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Minareli / Tilwa Höyük |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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90 m |
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Region:
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Mediterranean |
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Province:
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Osmaniye |
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District:
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Toprakkale |
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Village:
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Aslanpinari |
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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 2.3 km west-southwest of Aslanpinari Village; 7 km north of Toprakkale District; east of Adana Province. It is named as Tilwa Höyük in some publications and also locally known as Kursunlu-Telkova. The conical mound Ñwhich constitutes only a portion of the settlementÑ lies on a natural basalt elevation and the total height from the plain level is 40 m. It is discovered during the 1951 Cilicia Survey by M.V. Seton-Williams. Sherds collected from the surface verify settlement from probably Chalcolithic Age to Islamic Period. Sherds in Coba ware of Chalcolithic Age are recovered. It is assumed that this location is the settlement named Magarali Höyük found 7 km from Sayhöyük Village of Toprakkale District in 2008, by F. Tülek [Tülek 2010:74-75]. |
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