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Examination of the skulls unearthed from the Masat-Höyük excavation carried out on behalf of the Turkish Historical Society

Title	Examination of the skulls unearthed from the Masat-Höyük excavation carried out on behalf of the Turkish Historical Society
Author	SENYÜREK, MUZAFFER S
Publication Place	- Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Printing House
Subject	Belleten (Turkish Historical Society), 1946-04, Vol.10 (38), p.231-242
Type	Periodical
Language	eng,tur
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	The University of Leicester Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 0041-4255, DOI: 10.37879/ttkbelleten.1364038
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_04276afa0fd3413c810c8972762504e9
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	Maşat mound, located near Maşat village of Zile district of Tokat province, was discovered in the summer of 1945 by Associate Professor Dr. Under the management of Ekrem Akurgal and Dr. It was excavated by a team consisting of Nimet and Tahsin Özgüç. 7 very broken skeletal remains were unearthed from the Copper Age level of this mound, which contains settlement levels from the Chalcolithic, Copper, Ethi and Phrygian periods. Five of these skeletons were given to me for examination. The excavators report that they did not bring back two child skeletons (Nos. 1 and 5), which were very broken and crushed.

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Examination of the skulls unearthed from the Masat-Höyük excavation carried out on behalf of the Turkish Historical Society

Author SENYÜREK, MUZAFFER S

Publication Place - Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Printing House

Subject Belleten (Turkish Historical Society), 1946-04, Vol.10 (38), p.231-242

Type Periodical

Language eng,tur

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library The University of Leicester Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 0041-4255, DOI: 10.37879/ttkbelleten.1364038

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_04276afa0fd3413c810c8972762504e9

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes Maşat mound, located near Maşat village of Zile district of Tokat province, was discovered in the summer of 1945 by Associate Professor Dr. Under the management of Ekrem Akurgal and Dr. It was excavated by a team consisting of Nimet and Tahsin Özgüç. 7 very broken skeletal remains were unearthed from the Copper Age level of this mound, which contains settlement levels from the Chalcolithic, Copper, Ethi and Phrygian periods. Five of these skeletons were given to me for examination. The excavators report that they did not bring back two child skeletons (Nos. 1 and 5), which were very broken and crushed.