Uşaklı Höyük

Uşaklı Höyük
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LocationYozgat Province, Turkey
RegionAnatolia
Coordinates39°48′47.2″N 35°03′09.5″E / 39.813111°N 35.052639°E / 39.813111; 35.052639
TypeSettlement
Area10 ha (2 ha upper city)
History
CulturesHittite
Site notes
ConditionIn ruins

Usakli Hoyuk (also known as Kusakli, Kusachakly, Uçaklı) is located at Büyüktaslik Village in the district of Sorgun, Yozgat Province, Turkey, to the north of Mount Kerkenes. It was an important Hittite city that flourished in the second millennium BC, and was identified as a possible location of the ancient city of Zippalanda, the centre of the cult of the Storm God.