 Dear colleagues, first of all I would like to thank the organizers of this session and for their kind invitation Today, I would like to discuss the survey Eskişehir Kütahya research project also known as Ekar on going on the Inland West and Anatolian plateau This mountainous region between the Ijean coast and Central Anatolia is separated from Inland West and Anatolia by the Salton mountain range and their northerly Continuation Murat mountain the Frijen highlands and Turkmen mountain and the Girdes Uşak region begins with steep slopes from Akisar Alacayir Plains and gradually rises to the east and the mountainous area east of Denizli formed the western borders of Inland West and Anatolian plateau This plateau juts into the Marmara region in the north The Afyon region forms the eastern part of the plateau The Inland West and Anatolian plateau has parallel mountain ranges with altitudes of 1900 and 2500 meters running in a southeast northwest direction along the Inland West and Anatolian plateau These ranges are separated by undulating depression planes covered by alimium and split valleys Emirda the Frijen highlands and the Turkmen mountain range border from the east plains of Afyon Altıntaş Örencik and Tavşanlı at an altitude of 1000 meters and 1500 meter These were densely settled in prehistoric times in this map the settlements in Inland West and Anatolia Dated to the early Bronze Age can be seen These datas based on survey results of James Mallard and David French as well as Turan Efez, Kütahya and Eskişehir bi-legic surveys Thanks to the excavation so far uninterrupted chronology from the Neolithic until the end of the Bronze Age has been detected unfortunately excavated Settlements such as Demir Jıyük, Küllüoba and Keçi Çayırı and rescue excavations such as Çiledir and Kureyşler Were not settled in early Bronze Age 3 or were only excavated in a limited area Of these settlements Küllüoba will be discussed first the site has been under excavation since 1969 and Gives us a chronological uninterrupted sequence until the second millennium BC This important site with its administrative building and architectural remains Provides us with evidence for social stratification and long-distance trade Since it wasn't settled in second millennium BC. We are unable to see the development in the region in order to complete This chronological gap this survey project began began in 2017 In this region large sites dated to the end of the third millennium BC and second millennium BC were intensively surveyed with new technologies in The context of the project at least one of these mounds labeled on this map Will be intensively surveyed during the upcoming working season in this way the most important and very poorly detected EB3 Middle Bronze Age and late Bronze Age periods of the region will be better understood Karapazar Mount Pursuit Mount in 2017 Yaka Kaya and Tavşanlı Mount in 2018 and Haji Kebir Mount in 2019 were intensively surveyed of These settlements the most detailed research was completed on Tavşanlı The Tavşanlı Mount is situated in a tectonic depression called the Tavşanlı Plain Which drained by means of the Orhaneli stream This plane is surrounded by a plateau that is over 200 meters The mound is possibly situated on a hill which is not very high The mound itself is located two kilometers north of Tavşanlı town and nearby the Orhaneli stream and The mound is already known in Anatolian archaeology and important archaeologists were previously interested in it James Mallard, Tahsin Özgüç and Turanife conducted surveys here and introduced the site especially Tahsin Özgüç stressed both the Tavşanlı Plain and Tavşanlı Mount as well as its connections with the Inegör Plains These previous surveys identified the settlement area as 400 meters to 300 meters and 10 meters in height This is equal to nearly 12 hectares In this video the blue area shows the settlement area of the previous surveys and The red line is the distribution area of the site after our research During our intensive survey the mound was divided into 50 to 50 squares over 450 to 450 450 meters area Which surpasses the settlement borders of the previous surveys Material from this 81 square was collected Furthermore after the detection of material outside of this area the western, southern, eastern and northern areas of these squares were also collected All of the material dated to the early Bronze Age, middle Bronze Age and late Bronze Age was collected from this area The southeastern part of the settlement had very few pot-shirts Dating to the classical periods and only a few shirts dating to the Iron Age and Middle Age were collected from the top of the mound The mound Unlike previous sites that were investigated is a big settlement according to the Western Anatolian Criterion According to the pottery distribution the mound is 650 to 680 meters size which is equal to 44 hectares and at least 18 meters of height has been detected Furthermore, geoarchaeological research was already completed at Tavshanlı Hüyük This blue area shows the archaeological protected area and red points show Drilled areas of last year's survey The soundings were completed by Levent Unju from Bilecik University Three drill soundings were made along the Orhaneli stream to the eastern part of the mound They were 5 centimeter in diameter and half open drill points of one meter were nailed and Sediment samples were collected from every meter the The soundings are three meters deep in TVS1 8 meters deep in TVS2 and 7 meters deep in TVS3 from the surface and The sediment samples from these soundings come from a cultural field The structure of the soil also indicates that this area is a slough vocationally Furthermore, the deepest sounding TVS2 contains burnt charcoal and mussel shell pieces Which provides us with radiocarbon dates From this the radiocarbon dates dated to the Neolithic period which is only previously known at 3 or 4 settlements in the Kütahir region And unknown from the Tavshanlı Mound Beyond this all phases of early Bronze Age were established Also, charcoal pieces were sampled from the burnt layer just below the surface In the plowed western slope of the mound in order to get C14 dates This gives us an information about the beginning levels of the 2nd millennium BC The results of the survey C14 dates and late Bronze Age pottery collected in the squares from the top of the mound Has helped us create this stratigraphy here due to the data in question the east-west profile of the mound and North-south sequence the height can be seen if we focus On the east-west profile We can argue that there is a late Neolithic settlement at the bottom of the mound Even though the soundings didn't reach the main soil The calibrated radiocarbon dates from the shell Gives the range of 6,074 and 5,988 BC There is also A dark-faced bear fragment from these soundings which indicates a Neolithic cultural layer over it The mound has nearly 10 meters thick of early Bronze Age field But against this thick field There is very few early Bronze Age pottery on the surface only 10 percent of the 11,000 pieces of pottery collected in the survey Is dated to early Bronze Age? There are two thick burnt layers dated to the second period of early Bronze Age So it is possible that the early Bronze Age pottery could be locked under Characteristic balls and jar forms of this period can be found in the repertoire Especially the interning rim ball variations of the black topped balls are densely found The others have simple profiles profiles So to say that the total area of the early Bronze Age settlement is 21 hectares Wouldn't be wrong The transition to the middle Bronze Age Began in 2200 BC and Middle Bronze Age pottery is distributed Nearly all over the mound And if we didn't have the Gerarchaeological soundings and their dating We could identify the mound as one of the biggest middle Bronze Age mound of Western Anatolia But above the thick fill of the early Bronze Age the second millennium level levels are thinner At least we can say a second millennium BC settlement Distribute to 230 to 300 meter wide area over nearly 8 hectares Then compared to the gigantic sizes of the second millennium BC mound This settlement seems to be to be smaller However, we can also recall the second millennium BC settlement at Seito Merhoyuk, which was recently excavated with impressive finds is just bigger by half a hectare A classic characteristic of the transition to the middle Bronze Age period is a form shown here Called the bead rim ball and flattened rim ball, which has been detected Furthermore sharp coronated versions of the bead rims were also found Over 80 percent of the pottery on the top of the flat area Of the surface is dated to late Bronze Age The pottery forms of platter, trefoil jugs, unturning rims, big pitoy were also founded Moreover, straight outside contours of the mound can be assigned of a strong fortification system This possible fortification can be dated to late Bronze Age due to the statistical results To understand this situation One week ago with the support of living studies geoarchaeological sounding and geo radar was completed in a two hectares area We hope to have the final results in a very short period of time The drill soundings was done in yellow colored points short and 80 meters deep fill And as it's seen from the photo on the right, there are many burnt layers We found new material for c14 dating After radiocarbon analysis, we can draw the eastern western and northern profiles of the mound more accurately Plus last week geo radar was completed in the area where most of the late Bronze Age pottery comes from We haven't received the complete results yet, but we hope to find the fortification system and maybe the entrance Due to the results of c14 dates geo radar research has been done on the western slope Which was dated to middle Bronze Age and eastern area which was dated to the end of the early Bronze Age First results signed to a wall of three and a half meters wide in two meters depth Even it is very early to talk A fortification system seems to be possible This wall follows the contours of the mound and separating the settlement as north and south so A site that can also be possible Furthermore to understand the small rooms behind this wall or if there is a chasm made system We have to wait results of surrounding areas of the mound This is our suggestion for the possible plan that we have done just with a simple drawing Last night So why was Tavshandovic settled the Tavshandov region is rich in metal resources Especially the domaniage in the north and the emet copper mines in the west may have been active During the Bronze Age furthermore we have evidence from Mishköy Which is 24 kilometers east of Tavshandov that silver was produced since 2500 bc during the intensive survey many pieces of Metal slag has been found Then we look at the distribution of 75 97 pieces of slag the density is higher on the mound and especially in the southeast of the mound MSICP analysis has been conducted on slags found at the settlement of Tavshandovic and settlements in the surrounding region shown on the map This analysis found both copper and silver to be present at Tavshandovic We are continuing our research on areas That metal resources are dense as seen on this map with the help of lead isotope analysis over time We hope to identify the origin of metal or place of metal production at Tavshandovic In our survey 20 small finds were detected at Tavshandovic In particular the presence of spindle whirls and weights are signs of animal husbandry and a textile-producing population Other than Tavshandovic, the survey team completed an intensive survey at Haji Kebir Mound The data from the three coined mounds showed that it was intensely settled during the middle Bronze Age and late Bronze Age Our project would like to thank Louvian studies for their big support over the past two years We'd also like to thank to Dr. Zanger for his contribution Also our thanks goes to the Ministry of Culture and these universities as you see And the ECAR team thanks all of you for listening