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Evliya Tepesi |
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Mound |
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1290 m |
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Black Sea |
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Ordu |
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Mesudiye |
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Village:
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Erikköy |
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Survey |
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| The 70x90 m mound; 15 m high above the plain level; lies south-southwest of the city of Ordu; 500 m southwest of Erik village. It is in Evliya Tepesi Mevkii; some 1.2 km southwest of the village. To the east-northeast is the cemetery of Erik Village and to the southwest Tavuk Plateau. Discovered by M. Özsait in 1993; the site is slightly damaged by Yuyacak stream to the south. Many sherds and bifaced scrapers were found on the surface. According to Özsait; the majority of the finds belong to the EBA and a little amount date to the Late Chalcolithic Age. |
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