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Bencik |
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Single Findspot |
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Region:
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Aegean |
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Mugla |
District:
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Datça |
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Bencik |
Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Hellenistic |
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The survey conducted by Tuna in 1991 at the vicinity of Bencik; which is located where the Datça Peninsula is connected to Anatolia; southwest of the Mugla Province yielded stamped Rhodian amphoras from the Hellenistic Period. Based on the finds; it was found out that east of Bencik was not included within the borders of Cnidus [Tuna 1983:361]. |
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