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Kaman-Kalehöyük
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<p>Kaman-Kalehöyük is a multi-period <a href="/facts/Archaeological_site/zC1LtpXB">archaeological site</a> in <a href="/facts/K%C4%B1r%C5%9Fehir_Province/zNtsnf4U">Kırşehir Province</a>, <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a>, around 100 km south east of <a href="/facts/Ankara/llGIJ0vj">Ankara</a>, 6 km east of the town center of <a href="/facts/Kaman,_K%C4%B1r%C5%9Fehir/WAzrGfB0">Kaman</a>. It is a <a href="/facts/Tell_(archaeology)/mm2YwoWJ">tell</a> or mound site that was occupied during the <a href="/facts/Bronze_Age/c09qWcTt">Bronze Age</a>, <a href="/facts/Iron_Age/mpQYShI0">Iron Age</a> and <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Empire/6QvfTRsg">Ottoman</a> periods. Excavations in the mound have been carried out since 1986 under the direction of Sachihiro Omura [ja], on behalf of the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan [ja] and the Japanese Anatolian Archeology Institute. The distance to <a href="/facts/Hattusa/DJAtN4Bx">Hattusa</a>, the Hittite capital, is about 100 km. </p>