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Kalinkaya tumulus excavation

Title	Kalinkaya tumulus excavation
Author	TEMIZER, RACI
Publication Place	- Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Printing House
Subject	Belleten (Turkish Historical Society), 1949-10, Vol.13 (52), p.795-806
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.1347363
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_2774cae001954bd48422f41f8e50388e
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	Türk Tarih Kurumu adına Alacahöyük'te kazılara devam ederken çevrede, yüksek sırtlarda kurulan tümülüslerde çalışmak cazip bir konu teşkil ediyordu. Did these belong to the Phrygians, as in Gordion, or to more recent ages, what was the construction style, what kind of cultural objects were contained in the burial chamber? Finally, during the 1947 excavation season, we decided to open one of the Kalınkaya tumuli, which was relatively closest to the mound and was in the most intact condition in appearance. We assigned Archaeologist Raci Temizer, a member of the committee, to this task. Archaeologist Mahmut Akok also took on architectural duties. As will be detailed in the report, the excavation took 44 days with an average of 20 workers and the expected scientific results were obtained. The tumulus belongs to the Hellenistic period. This excavation is also important in terms of shedding light on the tumulus that was opened in Pazarlı in 1939 and whose nature cannot be understood because it was destroyed. In the collapsed soil of the Pazarlı tumulus, there were bricks with relief images from the Phrygian age, and a single piece of a banded sarcophagus was found at the bottom. Today, we have concluded that this piece is the sarcophage residue belonging to the person buried in the tumulus, as in Kalınkaya. Therefore, the tumulus to the north of Pazarlı belongs to the Hellenistic period, just like Kalınkaya. There are many more tumuli around the mound, as will be explained in the report. For comparison purposes, it would be appropriate to open them whenever the opportunity arises.

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Kalinkaya tumulus excavation

Author TEMIZER, RACI

Publication Place - Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Printing House

Subject Belleten (Turkish Historical Society), 1949-10, Vol.13 (52), p.795-806

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.1347363

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_2774cae001954bd48422f41f8e50388e

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes Türk Tarih Kurumu adına Alacahöyük'te kazılara devam ederken çevrede, yüksek sırtlarda kurulan tümülüslerde çalışmak cazip bir konu teşkil ediyordu. Did these belong to the Phrygians, as in Gordion, or to more recent ages, what was the construction style, what kind of cultural objects were contained in the burial chamber? Finally, during the 1947 excavation season, we decided to open one of the Kalınkaya tumuli, which was relatively closest to the mound and was in the most intact condition in appearance. We assigned Archaeologist Raci Temizer, a member of the committee, to this task. Archaeologist Mahmut Akok also took on architectural duties. As will be detailed in the report, the excavation took 44 days with an average of 20 workers and the expected scientific results were obtained. The tumulus belongs to the Hellenistic period. This excavation is also important in terms of shedding light on the tumulus that was opened in Pazarlı in 1939 and whose nature cannot be understood because it was destroyed. In the collapsed soil of the Pazarlı tumulus, there were bricks with relief images from the Phrygian age, and a single piece of a banded sarcophagus was found at the bottom. Today, we have concluded that this piece is the sarcophage residue belonging to the person buried in the tumulus, as in Kalınkaya. Therefore, the tumulus to the north of Pazarlı belongs to the Hellenistic period, just like Kalınkaya. There are many more tumuli around the mound, as will be explained in the report. For comparison purposes, it would be appropriate to open them whenever the opportunity arises.