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Mound | |||||
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Altitude:
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1320 m | |||||
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Region:
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Black Sea | |||||
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Province:
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Tokat | |||||
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District:
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Artova | |||||
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Village:
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Yenice | |||||
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Destruction :
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Illicit Digging - Attention | |||||
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Visited - 10/8/2003 | |||||
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Registration State:
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Registered For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages. | |||||
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| Location: It lies 5 km west of the Yenice Village; 17 km north of Artova; some 25 km southwest of the Tokat Province. It is located 3 km north of the railway running from Artova to Ulus. |
| Geography and Environment: It is a small oval mound; 45 m wide and 70 m long; with a cultural deposit of 2.5 m thick. It is 60 m higher than the stream under passing. To the 70 m north; lies a spring and Kurtini Cave on a rocky block over this spring. It is informed that the interior of the cave; not surveyed yet; is full of earth. The mound is located on the ridge of a stream originating from the Akdag range and reaching to the Bebek Stream. The underlying valley has a very fertile land. The mound has been almost demolished by the treasure hunters. |
| Destruction Details: The mound has been destructed by illicit diggings [TAYEx 10.8.2003]. |
