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Ovaköy 3 |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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120 m |
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Region:
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Marmara |
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Province:
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Balikesir |
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District:
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Altieylül |
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Village:
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Ovaköy |
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Survey |
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| The mound is located southeast of Balikesir; in Ovaköy village. The 12 m high mound with a diameter of 100 m is occupied by the modern settlement and its western section is cut and partially destroyed by Ovaköy stream. The mound; lying in Balikesir plain; was first published by Stewart; labeled as Yalik and then again; by Mellaart with the same name. During his 1959 survey on the mound; D.H. French has collected sherds similar to Kumtepe I b black burnished ware [French 1969:44]. Existence of EBA and LBA settlements on the mound is probable. It was visited during the survey conducted by D. Yalçikli and his team in 2015 [Yalçikli 2017:418]. |
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