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Hanaytepe |
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Artifact Scatter |
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Region:
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Marmara |
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Province:
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Çanakkale |
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District:
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Ezine |
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Village:
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Geyikli |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Late |
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| This site is near Geyikli County of Ezine Suburb of Çanakkale City. It is surveyed during the excavation carried out by Aslan and team in 2009. Although this region is being surveyed since 19th Century by many researchers because of Troy localization researches, undiscovered settlements still exist for many reasons as in Bozköy (Hanaytepe) Mound. Surrounds of in Harbour on the coast of Aegean Sea of Pınarbaşı Ballidag are visited for this reason. The survey is carried out in 2 phases. First phase consists of landscape discovery, for finding out whether there are any undiscovered settlements from prehistoric period. Second phase consists of a systemic survey on the surface of the mound as well as evaluation of the finds. The materials collected from the surface in general show that this site is inhabited between Late Chalcolithic and Late Bronze Age. In order to understand the structure and characteristics of the mound better, its plan is outlined (1/5000 scale) and placed on the coordinate system via satellite photos compatible with the coordinate system. The surface materials are collected within this grid system and numerated individually. The ages of the collected material found so far show Troy I settlement and Late Bronze Age settlement in the centre of the mound [Aslan et al. 2011:294]. It has been revisited during the survey conducted by Aslan in 2010. According to stone axes and other finds found in large quantity on the surface of the mound, it is believed that this mound could be also a center where these kinds of tools were produced. Recent studies show that this settlement could be the biggest and an important settlement on the Troad except Troia. Density of the material along with the cultural deposit of the mound fill strongly supports this idea. It has been skeptically suggested that the cultural deposit of the mound is over 10 m and the mound covers an area of about 300 m in diameter [Aslan 2012:151]. |
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