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Çayköy |
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Upland Settlement |
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Black Sea |
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Tokat |
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Turhal |
Village:
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Çayköy |
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Survey |
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Early Iron Age Middle Iron Age Late Iron Age |
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It is located within the borders of the Çayköy Village in the Turhal District of Tokat. It lies north of Çayköy, 250 m south of the Pazar-Zile motorway. It was discovered in 1955 by C.A. Burney. It is a hilltop settlement spreaded onto a wide terrain. Next to it rises a tumulus. Sherds from the Iron Age were collected from the surface of tumulus while hilltop settlement yielded sherds dating to the Classical Age. |
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