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Aliaga Pinari |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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725 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 |
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| It lies 500 m south of the Alicik motorway; 4 km southwest of Merzifon; northwest of Amasya Province. It is a small mound surrounded by a fertile land. It was discovered in 1987, and named after the site as Aliaga Pinari. It is in the middle of an arable field with a diameter of 100 m and height of 10 m. It has been heavily destroyed by illicit diggings. Sherds dating from the settlements in the Late Chalcolithic Age, EBA I-II-III, MBA, Colony and Old Hittite Periods, Early and Middle Iron Age, Hellenistic Period and Roman Period are observed on the surface. |
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