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Çandır Höyük

PKC6171
TITLEÇandır Höyük
WGS84 38.185383° N, 29.9859° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 38.185383, 29.9859
LON/LAT 29.9859, 38.185383

DMS 38° 11' 7.3788" N,29° 59' 9.24" E

W3Wperfects, follies, segue
UTM35 S, 761521, 4230599
EGSA87 1024300, 4243067

Elevation m827
Elevation feet 2713.3
RegionAnatolia
SubregionPhrygia





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Settlement

TYPE

1.    settlement.   Luwian Studies [nd],     'The tell is located about 1 km south of the village of Çandır ... '


SITE SIZE

- Luwian Studies [nd]  p. ,  Size: 78000 sq. m.  'The largest is about 300 x 260 m in size.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Late Neolithic: (4500 BC - 3100 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'The earliest finds were dated to the late Neolithic period and these are similar to finds made at Hacılar. Apparently, the settlement was abandoned in the early Chalkolithic ... '

2. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Periods: EBA, ECH, LBA, LN, MBA', ' ... re-inhabited in the early Bronze Age ... '

3. Middle Bronze Age: (2100 BC - 1550 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Periods: EBA, ECH, LBA, LN, MBA'

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Luwian Studies [nd]: , 'Periods: EBA, ECH, LBA, LN, MBA', ' ... and abandoned again at the end of the Late Bronze Age.'

NOTES

1.  Cf. C6172 and C6173. Zangger (op. cit.) says 'These three tells should be regarded as one site.'

2.  Position from Luwian Studies site here.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Luwian Studies [nd]:  Zangger, Eberhard. , ''Çandır Höyük; Number: 95'', Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C6171 is at 36.88384° N, 30.6785° E, a straight-line distance of 157 km and 254 m.