Horoztepe is a namc giyen to a high place southeast of new Erbaa and opposite Deremahallesi. Here a natural hill exists which dominates the deep wadi of inbat Deresi, a tributary of the Yeşil Irmak, and forms the continuation of the ridges which are separated from Erbaa by this valley. This hill is not an artificial mound . İt is like a promontory of the high ground. overlooking the valley of the Yeşil Irmak. Nowadays Horoztepe and environs are all one tobacco field. In this area one finds an abundance of prehistoric potsherds, obsidian and flint tools, mortar and handmill stones. These clearly prove that there once was a flat settlement here.