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Pascu Höyük |
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Type:
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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90 m |
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Region:
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Mediterranean |
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Province:
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Osmaniye |
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District:
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Kadirli |
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Village:
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Tatarli |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Ceramic |
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| Location: This site lies east of the Ceyhan-Kadirli highway; 6.2 km southwest of Tatarli Village; 20 km northeast of the town of Ceyhan; northeast of the city of Adana. It is locally known as Ikiz Tepe (Twin Hills). |
| Geography and Environment: The site lies along a stream bed of now completely dried stream which used to empty into the Ceyhan River. It is a medium sized mound 10 m in height. |
| History: |
| Research and Excavation: The site was discovered in 1951 by Seton-Williams. It takes place in the registered archaeological sites list prepared by Ministry of Culture and Tourism. |
| Stratigraphy: The ceramics collected from the site were compared with the available seriated pottery and assigned to the Late Neolithic-Early Chalcolithic; Early Bronze Age; Late Bronze Age; Hellenistic and Roman and Islamic Periods. |
| Small Finds: Pottery: Painted and burnished ware similar to Mersin Yumuktepe XXVI-XXIV and assigned to the Neolithic Period was found at the site. Chipped Stone: The surface survey conducted on the mound yielded obsidian and chipped stone finds. The finds include one characteristically Late Neolithic Amuq point. |
| Remains: |
| Interpretation and Dating: In ASPRO; the site has been placed into the fifth phase. The uncalibrated date for this phase is 8;000-7;600 BP [Hours et al. 1994:268]. Todd considers Pascu Höyük a Neolithic site. |
