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Zeytinli

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Zeytinli
Type:
Mound
Altitude:
70 m
Region:
Mediterranean
Province:
Adana
District:
Seyhan
Village:
Zeytinli
Investigation Method:
Excavation
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It is located next to the Zeytinli Train Station on the Tarsus-Adana railway, 17 km west from the provincial center of Adana. It is one of the large mounds with terraces on its slopes, and a flat hilltop. It is 20 m high. Sherds collected from the surface during the Cilicia Survey conducted in 1951 were dated from the EBA until the Hellenistic Period [Seton-Williams 1954:131-174].
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