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Tilan Hüyük |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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90 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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Kozan |
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Village:
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Gökçeyol |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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| The mound is located in Tilan Quareter of Gökçeyol Village; 2.4 km southeast of Torunlar Village; approximately 16 km southeast of Kozan District; northeast of Adana Province. The Deli Stream passes by one side of the mound. The other side leant by Tilan Village. It is located east of the Ceyhan-Kozan motorway. It is 40 m high. Probably it rises on a natural hill. The cultural deposit is suggested to be as thick as 20 m. It is claimed to be left largely from the Iron Age. Samples of the red and black burnished ware recovered during the Cilicia survey in 1951 are suggested to belong to EBA by M. V. Seton-Williams. Pottery ranging from the Chalcolithic Age [Harmankaya et al. 1998:Tilan] to the Hellenistic Period is recovered. |
| Location: The mound is located in Tilan Quarter of Gökçeyol Village; 2.4 km southeast of Torunlar Village; approximately 16 km southeast of Kozan District; northeast of Adana Province. |
| Geography and Environment: The mound; including the natural hill it lies on; is 40 m high. It is believed that the cultural deposits comprise 20 m. There is a village on one side of the site while on the other side of the site is Deli Stream. The mound is very large and terraced. The exact dimensions have not been provided. |
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