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Yassihöyük 1

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Yassıhöyük 1
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
720 m
Region:
Aegean
Province:
Denizli
District:
Çivril
Village:
Yassihöyük
Investigation Method:
Survey
Period:
EBA II

     


It is close to Yassihöyük Village; 6.6 km south of Beycesultan; 13.5 km southwest of Çivril District; northeast Denizli Province. There are three signs for mound to the southeast of the village in the 1:200.000 map. It was discovered by J. Mellaart. It is an EBA II settlement. Yamanlar Höyük and Yassihöyük are displaced in Mellaart's map. The site was re-investugated by E. Abay and F. Dedeoglu during the survey in 2003 season and potsherds resembling the ones known from Beycesultan Late Chalcolithic; EBA 1-2; MBA and LBA layers were found.
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