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type were found there. The tablets appear to be typical of an Assyrian trading outpost typical of that time in Anatolia. In two cases the writer mentions having returned from
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Age occupation slowly spread off the mound and outer defenses were built. Eventually in the Early Bronze Age a large defensive fortification wall, with gates, was built.
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Kealhofer, L., Grave, P., & Marsh, B., "In search of Tabal, central Anatolia: Iron Age interaction at Alişar Höyük", Anatolian Studies, 73, pp. 69-98, 2023
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