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Aratol Höyük |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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Central Anatolia |
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Aksaray |
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Aratol |
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Survey |
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| It is located on the north side of Otomarsan, near Aksaray-Konya motorway in Aratol Village in Merkez District of Aksaray Province. The settlement appears in the Aksaray Culture Inventory which was achieved after the surveys organized by the Aksaray Province Culture and Tourism Directorship in 2009. In the east-west direction, it is 200 m wide and 10 m high. It is a circular shaped and flat mound. There are two sheep fold on its western skirt. The collected sherds from the surface are dated to IA and Hellenistic Period. |
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