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Karaçakil Tepesi Höyük |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Central Anatolia |
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Province:
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Nigde |
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District:
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Yildiztepe |
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Survey |
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| It is located at Yildiztepe Beldesi in Merkez District of Nigde. The settlement appears in the Nigde Culture Inventory which was achieved after the surveys organized by the Nigde Province Culture and Tourism Directorship in 2009. The mound is 100 m in diameter and it consists of terraces. Apart from the cut-stones scattered on the mound, remains of a wall with a length of 3 m were seen on the southeast the mound. A few obsidian pieces were recovered on the surface together with sherds belonging to 3rd and 2nd millennium BC Small amount of Roman sherds were also seen. |
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