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Mound |
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Altitude:
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1150 m |
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Region:
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Central Anatolia |
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Province:
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Nigde |
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District:
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Bor |
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Village:
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Bayat |
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Excavation |
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| It lies 3.7 km northeast of Bayat Village; west-northwest of Bor District of Nigde Province. 2.3 km northeast of the mound passes Bor-Altunhisar motorway. The site was observed and documented during TAYEx 2002 Central Anatolia region [TAYEx 7.8.2002]. The settlement appears in the Nigde Culture Inventory which was achieved after the surveys organized by the Nigde Province Culture and Tourism Directorship in 2009. The mound is about 250-300 m in diameter and 35-40 m in height. The collected sherds from the surface are dated to EBA, IA, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods. |
| Location: It is located in Nigde Province, at the entrance of Altunhisar Valley on the skirt of Melendiz Mountains, in the northeast section of Konya Plain. |
| Geography and Environment: It is located at the foot of Mount Melendiz. The site consists of 20 m high mound with a diameter of 180 m. It is set on a terrace covering roughly 300 square meters. |
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