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Oymaagaç Höyük |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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285 m |
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Region:
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Black Sea |
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Province:
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Samsun |
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District:
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Vezirköprü |
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Village:
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Oymaagaç |
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Excavation |
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| It lies 500 m west of Oymaagac Village, 7.5 km north-northwest of Vezirköprü District as the crow flies. It is also called Höyük Tepe. A bronze axe claimed to be recovered from this mound and now preserved at the Samsun Archaeological Museum was published by J.A. Dengate. It was discovered during a survey conducted under U.B. Alkim in 1973. A terra cotta female idol and sherds dating to EBA were found during the surveys performed on Oymaagaç Mound, by Rainer Czichon et al. from the University of Berlin in August-September 2005. (http://www.vezirkopru.gov.tr/sayfalar/tarihce_oymaagac.html). It was investigated again during the Oymaagac-Vezirköprü Survey conducted by Czichon et al. in 2006, and sherds dating to the EBA were collected on a terrace to the west of the mound [Czichon 2008.189]. The Hittite Period temple being excavated since 2007 campaign was founded during Early Bronze Age. Besides the small finds a few clay "calculi/token" and three marble bracelet fragments suggest that the settlement was inhabited during Chalcolithic Age (Level VI). The marble bracelets are particularly specific to post-Chalcolithic Age in Central Anatolia [http://www.nerik.de/oezet/index.php?artikelid=47&abschnitt=130; 14.12.2009, 16:32]. The studies carried out so far show that the earliest in situ remain recovered from the mound is the oven found in the workshop dated to EBA. Also, the red slipped potsherds found in the well or silo dated to EBA show that it was used until MBA. It is believed that the mound is the holy city of Nerik once belonged to Hittites [Czichon-Yilmaz 2014:340]. |
| Location: It is located 500 m west of Oymaagaç Village, about 7.5 km north-northwest of Vezirköprü District of Samsun Province. |
| Geography and Environment: The mound is located on the ancient road that begins from Central Anatolia (Bogazköy) and continues towards the Black Sea (Ikiztepe). It measures about 200x180 m and 20 m in height. It is the largest settlement of Vezirköprü Plain. It is situated in a region, which has temperate climate and fertile lands and is rich in game animals lived in nearby woodlands and close to water sources [Czichon-Yilmaz 2014:339]. |
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