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Gülpinar / Chryse |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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110 m |
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Region:
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Marmara |
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Province:
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Çanakkale |
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District:
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Ayvacik |
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Village:
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Gülpinar |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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EBA II |
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| It lies on the fields to the northwest of the Apollon Smintheus temple; about 25 km west of Ayvacik District of Çanakkale Province. The initial excavations conducted by Jean Baptiste Lechevalier at Gülpinar in 1785-86 revealed the existence of sanctuary Apollo Smintheus. R.N. Spratt, a British admiral who visited the site in 1853 to produce maps identified several remains at Gülpinar (former Külahli) as the remains of a temple dedicated to Apollo built in Ionic order. After Spratt's visit, R.P. Pullan excavated the site in the autumn of 1866 and found scientific evidence to prove Spratt's argument. 100 years later, in 1966 the remains were again declared to be a sanctuary by H. Weber. In the beginning of the 1970's Çanakkale Museum of Archaeology opened soundings in and around the sanctuary. The systematic excavations launched by C. Özgünel in 1981 are still going on at the site. During the excavations of the Apollon Smintheus temple by C. Özgünel; soundings carried out 200 m northwest of the temple yielded prehistoric finds which were; later on; published by J. Seeher. Vast majority of the materials recovered from Gülpinar belongs to the Besiktepe-Kumtepe Ia period. Also found is the Troy I pottery. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
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