de bu yörede ilk araştırmalar başlamış olur. Bayramiç'in güney-doğusunda Skamandros ( = Kara menderes) un bir kıvrımı içindeki Kızılköy'ün yörede eski bir yerleşim yeri olduğu, makalemin konusunu içeren mezar steliyle doğrulanmış durumdadır.