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Menekse Çatagi |
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Type:
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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7 m |
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Region:
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Marmara |
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Province:
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Tekirdag |
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District:
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Gazioglu |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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Period:
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Middle |
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| The mound lies on a rocky terrace on the Marmara Sea shore; approximately 12 km east of the centrum of Tekirdag. It is a broad and shallow mound divided by a stream in two in North-South axis; therefore the two portions are labeled East and West. Southern sections of both mounds are under water. On the West Mound measuring 100x60 m with a height of 3 m; where a Chalcolithic Age settlement exists; excavations by Tekirdag Museum are being conducted since 1993. In the trench labeled 17 U; wattle-and-daub huts and mudbrick structures strengthened with wooden posts are found with no apparent plan; in a limited area. The site is dated to 4500 BC. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
| Location: It lies on both banks of the Menekse Stream on rocky terraces; on the shore of the Marmara Sea; 50 m south of the Tekirdag-Istanbul motorway; 12 km east of the Tekirdag Province. |
| Geography and Environment: Flat hills lying on both banks of the Menekse Stream are named as West and East hills. In the section where the eastern and western mounds are located; shores of Marmara constitute a seaside cliff; 10 m high; formed by sandstone rocks. Beneath the cliff lie small beaches. There are two fresh water springs near the mound. The western mound measures 100x60x3 m while the eastern mound has two elevations; one measuring 2 m in height and 60 m in diameter east to the stream; and the other one being a flat elevation situated 200 m east of the stream. A portion of the eastern settlement has been truncated by the Marmara Sea. |
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