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Eyice Höyük |
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Mound |
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Region:
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Aegean |
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Afyonkarahisar |
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District:
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Sinanpasa |
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Village:
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Eyice |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Early |
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| It is situated 2 km west of Baskimse Village, 3 km northeast of Akçasar, 1.5 km south of Mercimek Tepe settlement, 2 km south-southwest of Eyice Village, within the borders of Eyice Village of Sinanpasa District in Afyonkarahisar. People named this location Höyügün Dibi. There is a fountain 40 m northwest of the mound. The railroad is 60 m northwest-west. It was surveyed by Ö. Koçak in 2008. The height of Eyice Mound from the ground level is 19 m. The settlement is 185 m long in east-west direction, 165 m m in north-south direction. Since agricultural work is not being performed on the southwest-west-northwest sides of the mound the collected material belongs here. Various sherds dating from Late Neolithic, Early Neolithic, and Early Chalcolithic to EBA were found. Some of the Late Chalcolithic and Early Chalcolithic finds in the region are painted specimens and bear elaborate craftsmanship. These represent the richest specimens of the familiar ware previously found at Pani Höyük. Coded 308.01 [Koçak 2010:296]. Early Chalcolithic ceramics in Eyice are studied in three groups. First group consists of painted decoration in a range of colors red-brown, purple or red and its tints on cream or white coat, second group brown painted decoration on greyish-coated surface and the third group purple-red coated or painted pottery. The last two groups of wares were also found in Aslanapa with same characteristics. Purple-red coated or painted potteries constitute the most distinctive group of wares in northern Porsuk culture. In all three of these groups quality of paste is similar. Colors of paste change from red to tints of brown. Some of the pastes are cored and usually fine gritty. Mica and straw temper are not common. The most crowded group of ware is direct rim deep bowls. Closed vessels with short necks are also seen. Analogous pottery is known from the settlements in Lake District, Western Anatolia, Kütahya-Eskisehir and Konya Plain [Koçak-Bilgin 2010:29]. |
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