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Nergis |
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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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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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Kesik |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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EBA III |
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| It lies 2.7 km west of Kesik Village; 15 km northeast of Karatas District; southeast of Adana Province. It is a low mound. It is 5 m high. It was discovered during the Cilicia Survey conducted under M.V. Seton-Williams in 1951. It is suggested that prehistoric levels are more than the levels of other periods. Find of a goblet-like beaker (for fruits) exposes the presence of an EBA III settlement. Besides EBA material; pottery of the Hittite; Roman and Islamic Periods was recovered. |
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