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İkiztepe Mound

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İkiztepe Mound

Bafra, Samsun

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A mound near Bafra that has yielded more than ten thousand artifacts from the pre-Hittite Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age.

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Entry to the excavation area without permission is not allowed.

Its story

İkiztepe is a mound consisting of two large and two small hills. At the site, discovered in 1944, excavations were carried out between 1974 and 2012, and work resumed in 2021. The cemetery, where more than 10,000 artifacts and hundreds of skeletons from the Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age were found, is key to understanding the prehistory of the Central Black Sea. The finds are displayed in the Samsun and Bafra museums.

Key facts

Period
Late Chalcolithic – Early Bronze Age
Distance
About 7 km northeast of Bafra
Excavation
1974–2012, resumed since 2021

Trip purpose

  • Photography
  • Quiet

Location

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41.61401, 35.87058

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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://samsun.ktb.gov.tr/TR-216806/ikiztepe-hoyugu.html | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6098838