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Mound |
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Altitude:
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980 m |
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Region:
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Black Sea |
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Sinop |
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District:
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Gerze |
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Village:
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Sarimsak |
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Survey |
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| It lies 700 m far from the Sarimsak-Tilkilik road on the eastern bank of the Sarimsak Stream; south of Gerze District of Sinop Province. It was discovered during the Sinop Survey conducted by M.A. Isin. It measures 10 m in height and 100x75 in dimensions. Pottery of the EBA; the MBA and the Late Roman Period was collected from the surface. The EBA pottery is of buff and brown colored and burnished ware with a grit; seashell and plant tempered paste. |
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