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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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Mediterranean |
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Osmaniye |
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Toprakkale |
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Village:
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Aslanpinari |
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Survey |
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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 somu publications and also locally known as Kursunlu-Telkova. It is situated west of the Ceyhan River. It is surrounded by volcanic hills and basalt fragments. It is a conic hill which lies on a natural basalt elevation and the total height from the plain level is 40 m. Underneath; presence of another city is suggested. It is one of the biggest mounds in the eastern part of the plain. During the Cilicia Survey conducted under M.V. Seton-Williams in 1951; it has been reported that the site had been inhabited from the Chalcolithic Age to the Islamic Period. Samples of the metallic ware dating from the EBA were recovered. 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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