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Kusburnu / Kepez

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Kuşburnu / Kepez
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Artifact Scatter
Altitude:
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Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Nigde
District:
Çiftlik
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It is situated at 1699-92 m altitude south of Küçük Göllü Mountain in Nigde. It was visited during the survey performed by N. Balkan-Atli et al. in 2007. The finds contain tools and point out at an Aceramic Neolithic settlement. A total of 202 obsidian finds containing 30 blades, 11 bladelets, 13 cores, 109 flakes and 11 pieces were collected. Among the finds there are 1 arrowhead, 3 chisels, 1 retouched flake, 1 retouched bifacial tip's fragment, 1 microlite and 23 use wears [Balkan-Atli et al. 2009:335].
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