Kurt Bittel

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Kurt Bittel

German archaeologist

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Anatolian religion
Burial customs
In 1952 Kurt Bittel excavated two sites near Yazılıkaya, close to a natural rock outcrop. One site contained 72 burials, 50 of which were cremations. The other site contained only cremations, and the presence of some precious objects among them suggests that these might be burials of…
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In 1952 Kurt Bittel excavated two sites near Yazılıkaya, close to a natural rock outcrop. One site contained 72 burials, 50 of which were cremations. The other site contained only cremations, and the presence of some precious objects among them suggests that these might be burials of…
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Boğazköy
Excavations
…the German Orient Society, with Kurt Bittel as field director. They continued from 1931 to 1939 and again after World War II. Those excavations established the stratigraphy and, thereby, the history of the site, besides yielding many more tablets from several locations on Büyükkale and the area of the Great…
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…the German Orient Society, with Kurt Bittel as field director. They continued from 1931 to 1939 and again after World War II. Those excavations established the stratigraphy and, thereby, the history of the site, besides yielding many more tablets from several locations on Büyükkale and the area of the Great…
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