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The Hittite Stone and Sculpture Quarry at Karakiz Kasabasi and Hapis Bokazi in the District of Sorgun, Yozgat, Central Anatolia
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2012-07-01
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Summers, Geoffrey
Ozen, Erol
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An extensive stone quarry dating to the Hittite Empire period in the Late Bronze Age is located at Karakiz Kasabasi in the province ofYozgat, north-central Anatolia. In addition to numerous traces of stone quarrying, several exceptional unfinished pieces were found at the site, including two bases each sculpted from a single block and comprising a pedestal supported by a pair of lions a large drum, and a large basin. These unique pieces are described and illustrated, followed by a discussion of their probable date and cultural context. The only associated finds are fragments of stone hammers. No second-millennium settlement has been located in the region, and there is no good clue as to the intended destination of the quarried building stone and sculpted pieces.*
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/57243
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY
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https://doi.org/10.3764/aja.116.3.0507
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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Article
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G. Summers and E. Ozen, “The Hittite Stone and Sculpture Quarry at Karakiz Kasabasi and Hapis Bokazi in the District of Sorgun, Yozgat, Central Anatolia,”
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY
, pp. 507–519, 2012, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/57243.