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Beskaris |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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1025 m |
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Region:
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Aegean |
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Province:
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Kütahya |
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District:
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Altintas |
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Village:
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Beskaris |
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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 is located in Beskaris Village; southeast of Altintas District; south of Kütahya Province. The Beskaris Village after which the mound was named was founded entirely on the mound. It was discovered by T. Efe in 1991 during the "Surveys in the Provinces of Kütahya, Bilecik and Eskisehir". With a diameter over 200 m and a height around 20 m, it is one of the three largest mounds in the mound. On the west, a profile reaching up to a height of 14 m was formed as a result of terracing made by villagers. At a height of 2.5-3 m above the bottom of this profile a spouted pitcher, partly damaged, was found. As of ware group and form, the pitcher should have been dated to the early EBA III. The bottom section of the profile yielded EBA II material while the upper layers yielded the 2nd and 1st Millenia BC material. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
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