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Tümülüs (Asarcik / Merkez) |
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Tumulus |
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Black Sea |
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Samsun |
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Asarcik |
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Village:
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Merkez |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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| It is located at the edge of the road on the east side of the motorway; inside the woodland; in Satiba Mevkii in Biçincik Mevkii in Asarcik 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 a woody hill with a height of 2-2.5 m. There is a fence which extends in the north-south direction on the hill. Two illicit digging pits were opened on top of the hill. No traces of cultural entity or a burial chamber were encountered on the section of the pits. |
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