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Kerkenes Dag



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

Region:
Central Anatolia
Province:
Yozgat
District:
Sorgun
Village:
Sahmuratli


TAYEx:
-

Registration State:
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Location: It lies 5 km west of the Sahmuratli Village, southeast of Yozgat.
Geography and Environment: It is a city built at a very high altitude (1500 m) on a granitic mountaintop on the northern end of the Cappadocia Plain, with skillfully erected fortifications on the sloping ridges.
Destruction Details: Due to the high number of illicit diggings the characteristics of the floor covers could not be identified [Summers 2007:16]. The area in which the city wall is located near the East Gate is being severely damaged [Baran 2014:78].


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