In 2011 as the Cappadocia Gate excavation program came to an end, an exquisite gold ornament was found crushed under the burnt debris on the stone pavement inside the city gate inner doors (Fig. 1). The 19th fieldwork season at the Iron Age capital on the Kerkenes Dağ overlooking the village of Şahmuratlı (Figs 2, 3 and 4) started at the end of April with geophysical survey at the North End when the soil is full of moisture and conditions ideal for the electrical resistance survey. In September excavations at the Cappadocia Gate were completed and the Kerkenes 2011 Festival took place shortly after the closure of the fieldwork season..