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Gavur Kalesi

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Gavur Kalesi
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
1010 m
Region:
Black Sea
Province:
Tokat
District:
Zile
Village:
Savci
Investigation Method:
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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