Object description

Hisarlik , often spelled Hissarlik, is the Turkish name for an ancient city located in what is known historically as Anatolia, Turkish anadolu. It is part of Çanakkale, Turkey. The archaeological site lies approximately 6.5 kilometres from the Aegean Sea and about the same distance from the Dardanelles. The site is a partial tell, or artificial hill, elevated in layers over an original site. In this case the original site was already elevated, being the west end of a ridge projecting in an east–west direction from a mountain range.