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Salur Höyük |
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Mound and Cemetery |
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Altitude:
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575 m |
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Region:
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Central Anatolia |
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Province:
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Çorum |
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District:
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Salur |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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EBA III |
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| It lies on the motorway; immediate south of the secondary way going to Salur Village from the Çorum-Iskilip motorway; about 32 km west-northwest of Çorum Province. It overlooks the Kizilirmak River. It has been severely damaged. It measures 15 m in height and 100x75 m in dimensions. The surface collection carried out in 1996 by T. Sipahi and T. Yildirim yielded sherds dating from the fourth; third and second millennia BC and the Iron Age. Sections revealed traces of mud-brick walls. EBA material is very rich in variety and form. The region is also rich in flintstone reserves. To the north lies a cemetery consisting of pithos graves. According to Matthews; 10 pithos graves had been demolished by deep ploughing. A bronze razor blade; pins and amulet in golden plate collected from the surface expose that the cemetery dating from the EBA has finds identical to the cemetery of Alacahöyük. |
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