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Asikli Höyük



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Neolithic

14C


maps Asikli Höyük

Type:
Mound
Altitude:
1145 m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Aksaray
District:
Gülagaç
Village:
Kizilkaya


TAYEx:
Visited - 3/8/2002

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


Location: This site is approximately 25 km southeast of the city of Aksaray; in the district of the Gülagaç municipality within the village of Kizilkaya in the Aksaray province. It lies approximately 1.5 km south of the village.
Geography and Environment: The site of Asikli lies in the Cappadocia Region; in the low volcanic area surrounded by the Mount Hasan and the Melendiz Mountain Chains; in the northern extensions of the Ihlara Valley and along Melendiz Stream. The mound measures 230 m east-west and 150 m north-south and is 15.35 m high in the northwest. The south of the mound is 13.16 m high and 8.22 m above the level of the road. The highest point of the mound is at an altitude of 1;119 m. The western part of the mound has been eroded by the Melendiz Stream.
Destruction Details:


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