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Hasköy |
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Type:
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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70 m |
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Region:
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Marmara |
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Province:
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Edirne |
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District:
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Enez |
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Village:
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Hasköy |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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EBA I EBA II |
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| Location: It lies east of the Hasköy Health House on the northern side of the Enez-Kesan motorway; southeast of the Enez District; south-southwest of the Edirne Province. It is easily accessible since it is only 100 m far from the motorway; but it can not be easily noticed from a far distance. |
| Geography and Environment: It is an oval flat hill. It measures 65x30 m in dimensions located between the higher hills on the south and east. Since it is combined with the northern ridge on the same level; the rocky block looks like an extension of the ridge. However; it is 9 m high from the field on the west. S. Basaran reports that the mound looks like an island in the middle of the streams flowing on the east and the west. As the hill is protected against the cold winter winds; the site was occupied not only during the prehistoric ages; but also in later periods. The spring on the southern slope still supplies water to the modern village. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: It was discovered in 1989 by S. Basaran. |
| Stratigraphy: The material collected both from the surface and the channel suggested that the site had been inhabited from EBA I onwards [Basaran 1999:172]. Sherds probably dating from the Hellenistic; Roman and Byzantine Periods were collected from the top hill and western ridges. |
| Small Finds: Pottery: Sherds dated from the EBA I and II by S. Basaran are reported belonging to the black; brown or grey colored; matt burnished ware. Forms of handmade flat plates; unrolled or out-rolled rimmed vessels; S-profiled bowls and shallow-necked jugs were identified [Basaran 1999:pl.3-4]. Also found are sherds of vessels with rounded rims. Clay: Two spindle whorls in terra cotta are suggested belonging to EBA [Basaran 1999:pl.3/11-12]. One of them bears radiated forms of incision decorations with punctuations in between. |
| Remains: |
| Interpretation and Dating: S. Basaran reports that the material recovered from the surface of the mound is comparable with the Anatolia and Balkans' finds; and contemporary with Pandir Bahçe Höyügü on the basis of the similarities. However; among the material published for two mounds; there are distinctive forms as well. |
