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Tepetarla

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Tepetarla
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
1480 m
Region:
Black Sea
Province:
Ordu
District:
Mesudiye
Village:
Çardakli
Investigation Method:
Survey
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The mound lies southwest of Ordu and of Mesudiye district; 1 km west of Çardakli village; 500 m southwest of Demircili quarter; in Degirmenardi Mevkii. It is 15 m higher than the plain level and measures 200x150 m. Karapinar stream that runs north and east of the mound has destructed it partially. M. Özsait who has discovered the mound in 1991; reports that it has been settled widely in EBA 1 after a single-phase Chalcolithic Age settlement. A few Iron Age sherds are; as well; recovered from the surface.
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