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Büyükdere |
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Mound |
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20 m |
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Mediterranean |
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Hatay |
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Iskenderun |
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Büyükdere |
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Survey |
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| It is situated at Iskenderun Gulf of Hatay Province. It was researched by G. Lehmann et al. in 2006. It is also known as Ada Tepe; Aynul Haramiye or Ayn-al-Haramiya. It was dated to the Persian/Hellenistic, Hellenistic, and Roman and Byzantine periods [Lehmann et al. 2008:173]. Settlement remains on a low hill forming a cape at the coast. The site reaches down the beach. A dense concentration of roof tiles and pottery was found at the beach and on the low mound. Current road constructions caused salvage excavations conducted in Spring 2006 by the Antakya Museum. These excavations exposed domestic architecture in the beach area that dates to the Byzantine period exclusively. This area was the sea side edge of the site. Earlier pottery; mainly Hellenistic and Roman is concentrated on the low mound east of the modern road and covers most of the site. According Seton-Williams; the site was investigated by M. Chammas in 1930-31. Seton-Williams reported Hellenistic and Roman pottery. The name Seton-Williams gave the site; Ada Tepe; is not used by the local population. Ada Tepe is in fact the name of a high hill overlooking teh region further to the south. The local name of the site is Büyükdere. South of the low mound is a higher hill; Pınar Tepe; with some Alawite tombs overlooking the site at a height of 69 m. On the hill the team found Late Bronze Age; Iron Age and Persian period pottery [Lehmann et al. 2008:173]. |
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