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Karamusa |
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Type:
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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1320 m |
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Region:
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Mediterranean |
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Province:
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Burdur |
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District:
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Tefenni |
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Village:
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Karamusa |
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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 lies approximately 200 m north of Baspinar-Çavdir road; notrhwest of Baspinar Village; 2 km southeast of Karamusa Village; south-southeast of Tefenni Distict of Burdur. Immediate east of the site there is a well spring called Kirkgöz. It is 125x150 m mound; measuring 5 m in height; on the northern slopes of Düvenkaya. Quite damaged; the mound was discovered by M. Özsait. In 1984; thin-walled; red- slipped sherds; dating to the LNA-ECA; were collected from the surface. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
| Location: It lies approximately 200 m north of Baspinar-Çavdir road; northwest of Baspinar Village; 2 km southeast of Karamusa Village; south-southeast of Tefenni District of Burdur. Immediate east of the site there is a well spring called Kirkgöz. |
| Geography and Environment: This mound; discovered by M. Özsait; is continually eroding. The mound lies beside the spring at the northern skirts of 1;666 m high Mount Düvenkaya. The current height of the mound is 5 m Özsait notes that there was continuous habitation at the site from the Late Neolithic Period on through to the Iron Age. In the photography published with the survey report; the mound appears to be small and flat looking. |
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