Kaman

Kaman is a district town in northern Kirsehir Province, known for the Kaman Kalehöyük archaeological site, a multi-layered mound with Hittite, Phrygian, Roman and Ottoman layers. The Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology has been excavating here since the 1980s.

By Plane

Ankara Esenboğa Airport (ESB IATA) about 145 km north.

By Car / Road

On the D260, 20 km north of Kirsehir.

Walkable.

• Kaman Kalehöyük — Multi-period archaeological mound with a museum.

• Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology — Research centre.

• Visit the Kaman-Kalehöyük Archaeological Museum — opened 2010 with Japanese government support, displaying finds including some of the world's oldest known ironware and glass artefacts excavated at the site.

Local produce.

• Kırşehir — 20 km south.
• Ankara — 145 km north.