Site Tepecik-Çiftlik

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Site ID	625
Name of the site	Tepecik-Çiftlik
Alias name
Alternative name
District	Nigde
Region	Central Anatolia
Country	Turkey
Period	Anatolia Middle Chalcolithic Anatolia Early Chalcolithic Anatolia Late Neolithic Anatolia Middle Neolithic Anatolia Early Neolithic Anatolia Early Neolithic Anatolia Middle Neolithic Anatolia Late Neolithic Anatolia Early Chalcolithic Anatolia Middle Chalcolithic
Description	This site is a höyük in the southern part of the Central Anatolian plateau, on the south-western edge of Cappadocia, in the Melendiz Plain. In this region, there were volcanic activities (--> therefore volcanic domes, calderas and craters). There used to be a paleolake that maybe was still present in the Neolithic. It was filled up by sedimentation (volcanic ash, pumice, tephra). The soil was suitable for farming, well irrigated by perennial waters from the surrounding mountains that merge with the Melendiz River. There used to be a wild fauna, basaltic and andesitic stones for construction, and obsidian was available in the immediate vicinity. The mound is about 300 x 170 m big and named after the nearby village. The excavations of the oval höyük, an area of ca. 33 300 m², began in 2000. The topography was that of a semi-cone with a steep north-western slope. The area had been flattened due to agricultural activities from the Neolithic up to the present. The prehistoric settlement is estimated to have been the size of 6 ha. Five occupational phases were discovered: I: Late Roman/Byzantine, level 1, badly destroyed, graves were found; II: Middle Chalcolithic, level 2, mainly in the north-western part of the excavated area; III: Early Chalcolithic, level 3; IV: Pottery Neolithic Upper Phase, levels 4-5, about 400 m²; V: Pottery Neolithic, levels 6-9;
Topography	hill
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	38.171944000000
Longitude	34.493611000000
Elevation	None
Exact location	yes
Coordinate source	OREA
Number of activity periods	5
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Areas in this Site

Areas

ID 758 settlement	Anatolia Middle Chalcolithic
ID 759 settlement	Anatolia Early Chalcolithic
ID 760 settlement	Anatolia Late Neolithic
ID 761 settlement	Anatolia Middle Neolithic
ID 762 settlement	Anatolia Early Neolithic
ID 763 settlement	Anatolia Early Neolithic Anatolia Middle Neolithic Anatolia Late Neolithic Anatolia Early Chalcolithic Anatolia Middle Chalcolithic