The tell settlement was known in ancient times as a Roman colony under the name of Komama. It is located on a wide plain about 2.5 km east of the village of Ürkütlü in the district of Bucak in the province of Burdur. The site is located at a strategic point where several natural transportation routes intersect. From west to east, a main road, which was extended in Roman times to form the Via Sebaste, connected northern Pisidia and southern Phrygia with Pamphylia. At this point, a path branches off to the north, leading along the former lake of Kestel (Paludes) to Kremna and Sagalassos. Another path leads southwest across the Elmalı plain to Lycia.
More Information
- Becks, Ralf. 2016. “Tarih Öncesinde Likya – The Prehistory of Lycia.” Pp. 26–35 in Lukka’dan Likya’ya – Sarpedon ve Aziz Nikolaos’un Ülkesi / From Lukka to Lycia – The Land of Sarpedon and St. Nicholas, edited by H. Işkan and E. Dündar.
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Latitude: 37.318517 Longitude: 30.334067Specific Location
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"Şeref Höyük – Komama." Luwian Studies. Accessed . https://luwianstudies.org/site/seref-hoyuk-komama.