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To date, systematic excavations and research in Kütahya, and the number is not much around. Clive Foss on behalf of the British Institute of Archaeology - Kütahya Castle, epigraphy Tomas Drew Bear - Inscriptions, David French - Roman roads and milestones, Istanbul University, Asst. Assoc. Dr. Efe Turan investigated the ancient settlements on the mound and Necropolis. Aizanoi the ancient city of the German Archaeological Institute since 1970, started the systematic excavations and research continue.

 Kutahya province of a study and research work of museum professionals in more than a hundred mounds, tumuli and ancient settlements are discovered and documented, significant archaeological materials found in salvage excavations shed light on the history of the city. Kutahya digs in Central Seyitomer Mound public finds from the Early Bronze period are obtained in a separate Kutahya Archaeology Museum are exhibited in the hall. In 2000, excavations in the village belonging to the Hittite Central Ağızören necropolis (cemetery),

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3. Kütahya's first establishment site:

Kütahya castle, and the circumference of the first settlement in our province. Germiyanoğulları also used during the excavations in the city center Roman necropolis (cemetery) fields were found. However, important findings having been found in

 the city center for the period between the Phrygians. Kütahya's ancient settlement area is not yet finally determined. When it was established, where it was established, which can not be expressed exactly when and by whom the conquest of Kütahya, a city of secrets.

Archaeological excavations in the Old Locations:

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archaeological materials were recovered in the field. Extending from the Early Bronze period, Kütahya, which finds the most important center of mass, can be reached in 1977 during the coal extraction process Tavsanli Tuncbilek, and Gevence positions on dye. Early Bronze Age finds are shedding light on the history of settlement centers of the province Seyitomer, Tavsanli - Kayi Village, Altintas - Üçhöyük,

Domanic - Apple, Sımav, Emet and Çavdarhısar regions. Discussed here, except in Western Anatolia Bitynia finds common dish typical of Troy - examples of pottery. Ağızlılar beak, three-legged pots, mugs, except Depas type, Balikesir, Bursa, Kütahya region north of this culture-specific Yortan present in the culture of the efficacy of the container for decoration.

4. Hittite - Phrygian PERIOD: