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Flat Settlement |
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Aegean |
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Izmir |
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Urla |
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Kusçular |
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Survey |
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| It locates on the southeastern ridge of the hills separating Kusçular and Içmeler plains, 2 km west of Kusçular Village, in Urla District of Izmir Province. The Izmir-Çesme highway passes over the mound. Therefore, the northern part of the settlement has been vanished. Some of the soil that was taken during the construction of the road was emptied to the earth moving area locating 1.5 km west. It was investigated during the survey conducted by T. Caymaz and his team in 2015. The site covers an area of about 2 hectares. The finds concentrate on two sections. The eastern section yields Neolithic finds, while Chalcolithic finds concentrate in the western sections. There are potsherds, which could be dated to the beginning of EBA alongside the highway and in the earth moving area. The density of Neolithic finds increases as moving from the east of the settlement towards the motorway. Neolithic finds were also found in the earth moving area. These potsherds date to Late Neolithic based on their paste, surface treatment, and form. They are generally well fired, red-slipped, and burnished. Deep bowls with straight rim, deep jars with everted rim, shallow open bowls, short-necked jars, large jars with externally thickened rim, and large jars with everted rim are the common forms. Also, an obsidian core and a white flint core were found [Caymaz-Emeç 2017:629-32]. |
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