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Anzavurtepe |
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Type:
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Artifact Scatter |
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Altitude:
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15 m |
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Region:
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Marmara |
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Province:
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Çanakkale |
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District:
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Biga |
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Village:
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Bakacak |
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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 east-northeast of the city of Çanakkale; northwest of the town of Biga and near the town of Bakacak (it is not specified what part of the village the site lies in). |
| Geography and Environment: Anzavurtepe; which lies by the southern border of the Biga Plain; is a natural hillock. The finds were found especially on the flanks of this hill and on the fields around it [Özdogan 1990:450; fig.2]. Part of the hill and the surrounding region is wooded as evident in the site photo published by Özdogan. Bakacak stream flows on the western side of the settlement. No information has been provided on flint outcrops in the vicinity. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: The site was discovered in 1988 during M. Özdogan's survey in Thrace and in the Marmara Region. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
| Stratigraphy: There was a small Byzantine habitation on Anzavurtepe. Chipped stone tools are abundant at the base of the hill. Because the stratigraphy of the site is not known; it has been listed as an artifact scatter rather than a habitation site or an atelier. |
| Small Finds: Chipped Stone: The finds include bladelets; many of which are made of flint while some are obsidian. |
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| Interpretation and Dating: Özdogan believes that the chipped stone tools he found here resemble those from the the Çalça District of the Çan Plain in the same province [Özdogan 1990a:450]. No pottery fragments were found. The chipped stone tools from this site have been assigned to the Neolithic while the finds from Çalça Mevkii date to the Epipalaeolithic-Aceramic Neolithic Periods. This site can; therefore; skeptically be assigned to the Epipalaeolithic (?) and the Aceramic Neolithic. |
