Approximately 1.5 kilometres north from Ahlatlibel, Yalincak is located
on the side of a slope. The "Ankara Stone" with its relief of a lion was
found here and was introduced to the scientific world in 1880. The relief
was used on the village fountain and in 1941 was taken to the Ankara
Anatolia Civilisations Museum. The growth of the Yalincak village since
the 1930s has seen many of the archaeological remains damaged. However,
with the assistance of the then Dean of M.E.T.U., Professor Kemal Kurdas,
many of the remains were salvaged. During 1962 and 1964, experts from the
university and Ankara Anatolia Civilisations Museum worked together on the
excavations.
Since the late Phrgyian era of 600 B.C., Yalincak has been continuously
settled. The Roman Age Galatian settlement has provided important information
to Anatolian archaeology. Yalincak's history can be best observed from its
remains, such as vessels, pottery, medals, coins and stamps used to make
impressions on objects.
Dwellings were rectangular in shape, adjoining one another and built into a hill slope. They contained 2 to 3 rooms. Due to houses being on a slope, the thresholds were entered by walking down a few steps. In the walls, doorways,rooms and furnishings one can find marble pieces used in the architecture of previous periods. The buildings were erected dring the Byzantine Era and from the findings it is suggested that peolpe lived here well into the Ottaman Era.
At the top of the hill slope and to the west of the houses, large blocks of
stone weave around the area creating a protective wall. In the Yalincak
fortress, a statue of Kybele, clay horse statues and a marble Zeus relief
were found, which indicate that these structures were functional well into
the late Roman Era.
In the tower stucture, a second smaller room has yielded two top pieces of
Ionian columns as well as, a key with the bottom part made of iron and the
top part of bronze with the head of a ram adorning it. In a large building,
with a courtyard and two rows of columns, six column pedestals have been
found.
In the excavations of Yalincak, the cemetery has been located just behind the village's large fountain. The sarcophagi of eight people have been discovered and two glass braclets, known to be burial gifts, were found in the graves.
