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Battal |
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Type:
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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1065 m |
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Region:
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Central Anatolia |
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Province:
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Yozgat |
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District:
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Battal |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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EBA III |
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| Location: It lies east of the Battal Village in the valley of Konak Suyu; about 35 km southeast of the Yozgat Province. West of the mound Yozgat-Yenipazar motorway passes. |
| Geography and Environment: The mound is not very big in size. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: Survey was carried out in 1961. Many sherds of the painted ware were collected. The finds preserved at the excavation house of Bogazköy during 1960's were evaluated by W. Orthmann according to the pottery industry of Anatolia in the third millennium BC. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
| Stratigraphy: Although no excavation was carried out; on the basis of the surface finds it is suggested that the site had been occupied between the third and second millennia BC. |
| Small Finds: Pottery: Among the plain ware of EBA; bowls; big jugs and feet of vessels are prominent. Their forms are not distinctive than the Cappadoccia ware dating from the end of EBA. Samples of the Cappodician ware are dominant among the painted ware. There are bowls with unrolled rims and big jugs. The decorations and combination of red; black and brown colors applied on bowls remind more of the Late Cappadoccian ware. Only one sherd was found which is comparable with the EBA ware of Alisar and Çiçekdagi [Orthmann 1963:fig. 87/29-03]. Ware datable to the intermediate period was found as well. One of the samples of this ware is a painting decorated handled bowl [Orthmann 1963:pl.87/29-06]. |
| Remains: |
| Interpretation and Dating: Analyzing the collected surface finds; W. Orthmann stated that the site certainly dates to the transition period from the end of the third millennium BC to the beginning of the second millennium BC (EBA III - MBA I) [Orthmann 1963:61]. |
