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Aliaga Pinari

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Aliağa Pınarı
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
725 m
Region:
Black Sea
Province:
Amasya
District:
Merzifon
Village:
Alicik
Investigation Method:
Survey
Period:
EBA III

     


It lies 500 m south of the Alicik motorway; 4 km southwest of Merzifon; northwest of Amasya Province. It is a small mound surrounded by a fertile land. It was discovered in 1998 by a team under M. Özsait. It measures 10 m in height and 100 m in diameter. Except Aliaga Pinari; the mound is also known as Höyük; Höyük Pinari; Alicik Höyük or Kus Tepesi. It has been severely damaged by the treasure hunters. M. Özsait reports that sherds dating from the Late Chalcolithic Age; the EBA; the Colonial and Hittite Periods were collected from the surface.
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