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Thelocationofthe studyarea for thisresearch ofa Middle Bronze Age Necropolisissituatedinthewest of Turkey near Afyonkarahisar. Magnetic surveying was carried out in two adjacent areas (Areas 4 and 5).Four trencheshavebeenexcavated so farandgraveswerelocatedinpositionsinterpretedfrom a magnetic survey carried out in 2005. Initial excavations have shown that cist, pithos and simple graves were placed randomly and it is suggested that Dedemezari Necropolis is similar to the well known necropoleis of Gordion and Sariket. This paper compares the results of some phase-based filters which show improved performance as edge detectors in different ways.The filters are demonstrated on synthetic magnetic data and magnetic field data from Dedemezari Necropolis. Magnetic field derivatives, both vertical and horizontal, are common and useful tools for interpretation of the magnetic anomalies. Interpretation of magnetic field derivatives, separately or together, provide images of shallow bodies from magnetic data. The horizontal derivatives of the total magnetic field were computed in the space domain by means of finite-difference relationships, and the vertical derivative was computed in the frequency domain by using fast Fourier transform filtering.Derivatives of the magnetic anomalies have been used for detection of causative bodies. The analytic signal (AS), the enhanced horizontal derivative (EHD), tilt derivative (TD), theta map, hyperbolic tilt angle (HTA) and total horizontal derivative (THDR) methods were applied not only to synthetic anomalies but also to the measured magnetic anomalies of Areas 4 and 5. However, AS and EHD produced the best results as the other methods created edge effects

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In this article seven settlements situated north-northwest of Konya and the Chalcolithic-EBA (Early Bronze Age) cultures are examined. This area links the Lykaonia Plain with the west. This article shows that this area possesses geographical and cultural unity and important natural routes. In addition we attempt to determine to which neighbouring settlements the area is linked. Our area, approximately 25-35 km north of Konya, is located on the Bozdağlar mountains (Map 1-2). These mountains are the northern range of the Taurus. This region is the natural border between ancient Lykaonia and Phrygia. The climate is different in each part of this mountainous region. We studied especially seven settlements : Malas II, Sızma, Pınarbaşı Yuğ Tepesi, Meydan Yolu, Gelemiş, Çaltı Peynirli and Büyükpınar. We treat this subject in two main sections. In the first part we deal with settlement features and conditions, and in the second part we evaluate the archaeological finds .