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Çine Tepecik |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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50 m |
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Region:
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Aegean |
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Province:
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Aydin |
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District:
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Çine |
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Village:
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Karakollar |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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Period:
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Hellenistic Roman |
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| It lies 3 km southwest of Karakollar Village; northwest of Çine; south of Aydin Province. It measures 9 m in height and 40x120 m in dimensions [Akdeniz 1997a:239]. The tile graves located just below the surface that were discovered during the excavations carried out between the years of 2004 and 2010 show that the western section of the mound was used as a cemetery in later periods (Hellenistic and Roman times) [http://www.ttk.gov.tr/templates/resimler/File/Kazilar/2012/19-2011-Cine-Tepecik.pdf, 06.01.16, 16:45]. During the 2011 campaign two more tile graves were found in the plan squares of I-X/a-e in Trench K/11. These graves show that the cemetery extends towards the south of the mound. The first grave named G14 measures 0.60 m in length and 0.50 m in width. No human remains were found in this grave. Therefore, it was suggested that this small sized grave was a symbolic burial. The second grave named G15 is 1.80 long and 0.80 m wide. The head and vertebra of skeleton inside the grave were found intact. It was observed that the tiles surrounding the skeleton went deeper and damaged the LBA levels at the bottom of it [Günel 2013:378]. |
| Location: It lies 3 km southwest of Karakollar Village; northwest of Çine; south of Aydin Province. |
| Geography and Environment: The oval mound extending in north-south direction in a lowland with cultivated fields locates 1 km east of Çine Stream. The mound widens from north to south and forms a flat view close to the level of plain. It is 40x120 m in dimensions and 9 m in height. A damaged tomb chamber dating to the late periods locates on it. The areas surrounding the mound are destructed by intensive agriculture and on the top of it destruction caused by illicit digging was observed. |
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