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Aptalhöyük

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Aptalhöyük
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
1145 m
Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Nevsehir
District:
Gülsehir
Village:
Gökçetoprak
Investigation Method:
Survey
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It locates in Dölek Mevkii; 3 km northwest of Gökçetoprak Village; west-southwest of Gülsehir District; west-northwest of Nevsehir Province. It has been severely damaged due to heavy cultivation. It is only 3 m high at present. It is a small and flat hill. According to the distribution of pottery; its diameter is 40 m. During the survey conducted by S.Y. Senyurt in 1997 in the region sherds of the Late Chalcolithic Age; the EBA; the MBA and the LBA were collected from the surface and the fields surrounding the hill. It is reported that the Chalcolithic Age sherds were in large quantities.
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