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Aciözü

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Acıözü
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
m
Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Kirikkale
District:
Keskin
Village:
Kevenli
Investigation Method:
Survey
Period:
Late Iron Age

     


It lies on the road leading to Kevenli, 3.5 km to the Kevenli Village, 18 km to the southeast of the Keskin District in Kirikkale. It is located on the edge of a natural elevation in a stream bed. Almost 400 m to the south runs the Aciözü Stream. The mound has been completely ploughed away. With a north-south direction, it measures 160 m in diameter, and 9 m in height. It was discovered during the Central Anatolian Survey conducted under the direction of S. Omura in 1991. The sherds collected from the surface are comparable with the ones uncovered in the layer IIa at Kaman-Kalehöyük.
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