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Karamusa

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Karamusa
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
1320 m
Region:
Mediterranean
Province:
Burdur
District:
Tefenni
Village:
Karamusa
Investigation Method:
Survey
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It lies approximately 200 m north of Baspinar-Çavdir road; notrhwest of Baspinar Village; 2 km southeast of Karamusa Village; south-southeast of Tefenni Distict of Burdur. Immediate east of the site there is a well spring called Kirkgöz. It is ca. 5 m high. The survey conducted by M. Özsait yielded pottery of the EBA and the Late Neolithic-Early Chalcolithic Ages. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Location: It lies approximately 200 m north of Baspinar-Çavdir road; northwest of Baspinar Village; 2 km southeast of Karamusa Village; south-southeast of Tefenni District of Burdur. Immediate east of the site there is a well spring called Kirkgöz.
Geography and Environment: This mound; discovered by M. Özsait; is continually eroding. The mound lies beside the spring at the northern skirts of 1;666 m high Mount Düvenkaya. The current height of the mound is 5 m Özsait notes that there was continuous habitation at the site from the Late Neolithic Period on through to the Iron Age. In the photography published with the survey report; the mound appears to be small and flat looking.
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