©The Archaeological Settlements of Turkey - TAY Project


Güleyani Tepesi

For site maps and drawings please click on the picture...

maps

For photographs please click on the photo...

Güleyanı Tepesi
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
1500 m
Region:
Black Sea
Province:
Ordu
District:
Mesudiye
Village:
Üçyol
Investigation Method:
Survey
Period:
Early

     


The 100x70 m mound; 20 m high above the plain level; lies southwest of the city of Ordu; west-northwest of Mesudiye; 2.5 km west of Üçyol; village. Üçyol-Yayla motorway passes from 300 m southeast. It is on the hill of Güleyani; located in Sahanli Mevkii. The site was discovered by M. Özsait in 1990 and sherds; dating to the Early Chalcolithic Age; EBA and Iron Age were collected from the surface. Chalcolithic Age ceramics have high technical quality. According to Özsait; Güleyani is an important site for the stratigraphy of Karadeniz.
Location:
Geography and Environment:
History:
Research and Excavation:
Stratigraphy:
Small Finds:
Remains:
Interpretation and Dating:


To List