Early Bronze Age finds came out of this mound in the excavations of 1940-1942, in the Kavak district of Samsun. What stands out in them is the burial practice: the dead were laid on levelled earth in the foetal position.
Among the grave goods were handmade vessels in black, red and brown with incised grooves, a flat axe, a dagger, a bone awl and spindle whorls. The mound is on the Samsun-Ankara road, about 40 kilometres from Samsun.
Getting there
- Access
- Within the Kavak district, about forty kilometres from Samsun on the Samsun–Ankara road.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Samsun as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 7.2 °C in February to 23.7 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in November (83 mm) and lightest in July (35 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
