ARKEOLOJİK ARAŞTIRMALAR IŞIĞINDA TUNÇ ÇAĞI’NDA ERBAA

Abstract

Erbaa, which is located in Middle Black Sea Region, is an important district of Tokat. The land of the district is a gate way between Black Sea beacher and Central Anatolia Region. Meanwhile, it is located in route of ErzurumErzincan-Amasya ranging from East Anatolian region to West. Besides its strategic position, it has also mild climate, lots of streams and a fertile plain, because of all these features, Erbaa has been an important centre of population during history. Erbaa, known that the earliest habitation tracks belongs to The Chalcolithic Period, had an intensive setting in The Bronze Age. For that, besides geopolitics and geostrategic features of the region, its having Kozlu ancient copper mineral deposit has been effective. In the digs of Horoztepe graveyard, the wealth of copper- bronze works, variety and originality have been shown that region had an improved position for metallurgic movements in The Bronze Age