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Alyahanun |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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65 m |
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Region:
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Mediterranean |
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Province:
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Adana |
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District:
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Karatas |
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Village:
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Yerdelen |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Middle |
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| The mound lies 100 m west of Seyhan River; 1.2 km northeast of Yerdelen Village; 19 km south-southwest of Adana Province. It is 20 m height and 120x60 m in size. A modern farm and an Islamic cemetery occupy the site. It has been interpreted that due to the collected pottery in the 1951 Cilicia Survey; the site was occupied from the Chalcolithic Age to the Roman Period. The mound dates back to the 9th phase in ASPRO. |
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