History and archaeology / Mound (höyük)
Büyüktepe Höyük
Demirözü, Bayburt
A mound near the village of Çiftetaş, consisting of two hills joined by a neck, with layers from the 4th millennium BC to the Middle Ages.
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Its story
Büyüktepe Höyük is about 5 km southwest of Demirözü, 1 km north of the village of Çiftetaş, in the Beşpınar valley. It consists of two natural hills joined by a neck; the large hill rises about 20 meters above the valley floor. From 1990, excavations were carried out under the direction of Antonio Sagona in a joint project of the University of Melbourne and the Erzurum Museum. Settlement layers stretching, though intermittently, from about 3000 BC to 1200 AD have been identified; handmade pottery of the Early Transcaucasian (Kura–Araxes) tradition, and Iron Age and Hellenistic finds have been recovered. Today the site looks like an open archaeological hill.
Key facts
- Period
- Chalcolithic–Middle Ages
- Admission
- Open area
- Getting there
- Near the village of Çiftetaş, southwest of Demirözü
- Visit duration
- 30 minutes
Trip purpose
- Photography
- Quiet
Location
40.20618, 39.91480
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://goturkiye.com/bayburt/see | https://resolve.cambridge.org/core/journals/anatolian-studies/article/excavations-at-buyuktepe-hoyuk-1990-first-preliminary-report/DFD1516A175D0D696C0F0E2395542085 | https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/287893163