Sector 4
It covers the inner side of the southern fortification wall, 50 m long and 10 m wide. The excavations of this area are a follow-up of the excavations conducted in 1967.
During the excavations, the most complete stratigraphic image of the profile along the complete northern side of the sector has been found. It shows active usage of this part of Kale in the course of the Ottoman and medieval period, and there are also vestiges of the oldest life, an Eneolithic settlement found at a depth of 6 meters.
In the medieval period, the area besides the south fortification wall was intensively used to organise various craft workshops, whose architectural parts are well preserved. The vestiges of hearths, dross and numerous typical vessels for metal melting a testimony for their usage.
In the late Middle Ages, there was also a part of a necropolis here; 11 graves with buried deceased have been excavated.
In the Ottoman period, these graves were often covered with thicker layers of rubble, and the metal processing tradition continued.
In the course of the excavations so far, bigger quantities of movable archaeological materials were also discovered apart from these architectural vestiges. More that hundred bronze coins of the Ottoman and medieval period can be mentioned, as well as a big number of whole or fragmented pottery, utility objects of stone and bone, parts of iron and stone weapons, as well as several pieces of bronze, glass and silver jewellery.
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