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Tumulus |
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Black Sea |
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Samsun |
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Atakum |
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Büyükoyumca |
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Survey |
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| It is located in a place about 500 m above Samsun-Bafra motorway which is at a dominating position for the sea; in Esenler Quarter in Atakum District of Samsun Province. The tumulus appears in the Samsun Culture Inventory which was achieved after the surveys organized by the Samsun Special Provincial Administration Directorship of Development and Construction in 2009. It is 40 m in diameter and 10 m in height. |
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