Beycesultan - Beyce Sultan

Beycesultan Höyük is an archaeological site in western Anatolia (Asia Minor),  in a bend of an old tributary of Büyük Menderes River (Maeander River). The inhabitation of the site dates from Late Chalcolithic (5th millennium BC) to the Byzantine period.

The earliest buildings were the rectangular rooms with mudbrick walls based on stone foundations, with benches along the walls. With increased settlemen during the Bronze Age settlement the architecture changed as well. The Megaron-like structures with porticoes in the front of and a fireplace in the main hall has been erected. The small temples were built next to the large constructions with sacred horns.

The settlement was destroyed  and abandoned c. 1700 BC.

Sources:

1. F. Dedeoğlu-E. Abay: “Beycesultan Höyük Excavation Project: New Archaeological Evidence from Late Bronze Age Layers”, Arkeoloji Dergisi 17, 2014, 1-39.
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3. Seton Lloyd, James Mellaart: Beycesultan I. The Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Levels (= Occasional Publication of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara. Band 6). British institute of archaeology at Ankara, Ankara 1962,
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6. James Mellaart, Ann Murray: Beycesultan III. Teil 2: Late Bronze Age and Phrygian Pottery and Middle and Late Bronze Age Small Objects (= Occasional Publication of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara. Band 12). British institute of archaeology at Ankara, Ankara 1995,
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