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Aciyer |
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Type:
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Slope Settlement |
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Altitude:
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1180 m |
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Region:
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Central Anatolia |
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Province:
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Aksaray |
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District:
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Agzikarahan |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Aceramic |
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| Location: This site lies at the southwestern entrance of Agzikarahan Village by the Aksaray-Nevsehir highway; northeast of Aksaray Province. |
| Geography and Environment: There is a small stream between the site and the village of Agzikarahan. The site has been destroyed by the terracing activities. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: The site was discovered during the Aksaray Project in 1944; directed by U. Esin of the University of Istanbul (Faculty of Letters; Department of Prehistory) and by S. Gülçur during the surface survey she conducted in the Aksaray; Nigde and Nevsehir provinces. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
| Stratigraphy: |
| Small Finds: More than 900 chipped stone tools were recovered during the surface surveys. The most common finds were scrapers on flakes. In order of abundance; the site yielded blades with edge wear and edge retouchings; scrapers on blades; points; burins and geometric tools. |
| Remains: |
| Interpretation and Dating: The study of the obsidian surface finds collected during the Aciyer survey revealed that the chipped stone technology; the tools themselves and even the tool-find densities are in many ways similar to those at the Aceramic Neolithic site of Asikli Höyük [Balkan-Atli; in press]. |
