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Findik Asar Kaya |
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City |
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Region:
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Aegean |
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Kütahya |
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Findik |
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Survey |
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Early Phrygian Middle Phrygian Late Phrygian |
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| It is a large settlement area with a fortress so called Asarkaya and rock monuments cut out in groups on rocky masses in its vicinity, rising 1 km south of the Findik Village, 25 km northeast of the Kütahya Province. It was discovered by E. Brandenburg, who conducted surveys in the region between 1901 and 1904. A comprehensive survey was conducted between 1946 and 1958 by C.H.E. Haspels, who provided an outline of the settlement and its surroundings. The remains were again surveyed in 1996, 2001 and 2002 by T. Tüfekçi-Sivas and H. Sivas, who identified many new rock monuments cut out in groups over the rock masses in the vicinity, and included them into the settlement plan. The settlement, which was established on the Asar Kaya plateau, consists of four sections. It has two entrances, one to the south, and the other to the west. The main entrance is from the south, where the main settlement area is located. The foundation holes carved into the bedrock suggest the presence of significant structures, probably of a palace. Foundation holes were carved in the form of steps for fortification on the rocks enclosing the settlement to the west. The sacred areas consisting of niches, altars and chamber tombs stand on the higher rock masses to the west and southeast of the settlement, and on the lower rock mass to the immediate east of the village. The water channel carved into the bedrock and the spring sacred area consisting of an idol on the rocks delimiting the channel, and idol-stepped altar and niches lying 300 m to the south of Asar Kaya represent the first known example so far. The channel extends in the north-south direction, with a lenght of 75 m and a depth of 0.75 m. |
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