Monthly Archives: March 2011

Excavation of Coba Höyük, Sakçagöze, Turkey, 1908

Posted on March 18, 2011 by KDW

During in 1907 survey, John Garstang visit a series of artificial settlement mounds near the village of Sakje Geuzi (Sakçagöze, Turkey). The smallest of mounds, locally called Coba Höyük (written as ‘Jobba Eyuk’ by Garstang), was found to have carved … Continue reading →

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Sakçagöze Excavations: Mond’s Aerial Railway

Posted on March 3, 2011 by KDW

During the 1911 excavation at Sakçagöze in Turkey, John Garstang employed a contraption described as ‘Mond’s Aerial Railway’, named after Robert Mond, one of the funders of the excavation. At this date most of the expeditions carried out by the … Continue reading →

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