English: The notice in the museum came no further than "funnel terracotta". The archaeological site of Seyitömer Höyük is located within the Kütahya region of western Turkey, at an important juncture between the Mesopotamian and Mediterranean worlds. The development of advanced metal technology fuelled commerce between these distant regions as early as 3,000 B.C., leading to the establishment of important trade centers linking east and west. The best-preserved example of such a center is Seyitömer Höyük. The archaeological site of Seyitömer Höyük is situated on top of a 12 million ton coal reserve. Beginning in 2015, a private company will extract this coal, and the archaeological site will be permanently destroyed.