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Mound |
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1075 m |
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Aegean |
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Afyonkarahisar |
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Kizilören |
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Village:
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Merkez |
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Survey |
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| It is located 2.5 km southwest of Sandikli-Dinar motorway, 500 m northeast of Kizilören Village in Afyonkarahisar Province. It was discovered during the survey conducted by Koçak and his team in 2012. There is a tomb called "Dede" in the east of the mound. The mound measures 450 m in the north-south direction and 250 m in the east-west direction. It is about 15 m high from the ground. Materials dated to EBA, MBA and Roman Period were seen in the site. A baked clay bull head with a dimension of 30x35 mm was found. This artifact is red slipped and has pinkish paste. It was delivered to Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum. It is observed that EBA slipped wares with brown, red and dark gray colored paste are abundant. It is noteworthy that dark gray sherds are in high density. Sharp carinated bowls, pans, jars; lugs with grooved decoration belonging to large pithoi, tripod fragments and sherds with grooved decoration were seen on the mound [Koçak 2014:81-82]. |
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