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DigsSite Name: Asikli Hoyuk Alternative Name: Aşıklı HöyükCountry: Turkey Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Aksaray Nearest Village: Kızılkaya
Latitude: 38.349600N Longitude: 34.230000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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The houses had hearths and burial pits beneath the floors; in rare cases they had bins and benches. Middens and special function buildings were communal. Besides practising farming they made extensive use of wild plants and animals. (From the site information board).
See also the research project's web site (in Turkish).
And the Flickr stream.
Note: Older even than Çatalhöyük, archaeologists estimate there is another 25 years of work at this exciting site - see the latest comment on our page
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