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Asarkaya

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Asarkaya
Type:
Upland Settlement
Altitude:
1350 m
Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Ankara
District:
Kizilcahamam
Village:
Incegiz
Investigation Method:
Survey
Period:
EBA II

     


It lies 1.5 km north of Incegiz Village of Kizilcahamam District; west-northwest of Cubuk Sub-District; south of Beypazari District; north of Ankara Province. It was discovered in 1996 during the survey of the late period castles and settlements of Galatia conducted by V.L.E. Vardar and N. A. Vardar. It is a rocky terrace; 100 m high; surrounded by an abyss. This rocky terrace is 1.5 km long in the northeast; southwest direction. In the middle of terrace; there are remains of a wall on a steep rock; 6-10 m high; overlooking the valley in the northern section after climbing over the summit. They don't look like fortification walls. The researchers can not make any interpretation about the period of this wall. It was built without any calcite mortar. Only sherds of EBA II were collected from the surface.
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