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Boz 1 / Bozhöyük |
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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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Province:
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Adana |
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District:
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Ceyhan |
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Village:
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Günyazi |
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Survey |
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| It lies to the immediate north of the road leading to Yassica Village from the Veyseye Station, south of the Cehyan-Toprakkale railway, 15 km west of Toprakkale, east of the provincial center of Adana. Also called Boz 1, it is a double mound consisting of two adjacent hills. One of them is 40 m high together with the underlying natural elevation while the other one is 15 m high. It was discovered during the Cilicia Survey in 1951 by M.V. Seton-Williams, and according to the investigator sherds dating from the Chalcolithic Age to the Islamic Period were collected from the surface [Seton-Williams 1954:130-150, findspot no. 25]. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
| Location: This site lies north of the dirt road that goes from the Günyazi (Veysiye) Train Station to the village of Yassica; between the railroad tracks and the Ceyhan-Toprakkale highway; northeast of the town of Ceyhan and east of the city of Adana. |
| Geography and Environment: The site is one of the important mounds in the upper Çukurova Valley. There appears to be two mounds; side by side. One is a flat-topped; stepped hill which is 40 m high; while the western one is only 15 m in height. When the site was surveyed in 1951; it was reported that these hills were used for planting crops. |
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