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Mahmut Sekisi |
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Artifact Scatter |
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Altitude:
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1060 m |
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Region:
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Central Anatolia |
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Province:
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Nigde |
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District:
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Ulukisla |
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Village:
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Çiftehan |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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| Location: This site lies south of the city of Nigde; east of the town of Kusakli; and a couple of kilometers west of Çiftehan. |
| Geography and Environment: The site is located in the Maden Stream Valley; west of the confluence of this stream and Çatiksuyu Stream and east of Mount Aktas Tepe [Yener 1986:map of fig.1]. No information has been provided on the size; extent and the geographic setting of the site. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: The site was discovered in 1984 during the silver and lead source survey on the Bolkar Mountains; conducted by a multi-national team led by A. Yener. Mahmut Sekisi is one of the metal production sites in this area which include Bolkar Madenköy; Gümüsköy and Ali Hoca. |
| Stratigraphy: The finds from Mahmut Sekisi have been assigned to the Neolithic. No other period has been mentioned. |
| Small Finds: Chipped Stone: Mahmut Sekisi; which is an important valley-site; yielded a large quantity of obsidian tools (and possibly debitage products). The tools have not been described in detail. A. Minzoni-Deroche's drawings of these tools have been published in the survey report [Yener 1986:fig.51]. The tools include blades; points on flakes and scrapers. |
| Remains: |
| Interpretation and Dating: Roodenberg has suggested that obsidian finds from Mahmut Sekisi show close affinity with the Neolithic pressure flaked tools from Çatalhöyük and possibly Mersin Yumuktepe. No obsidian sources have been located in the Bolkardag Region and the closest obsidian outcrops are located in the mountains east and west of Nigde Province. There is no mention of ceramics from this site. The fact that some lead was found in a few Neolithic sites in Central Anatolia suggests that metal sources in the Bolkardag Region were worked as early as the Neolithic. For the time being; the finds from Mahmut Sekisi have been assigned to the Late Neolithic Period. |
