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Hesigin / Tülek |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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100 m |
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Region:
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Mediterranean |
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Adana |
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District:
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Ceyhan |
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Village:
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Kurtkulagi |
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Survey |
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| The 15 m high mound lies 6.6 km north of Kurtkulagi (Kurtkuluk) Village; southeast of Ceyhan District; east-southeast of Adana Province. The real name of the mound is Tülek Höyük. It was discovered by M.V. Seton-Williams in 1951 and revisited during the survey around Çukurova conducted by the University of Bilkent in 1991. There are terraces at the top; and the mound is exteremely damaged. Irrigation ducts surround the hill in the present. Continious settlements from the EBA to Roman Period are existent at the mound. In addition; sherds of smoothed-surfaced; light slipped ware; resembling the sherds of Amuq F phase; dating to the Late Chalcolithic Age; were found. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
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