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Çine Tepecik |
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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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Aegean |
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Province:
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Aydin |
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District:
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Çine |
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Village:
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Karakollar |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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Ceramic |
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| It lies 3 km southwest of Karakollar Village; northwest of Çine; south of Aydin Province. It measures 9 m in height and 40x120 m in dimensions. A damaged tomb chamber dating to the late periods locates on it. The areas surrounding the mound are destructed by intensive agriculture and on the top of it destruction caused by illicit digging was observed. During the survey conducted by E. Akdeniz in 1995; EBA pottery was collected from the surface [Akdeniz 1997a:239]. It is reported that besides the EBA materials; Chalcolithic and Late Neolithic ceramics were also encountered during S. Günel's survey in 2001. The sherds with red painted chessboard pattern on white surface are compared with the painted ware of Burdur Lake Region's Late Neolithic painted ware. Besides these; 2nd millennium BC and Archaic ceramics were also found [Günel 2003:115]. In 2004 excavations started at the mound under the direction of S. Günel and a chronology extending from 2nd millennium BC to Middle Chalcolithic Age was followed [cat.une.edu.au/page/cine-tepecik%20hoyuk 3.5.2006; 11:30]. |
| Location: It lies 3 km southwest of Karakollar Village; northwest of Çine; south of Aydin Province. |
| Geography and Environment: The oval mound extending in north-south direction in a lowland with cultivated fields locates 1 km east of Çine Stream. The mound widens from north to south and forms a flat view close to the level of plain. It is 40x120 m in dimensions and 9 m in height. A damaged tomb chamber dating to the late periods locates on it. The areas surrounding the mound are destructed by intensive agriculture and on the top of it destruction caused by illicit digging was observed. |
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