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Ancient site· Uğurludağ, Çorum
Resuloğlu Höyük
Resuloğlu Höyük is a ancient site in Uğurludağ, Çorum; At the Resuloglu cemetery site, within the boundaries of Resuloglu Village in the Ugurludag district, excavations began in 2003 under the direction of the Corum Museum with the participation of Assoc.
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At the Resuloglu cemetery site, within the boundaries of Resuloglu Village in the Ugurludag district, excavations began in 2003 under the direction of the Corum Museum with the participation of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tayfun Yildirim and continued in 2004, yielding important findings about the beliefs and customs of Early Bronze Age people regarding the afterlife. Third millennium B.C.
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In this Early Bronze Age cemetery west of Uğurludağ in Çorum, excavation has opened 201 graves. The cemetery dates to the middle of the third millennium BC, the period immediately before the Hittites reached Anatolia. The dead were usually laid in a contracted position inside cist graves built of flat andesite or limestone blocks, and once a grave was closed, cattle heads and feet were left along its edge. Because the hooves were never removed, those parts cannot have been cooked, and so were not eaten. Illegal digging has destroyed much of the cemetery.
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- The mound was identified in 1998 by Tunç Sipahi and Tayfun Yıldırım; excavation began in 2003 under the Çorum Museum with Yıldırım as scientific director.
- The long sides of the stone cist graves run from 0.70 to 1.60 metres, and they are about 0.60 metres deep.
- Almost every grave has bronze pins over the chest, and infant graves are rich in frit, faience, agate and amethyst beads.
- The same custom was known from the royal tombs at Alaca Höyük: the head and feet of the ox went to the dead, the rest was eaten at the funeral meal.
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