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Arap Tepesi |
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Mound |
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Central Anatolia |
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Aksaray |
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Merkez |
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Helvadere |
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It is located at Incesu Mevkii; Helvadere Beldesi in Merkez District of Aksaray Province. The settlement appears in the Aksaray Culture Inventory which was achieved after the surveys organized by the Aksaray Province Culture and Tourism Directorship in 2009. It is 110 m wide and 5 m high from north to south. There is a dried up stream bed on its west. The soil of the mound is solid and rocky. There are a few obsidian pieces and sherds dated to EBA, IA and Hellenistic Period among the finds recovered on the surface. |
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