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Artifact Scatter |
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Mediterranean |
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Adana |
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Tufanbeyli |
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Kayapinar |
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Survey |
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The settlement is located 4.5 km southeast of Kayapınar Village; in Tufanbeyli Dictrict of Adana. During a survey conducted by K.S. Girginer; the pottery collected from the pits of the illicit diggings; dated to EBA. Other finds collected from the same area were dated to the Middle Palaeolithic Age. Among these finds there were blades; bladelet cores; fragments of blades; flakes; cores and a pestle. Lots of Roman and Byzantian Period potsherds were also found. |
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