A New Late Hittite Stone Workshop and Artifacts at Kuşçu-Boyacı
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Ali Özcan
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Turgut Yiğit
Abstract
A stone workshop and drawings on the walls of a rocky outcrop near the village of Kuşçu-Boyacı in the province of Kayseri province were recently examined. This paper describes a number of drawings, inscriptions and artifacts recognized in the vicinity.
Acknowledgement
We thank Abdullah Vecdi Çoban and Murat Vural who informed of the location of the quarry, thereby ensuring the protection of the finds. We are also grateful to Dr. Federico Giusfredi for his review of this text and to Muhammed Ceylan for his help with transportation.
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Note
This research was supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, TÜBİTAK).
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