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Karapinar 1

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Karapınar 1
Type:
Slope Settlement
Altitude:
1500 m
Region:
Black Sea
Province:
Ordu
District:
Mesudiye
Village:
Çardakli
Investigation Method:
Survey
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It lies 200 m northeast of the Karapinar Suyu Stream; 3 km west of Çardakli Village of Mesudiye District; south of Ordu Province. It was discovered during the 1991 Ordu-Mesudiye Survey conducted by M. Özsait. It is dated to the EBA. Sherds collected from the surface are mostly tempered with fine grit; calcite and plant. Moderately fired interior and exterior surfaces is in reddish brown. A few gray-black colored and burnished sherds was also recovered as well as some samples dating from the Chalcolithic Age.
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