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Arvalya / Gülhanim Höyük |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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30 m |
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Region:
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Aegean |
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Province:
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Izmir |
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District:
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Selçuk |
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Village:
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Merkez |
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Survey |
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| It lies south of the field called Gülhanim; immediate west of the Selçuk-Kusadasi Highway; southwest of the ancient city of Ephesus and Selçuk District; south of Izmir Province. To the south flows the Arvalya Stream. The mound is also known as Arvalya. It was discovered by the researchers of the Efes (Ephesus) Archaeological Museum in 1995. It has been severely damaged due to heavy cultivation for a long period of time. The standing part looks like a tumulus from a distance. It is clear that the settlement was; once; a shore by the Aegean Sea. Handmade sherds with a coarse paste and pierced-lug are compared with the finds of Çukuriçi Höyügü located east-northeast of the mound. Burnished flat stone axes were found. Blade tools in flintstone and obsidian were recovered from the northern part of mound and the flooded sections. It is suggested that the site had been inhabited between the Neolithic (?) Age and the second millennium BC. The survey performed with court authority on the mound surface suggests that the archaeological findings on the mound mostly consist of Early Bronze Age hand-made red or black burnished terra cotta sherds. Very few classic age surface material was encountered on the mound. There is a heap in the northeast of the mound which was composed of soil removal. The stratigraphic profiles preserved on the heap suggested an urbanization and it was observed that this urbanization is similar to typical EBA urbanizations in the region in terms of typology and structure. The cobble stones and adobe were widely used in that urbanization area which has a circular form [ E. Lafli interview on 30.11.2009]. It is listed in the registered archaeological sites inventory prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
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