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Çavdir

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Çavdýr
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
1100 m
Region:
Mediterranean
Province:
Burdur
District:
Çavdir
Village:
Merkez
Investigation Method:
Survey
Period:
Early Late

     


The mound; 8 m in height and 200x100 in area; lies southwest of the city of Burdur; 2 km southwest of Çavdir; in Çiftlik Mevkii. According to J. Mellaart; the site is a Late Chalcolithic Age settlement. On the contrary; M. Özsait; who made a research in 1989; claims that Çavdir dates to the LNA-ECA depending on the monochrome ceramics. However; the mound measures 8 m in height and 70x100 m in area according to M. Özsait. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
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