Baden has been interpreted as part of a much larger archaeological complex encompassing cultures at the mouth of the Danube (Ezero-Cernavoda III) and the Troad.
The European part is formed by the Gallipoli (Gelibolu) peninsula, while the Asian part is largely coterminous with the historic region of Troad in Anatolia.
His memoir on the topography of the Troad, with panoramic plan (1839), was among the fruits of a cruise which he made in the Mediterranean for the sake of his health.
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It is located at the village of Babakale ("Father Castle"), Ayvacık, Çanakkale, in the historical area of the Troad.
These writers mentioned that Erichthonius appears as founder both in Attica and the Troad, and may be identifying the two.