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ID: 7026158
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7026158
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kestel (prehistoric site)  Kestel (prehistoric site)

Coordinates:
Lat: 37 48 43 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 37.8120  decimal degrees
Long: 034 55 01 E  degrees minutes   Long: 34.9170  decimal degrees

Note: Bronze Age site where excavations & analysis revealed that tin mining & smelting were developed industries in the area as long ago as 2870 BCE; site is associated with the nearby mining village of Göltepe; noteworthy because the source of Near Eastern Bronze Age tin has previously been unknown.

Names:
Kestel (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Türkiye (nation)  ........  Türkiye (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Niğde (province)  ............  Niğde (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Kestel (prehistoric site)  ................  Kestel (prehistoric site) (P)

Place Types:
prehistoric site (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
mining center (H)
Bronze Age (H)

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Göltepe .......... (deserted settlement)
..............................  (World, Asia, Türkiye, Niğde) [7026156]

Sources and Contributors:
Kestel..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  American Journal of Archaeology (1897-) vol.97, no. 2, 4/93
.................  Göltepe/Kestel Project
.................  Turktravel.net
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  American Journal of Archaeology (1897-) vol.97, no. 2, 4/93
..................  Anatolian Atlas (2022-)
..................  Göltepe/Kestel Project
..................  Turktravel.net
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Göltepe/Kestel Project

 

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