Settlement in Yassıhöyük could date back to 6,000 B.C., predict archaeologists

The excavation works in Ovaören Village of Central Anatolian Nevşehir province has brought to light that the settlement in ancient Yassıhöyük dated back to 1,700 B.C., within this year's works.The ancient site could even date back to 6,000 B.C., said Head of excavation team and Director of the Gazi University Archaeology Department, Yücel Şenyurt.A team of 23 archaelogists along with 26 people...

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Settlement in Yassıhöyük could date back to 6,000 B.C., predict archaeologists

The excavation works in Ovaören Village of Central Anatolian Nevşehir province has brought to light that the settlement in ancient Yassıhöyük dated back to 1,700 B.C., within this year's works.

The ancient site could even date back to 6,000 B.C., said Head of excavation team and Director of the Gazi University Archaeology Department, Yücel Şenyurt.

A team of 23 archaelogists along with 26 people from the Ovaören Village carry out the excavation works, which have been launched in 2007 by decision of Council of Ministers.

Yassıhöyük, along with Topakhöyük and its booms, constitute the largest excavation fields in Turkey, with its 350,000 m2 area.

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