<< Text Pages >> Sos Höyük - Ancient Village or Settlement in Turkey
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Multi-periodSite Name: Sos HöyükCountry: Turkey Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Erzurum Nearest Village: Yiğittaşı
Latitude: 39.993734N Longitude: 41.522195E
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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Ancient Settlement in Erzurum Province, Turkey
This oval mound, measuring 120m x 150m and 20m high, in the middle of Yiğittaşı village, has revealed 5 major levels of ancient settlement. The earliest level Va dates from the Late Chalcolithic (3,500-3,000 BCE). The Early Bronze Age levels Vb-Vd are associated with the Kura Araxes Culture.
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