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Tepeler / Konk |
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Mound |
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1890 m |
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Ardahan |
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Merkez |
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Tepeler |
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Survey |
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| It lies west of Tepeler (Konk) Village; immediate north of the junction of the Ardahan-Göle and the Ardahan-Ardanuç motorways; 12 km southwest of Ardahan Province. Ortaçay stream flows on its western skirt. It is located on a natural hill. Its west is steep while the east is flat. There is a terrace on the north. It was discovered by K. Köroglu in 1996. Plenty of sherds dating from the EBA was recovered on the southern part [Köroglu 1998:133-134]. The illicit diggings yielded a circular building 3 m in diameter and walls being 130 m high. An almost intact jug with a simple rim bearing the typical characteristics of the Early Transcaucasian ware was found in this building [Köroglu 1998:pic.7]. Pottery and remains belonging to the Middle and Late Iron Ages were found on the other parts of the mound. There are remains of a Middle Age fortress on the western end. It was visited during the survey conducted by S. Pataci in 2013. A great number of potsherds dating to Bronze Age, IA and Middle Age were found [Pataci 2015:106]. |
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