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Kanal Höyük |
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Type:
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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1030 m |
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Region:
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Mediterranean |
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Province:
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Konya |
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District:
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Seydisehir |
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Village:
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Merkez |
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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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| The mound; also known as Üzümlü Höyük; lies southwest of Konya; 7.9 km east of Seydisehir; west of Bagra village. It was discovered by J. Mellaart. Due to the collected potsherds from the surface; the existence of a Late Chalcolithic Age settlement is presumed. |
| Location: This site lies southwest of the city of Konya; 7.5 km east of the town of Seydisehir and west of the village of Bagra. The mound; published as Kanal Höyük; is locally also called Üzümlü Höyük; Baglasi Höyük and Höyük Baglari. |
| Geography and Environment: The mound lies in the middle of the Seydisehir Plain; immediately west of the point where the Beysehir Canal Stream forks. East of the Beysehir underground stream; which lies along the tectonic depression between Beysehir and Sugla; is the volcanic Mount Alacadag and Mount Erenler while high hills formed by tectonic movements lie west of this stream. The Plain is covered by a thick layer of alluvial deposit. The Beysehir underground stream was formed by the flow of the excess water from Lake Beysehir to the 30 m lower Lake Sugla. Today the underground stream no longer empties into Lake Sugla and instead joins Çarsamba Stream via the Balikova Strait. |
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