Turkey

Alişar Hüyük

Ancient mound city in central Turkey

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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.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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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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Defensive Structures

Defensive Walls
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Religious and Ritual Structures

Churches
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Domestic and Habitation Structures

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Environmental and Natural Features

Artificial Mounds
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Country

Turkey

Coordinates

39.61° N, 35.26° E