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Alponos / Alpoguz



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maps Alponos / Alpoguz

Type:
Single Findspot
Altitude:
m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Eskisehir
District:
Seyitgazi
Village:
Sarayören


TAYEx:
Not visited - 21/6/2002

Registration State:
For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages.
     


Location: This lies southeast of the city of Eskisehir and west of the Eskisehir-Seyitgazi highway. It is on the eastern flanks of Mount Tahtalibaba; on the plateau north of the village of Sarayören (Alponos/Alpoguz); about 25 km from Eskisehir.
Geography and Environment: There are flintstone quarries in the plateau to the north of Alponos; close to the Kocabogaz Stream. The biface handaxe mentioned below was found northwest of the village on the flanks of 1;331 m high Mount Tahtalibaba.
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