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Seref Höyük

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Şeref Höyük
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
800 m
Region:
Mediterranean
Province:
Burdur
District:
Bucak
Village:
Ürkütlü
Investigation Method:
Survey
Period:
EBA I

     


It lies at Serefönü Çesmesi Mevkii; 2 km southeast of Ürkütlü Village; 13 km west of Kizilkaya; 60 km south of Burdur; northwest of Antalya Province. It measures 5 m in height and 200x150 m in dimensions. It was documented by A.M. Woodward and H.A. Ormerod as an EBA settlement in 1910. It was illustrated as the ancient city of Komama under the name of Serif/Sehir Höyük by K. Bittel and W.M. Ramsay. It was investigated by J. Mellaart in 1959 and M.Özsait in 1993-1994. The analysis of M. Özsait on the surface finds yielded one sherd of the Late Chalcolithic Age and the EBA II and sherds of the brownish-gray burnished ware belonging to EBA I. Also; sherds of the MBA; the Iron Age and the Classical Period were recovered. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
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