Site Id: | 117 |
Locality: | Kırşehir |
Address: | Kalehöyük, Balâ yolu, Kaman, Kırşehir, İç Anadolu Bölgesi, Türkiye |
Coordinates: | 39.362566150000006, 33.78666636585265 |
Period: | Bronze Age |
Kaman-Kalehöyük is a multi-period archaeological site in Kırşehir Province, Turkey, around 100 km south east of Ankara, 6 km east of the town center of Kaman.[1] It is a tell or mound site that was occupied during the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Ottoman periods. Excavations in the mound have been carried out since 1986 under the direction of Sachihiro Omura, on behalf of the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan [ja] and the Japanese Anatolian Archeology Institute.[2] The distance to Hattusa, the Hittite capital, is about 100km. More on Wikipedia
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Maps of Kaman-Kalehöyük archeological site, located in Kırşehir, Türkiye.
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