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Igdeli Çesme



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Type:
Mound
Altitude:
1300 m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Nevsehir
District:
Acigöl
Village:
Yalman

Destruction :
Contemporary Settlements

TAYEx:
Visited - 4/8/2002

Registration State:
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Location: This site lies southwest of the site of Nevsehir; 7 km west of Acigöl; on the northern side of the Aksaray-Nevsehir highway; near the water fountain.
Geography and Environment: The name of the site probably comes from the water fountain. This spring must also have attracted early settlers to the site. When the site was discovered in 1964; it was under cultivation. Todd believes that the site; before it was damaged by plowing; was either a low broad mound or an open-air site. The extent of the site could not be measured. It has been determined that the obsidian finds were spread over an area larger than 200 m on the northern side of the highway. No finds were found on the southern side of the highway; although Igdeli Tepe; a hill on the southern side; yielded 30 obsidian finds. These finds may indicate a second site.
Destruction Details: The site is being used as garbage dump area of the gas station [TAYEx 4.8.2002].


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