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Alyahanun

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Alyahanun
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
65 m
Region:
Mediterranean
Province:
Adana
District:
Karatas
Village:
Yerdelen
Investigation Method:
Survey
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The mound lies 1.2 km northeast of Yerdelen Village; 19 km south-southwest of Adana Province. It is located 100 m off the eastern bank of the Seyhan River. Based on the sherds collected during the Cilicia Survey in 1951, it was proposed that it had been occupied from the Chalcolithic Age throughout the Roman Period [Seton-Williams 1954:130-148].
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