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Çerkestevfikiye |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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20 m |
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Aegean |
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Manisa |
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Merkez |
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Village:
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Gülbahçe |
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Survey |
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| The site lies to the south of the road between the villages of Gülbahçe and Bagyolu; 600 m south of the village of Gülbahçe (Çerkestevfikiye); northwest of the province of Manisa. Kovanci Stream flows to its southwest. This area is locally known as Hocakirlar Mevkii. It is a flat and shallow mound in the middle of a plain. It was discovered by D.H. French in 1959. Red and gray/black burnished EBA sherds were collected from the surface. It was researched again by E. Akdeniz et al. in 2007 and the area was measured 100x50m, and the height 2 m. It is also known as Avlutepe or Gülbahçe. The surface of the mound contains a small amount of Late Chalcolithic Age and EBA sherds in addition to a large amount of 2nd Millenium BC sherds [Akdeniz 2009:260]. |
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