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Maşat Höyük
40.1483° N, 35.7622° E
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Maşat Höyük is a Bronze Age Hittite archaeological site 100 km nearly east of Boğazkale/Hattusa, about 20 km south of Zile, Tokat Province, north-central Turkey, not far from the Çekerek River. The site is under agricultural use and is plowed. It was first excavated in the 1970s. During the Hittite period, it is believed to have been named Tappika (Tabigga, Tabikka).
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Late Helladic pottery (14th century BC)
14th century BCE
Dendrochronology sample dated
1353 BCE
Surface cuneiform tablet found
1943
Small excavation
1945
Full excavation begins
1973
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