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Çiçekdagi |
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Type:
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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850 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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Yerköy |
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Village:
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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 southwest of the Yerköy District; about 42-43 km southwest of the Yozgat Province. |
| Geography and Environment: The mound is located in a plain. It is reported to be a small hill. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: Only the material recovered from the surface was analyzed by W. Orthmann. |
| Stratigraphy: |
| Small Finds: Pottery: Pottery finds of Çiçekdagi were published by W. Orthmann. The rich pottery recovered from the surface was analysed in three groups. There are sherds of burnished and washed ware in red or yellowish color on a light yellow background; washed in light yellowish color painted with dark brown on a reddish brown paste and washed in varying colors from yellowish to greenish painted with blackish brown on a light yellow or grey colored paste. Forms of flat sided small bowls; unrolled and thick-walled big bowls and jugs are common. For painted decoration; simple patterns like bands and line bundles were preferred. This painting decorated group of ware is compared to the Çiradere ware on the northeast. The unpainted groups of ware are known from Alisar and Hashöyük. Some sherds bear inserted decorations between the painting decorations. This technique resembles the impressed decoration applied on areas separated by bands. The forms of painting decorated ware are also employed for the ware of impressed decoration. Since some of the sherds belonging to monochrome washed ware resembles the painted ware both in clay and wash; it is suggested that they can be unpainted parts of the painted ware. |
| Remains: |
| Interpretation and Dating: Çiçekdagi has no other characteristics than only being published by W. Orthmann together with other significant settlements of Central Anatolia. W. Orthman doesn't date the pottery precisely. As this would again depend on the inadequate settlements of the Central Anatolia region like Alisar; dating the ware groups bearing regional characteristics becomes difficult. It can be dated; although uncertain; to the end of EBA III. |
