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Alicik Höyük |
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Type:
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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730 m |
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Region:
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Black Sea |
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Province:
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Amasya |
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District:
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Merzifon |
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Village:
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Alicik |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Early Iron Age Middle Iron Age Late Iron Age |
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| It lies 3 km south of the Merzifon-Gümüshaciköy motorway at 8th km; west of Merzifon District; northwest of Amasya Province. It measures 150x120x25 m in dimensions. The surveys yielded sherds from the First Bronze Age II-III, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, Hellenistic Age and Roman Period as well as paint decorated sherds indicating the Late Iron Age. Two of them are fragments of a bowl, and one is body fragment of a jar. The first bowl which was dated to the Late Iron Age has an inverted rim and carination. Its outer surface is decorated with wide horizontal bands, and a similarly decorated vessel was uncovered in Kaman-Kalehöyük. The other sherd belonging to the Late Iron Age has a slightly inverted rim and a rounded body. There is a horizontal band within the interior surface of the bowl. A paralel decoration is observed at Bogazköy/ Büyükkale. The last specimen is a body fragment of a jar. In the exterior surface, there are concentric triangle motifs, the center being filled with dots. Similar decorations are observed in Alaca Höyük. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
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