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Ortakent Kalesi |
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Fortress |
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Altitude:
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Region:
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Ardahan |
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District:
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Hanak |
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Village:
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Ortakent |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Middle Iron Age |
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| Covering an area of 100 squaremeters 3 km north of the Ortakent Subdistrict in the Hanak District of Ardahan, it is located at the confluence of the Yünbüke and Sulakçayir Streams. With an oval plan, it rests on a hill to the immediate north of the Ortakent (hanat) Inscription, and only a small part of the fortifications built using the dry wall technique survived to the present day. The ceramic data bear characteristics of the Iron Age. |
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