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Höyücektepe / Kaymaktepe |
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Type:
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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40 m |
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Region:
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Aegean |
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Province:
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Izmir |
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District:
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Dikili |
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Village:
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Bahçeli |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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Period:
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Late |
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| Location: The mound lies southwest of the city of Balikesir; south of the district of Ayvalik; close to Altinova (to the southwest on Kökten's map); and close to the old Ayvalik-Dikili highway. Today; the highway passes beside the modern settlement. |
| Geography and Environment: The dimensions and the environment of the mound are not specified in the publications. To the northeast flows the Çakal Stream; and to the north a branch of Madra Stream. The region is covered with the fertile soil transported by Madra Stream and this plain is qualified for exposing the transition between the Late Neolithic Age and Early Bronze Age economies. Lambrianides has made a sounding at the skirts of another mound Ñnamely Yeni Yeldegirmeni HöyügüÑ in this region to clarify the formation of the delta. The quite coarse sherds; which with no doubt are prehistoric; found 6 m below plain level indicate the degree of erosion. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: It was first discovered by K. Kökten in 1949 and excavated same year in a 2x4 m trench. Excavations in this trench at the northern slope of the mound reached 3.58 m of depth and stopped since architectural remains were recovered at that level [Kökten 1949:816]. K. Lambrianides; who has conducted geomorphological research in 1991 in Altinova Region; reports that he was not able to find the mound and moreover that such a site in this region is not known by the locals. It is concluded that Kaymaktepe may be the hill located southeast of Altinova. |
| Stratigraphy: Kökten reports three levels at the mound. Level III dates to the EBA and some finds; suspecting the existence of a Chalcolithic Age level below; were recovered (?). However; the Chalcolithic level is not excavated at all. |
| Small Finds: Pottery: Although Kökten has expected the Chalcolithic Age levels to begin deeper than the level he has excavated; J. Seeher reports that; among those collected by Kökten; a burnish-decorated sherd belong to Kumtepe I a horizon and a rolled rim bowl sherd to Kumtepe I b [Seeher 1987b:549]. |
| Remains: |
| Interpretation and Dating: Kaymaktepe is one of those sites that cannot be understood and the location of which cannot be found due to the lack of detailed information. The question remains: Is the site totally destructed between 1949 and 1991? |
