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Kizilözün |
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Mound |
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955 m |
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Central Anatolia |
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Nevsehir |
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Avanos |
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It lies at Hüyükbükü Mevkii; 11.8 km northwest of Gülsehir District; north of Nevsehir Province. It is included among the big-sized mounds. It measures 20 m in height and 300x250 m in dimensions. it is located immediate south of the Avanos-Gülsehir motorway; northern bank of the Kizilirmak River. It was discovered in 1997 by S.Y. Senyurt. Presence of pits on the southern part and sherds probably dating from the EBA; the MBA-LBA; the Iron Age; the Hellenistic-Roman Periods was reported among the pottery collected from the surface. |
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