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- 39.9937°N · 41.5223°E
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It stands 24 km northeast of Erzurum, on the south bank of the Çökender, a tributary of the Aras. The mound is named after Sos, the former name of the neighbouring village of Yiğittaşı. It measures 270 by 150 metres and rises 20 metres. Antonio Sagona dug here from 1994 to 2000 and separated five layers: the lowest building level dates to the Late Chalcolithic (3500-3000 BC), the topmost layer to the medieval period (AD 1110-1300). Like Karaz, Pulur and Güzelova, Sos represents an unbroken culture from the Late Chalcolithic into the Bronze Age, herding-led because of the climate. Village houses now cover every side but the northern one.
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Did you know
- The mound first drew the excavators' attention while they were digging Karaz, Güzelova and Pulur on the Erzurum plain.
- A single season was dug in 1987 by Erzurum University and Atatürk University together, but it was never published.
- Four building levels were identified in the lowest layer; Vb-Vd are dated to the Early Bronze Age (3000-2000 BC).
- Finds from Sos and Büyüktepe supplied the dating evidence for the Late Bronze and Iron Ages in the Erzurum-Bayburt region; Sagona puts the Late Bronze Age at 1500-1000 BC.
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