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Çukuriçi |
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Mound |
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Altitude:
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30 m |
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Region:
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Aegean |
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Province:
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Izmir |
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District:
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Selçuk |
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Village:
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Merkez |
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Investigation Method:
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Excavation |
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| Location: It is located at Çukuriçi Mevkii called ancient Smyrna; 500 m southeast of the Magnesia Gate of the ancient city of Ephesus (Efes); 1 km south of the Selçuk District; south of Izmir Province. It is situated inside the crossroads triangle of Selçuk; Aydin and Efes. The Dervent Stream passes by the mound. [Evren-Içten 1998:map at draw.1]. It lies 100 m west of the Aydin motorway [Evren 1999:draw.1]. |
| Geography and Environment: Although it was offered to be named as Apasas; the excavators preferred to name it after the site it is located. Standing between the branches of the Dervent Stream; it was evidenced that the settlement used to situate on the coast of the Aegean Sea reaching almost near Ephesus during the third millennium BC based on both the geomorphological studies and plenty of sea animal shells recovered from the settlement. The mound has an oval shape; and been partly damaged during mandarin planting [Evren 1999:draw.2]. |
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| Research and Excavation: It was discovered by coincidence while the researchers of the Efes Archaeological Museum were controlling the leveling work in a mandarin garden in 1995. The same year; a salvage excavation was started. It continued in 1996. Only a depth of 1 m was dug due to the shortage of funds. |
| Stratigraphy: During the excavations; Neolithic Period finds were encountered beneath the EBA and Late Chalcolithic layers. |
| Small Finds: Pottery: The Neolithic ceramics recovered are red; gray and black washed and burnished like the other settlements in the region. S-curvatured bowls with carinated necks and rounded or tubular pierced lugs are characteristic. Ceramic sherds with impressed decoration; which are similar to those found in Ulucak; were also found. Chipped Stone: Obsidian and flint tools were encountered. Ground Stone: Polished stone axes were found. |
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