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elations between Kültepe and Troy. Two handled cups at Kültepe levels 11 and 12 are
in various types. Those from level 12 have red cross decorations which were also
recovered from Alişar (Özgüç, 1986: 40).
To connections to Mesopotamia is well documented by small and precious
objects which can be easily transported. An example would be a gold pendant of a
Mesopotamian type found in a grave in level 13. The pendant has a parallel in the
Royal Cemetery of Ur (ED III). In a pot grave of level 12 was a pair of spirally curled
hair rings, which differ from Alaca Höyük example, have contemporary (Akkadian
period, 2300-2200 B.C.) parallels in Tell Brak (Özgüç, 1986: 42).
Polatlı
Polatlı was first excavated in 1949 by Seton Lloyd and Nuri Gökçe. The site is
located 65 km southwest of Ankara, on the main railway to Istanbul. The site came
under attention due to the extensive damage caused by the modern inhabitants of
Polatlı withdrawing dirt from the mound for the manufacture of mud brick. As a
result, pottery and metal objects belonging to the EBA, in addition to the Hittite levels,
were uncovered and eventually made their way to Ankara (Lloyd-Gökçe, 1951: 21).
Although no “amazing” discoveries of riches were made, the complete strata
of 31 occupational levels provided a very informative picture of the pottery sequences
in the region (Lloyd-Gökçe, 1951: 23). Lloyd and Gökçe divided the occupation layer
of the site into four distinct phases: levels I-X and XI-XV represented the sub-periods
of the Bronze Age, levels XVI-XXII represented the “Cappadocian” phase and levels
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