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Type:
Mound
Altitude:
870 m
Diameter:
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Region:
Black Sea
Province:
Çorum
District:
Alaca
Village:
Eskiyapar


TAYEx:
Visited - 15/8/2003

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Location: It is located in the village of Eskiyapar; 6 km west of Alaca District; south of the Çorum Province. The modern village was moved away in 1983-84 and the surface of the mound was cleared.
Geography and Environment: It is one of the biggest mounds in the vicinity. It measures 13 m in height and 350 m in diameter. It is surrounded by a watery land in the Hüseyinabad Plain. During the studies restarted in 2010, it was measured as 11-14 m in high, 280 m in diameter on the south-east direction, 320 m in diameter on the north-west direction and the elevation of its highest is 960 m [Sipahi 2012:515]. Eskiyapar Höyük was surrounded by the major centers of Hittites such as Alaca Höyük, Bogazköy, Ortaköy. Therefore the settlement functioned as a crossroad between three settlements and constituted a geographical integrity Sipahi 2012:1].
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