Horoztepe Hellenistic Fortification
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Tom Elliott
Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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History
Olshausen describes at Horoztepe (Berg) the remains of a fortified settlement (Burg-ruinen) with Hellenistic stairways, cisterns, and rock tombs, but walls of a "later date". Horoztepe, located at modern Bergaa in Turkey's Tokat province, is best known as the site of a Bronze Age settlement and associated cemetery of the Hatti culture. Only cursory publications of the mid-20th-century excavations have appeared; none mention a later fortification, and none are visible in modern, publicly available aerial/satellite imagery.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/283551279
40.41894415, 36.91625275
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- Horoztepe Hellenistic Fortification located near Horoztepe Bronze Age Settlement and Necropolis (unspecified date range)
settlement (fortified)
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Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Horoztepe Hellenistic Fortification: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/283551279> [accessed: 15 November 2025]
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