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Gavur Kalesi |
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Mound |
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1010 m |
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Black Sea |
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Tokat |
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Zile |
Village:
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Savci |
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Survey |
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The site is on the bank of the Gödellez Stream; 1.1 km southwest of the village of Savci; which is 14 km southwest of the district of Zile in the province of Tokat. Northwest of the site Yesilce-Savci road passes. The mound which measures 70 m in diameter and 65 m in height from the bank of the stream; was destructed by illicit digging. On the surface; Late Chalcolithic; EBA; 2nd millennium BC; Iron Age and Roman ceramics were encountered. |
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