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Camizli

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Camizli
Type:
Cave
Altitude:
m
Depth:
1.3 m
Length:
m
Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Sivas
District:
Sarkisla
Village:
Alaman

     


It is located on the northern bank of the Yahyali Brook; one of the Branches of Kizilirmak; 1 km north of the Alaman Village. It is about 4.5 m high; 3.20 m wide and 1.30 m deep. Inside; there is a small room of 4 squameters. A shelving unit carved 1.20 m high from the floor extends on the far wall until the start of reliefs. Traces of mattock are observed on this shelving unit as well as on the wall. To the right are four descriptive reliefs on the wall. Of these descriptions; heads of deer and ox with a size of 50 cm are evident. Also; figures of an eagle with open wings of 90 cm and almost 65 cm high rabbit can be perceived. Those four figures are dated to the Hittite Period by the researcher.
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