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Country Türkiye
Region Niğde Province

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The Survey Database is the result of a collaboration between: Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome (KNIR) and International Association of Classical Archaeology (AIAC)

Summary

Project Description"This project is an investigation of a Bronze Age mining district and the associated town where metallurgical installations, including evidence for tinsmelting have been discovered."-Project website

Project Dates

1990 - 1996

Survey Method

Location Technique
- Basemap 1:10K to 1:50K

Research Focus

Artifacts
- Architecture
- Ceramics
- Lithics
- Metal
- Glass
Paleoecology
Demography
- Mortuary Studies
- Cultural Resource Management
Remote Sensing
- Geoprospection

Other Comments

Otherarchaeometallurgy; Replication smelting experiments; C-14 dating
Primary QuestionsTo study the production of tin in the central Taurus Mountains of Turkey (goal). To document the changing patterns of urban land use and ecology and the principle components of this change (goal).

Research Institution

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Director

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