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Alişar Hüyük
39.6061° N, 35.2614° E
About
Alishar Hüyük (in modern Yozgat Province, Turkey) was an ancient Near Eastern city. It is near the modern village of Alişar, Sorgun. It has been suggested that in the Iron Age the site was part of the polity of Tabal.
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Destruction at end of Hittite occupation
c. 1200 BC
Possible link to Anitta
late 1700s BC
Erich Schmidt excavations
1927–1932
Resumption of work by Alisar Regional Project
1992
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