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Mound |
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Altitude:
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750 m |
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Region:
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Black Sea |
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Kastamonu |
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Daday |
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Village:
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Yazicimeydani |
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Survey |
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| It lies to the south of Daday River; on a slope inclining towards the Kincilar Stream; 100 m north of Yazicimeydani (Meydankoy) Village; southeast of Daday District of Kastamonu Province. It was discovered in 1997 during the Kastamonu Survey conducted by A. Özdogan; C. Marro and A. Tibet. It measures 15 m in height and 250 m in diameter. Remains of mudbrick walls were uncovered in a illicitly digged pit at 3 m depth and 2x3 m width. Red burnished and washed EBA pottery was recovered as well as materials of the second millennium BC; the Phrygian; Hellenistic and Roman Periods. The site had been settled on the terrace of a natural rocky block which is 20-25 m high above the stream. It is coded under C 31 - 16. |
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