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Asagi Karafakili Höyük |
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Mound |
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Mediterranean |
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Kahramanmaras |
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Hassa |
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Survey |
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New Assyrian Empire Period |
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| It lies 3 km southeast of the Hassa District, approximately 1.5 km south of the Upper Karafakili Mound. Remains of a fortification wall, seemingly from the 1st Millennium BC and having a 0.5-1 m height at several sections even at today enclose the Lower Karafakili Mound. Also ruins of buildings are observed in the citadel. Alkim believes that this mound is one of the two significant fortified cities in the region mentioned in the Assyrian records of 9th-7th centuries BC [Alkim 1960:8; Mellink 1961:46]. |
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