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Mound | |||||
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Marmara | |||||
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Istanbul | |||||
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Pendik | |||||
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Contemporary Settlements - Highways, roads, bridges etc. - Attention | |||||
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Visited - 22/8/2008 | |||||
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Registered For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages. | |||||
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| Location: The site is located in the Istanbul Province; 1.5 km east of Pendik; once a village; now a district of the city of Istanbul. The mound lies between the Pendik and Kaynarca train stations; 1;450 m from Pendik Train Station and 550 m from Kaynarca Train Station. It is now beneath the gardens of the Borusan Factory and the SSK Hospital. It is possible to reach the mound by walking from the train stations or by taking the turn off to the road leading to the SSK Hospital from the Pendik-Kaynarca highway. |
| Geography and Environment: The site lies on the shore of the Marmara Sea; northwest of a small bay that lies east of the point of the Temenye Peninsula. East of the site are two springs as well as a dried stream bed. The stream must have flowed by the site in the Neolithic. The mound is protected from harsh northern winds by the hills (Göztepe and Tavsantepe) to its north. It is broad and oval in shape and 170x280 m in size. Although the site has been named Pendik Höyük after the closest village; the name Temenye Höyük is more correct. The Pendik/Temenye mound has been divided into two by the old train tracks. The press called the mound "The mound with a train going through it". From the cross-sectional profile exposed by the train tracks; the height of the mound appears to be at least 2 m. Another profile was created after the foundation of the SSK Hospital was dug. The construction of the Borusan Factory further destroyed especially the southwestern side of the site. Recently; as the city of Istanbul grew; the remaining parts of the mound became completely destroyed. On the site there are now cooperative housing structures; and more hospital buildings. The only areas where excavation could now be conducted are the Borusan Factory football fields and another area in the western part of the site. |
| Destruction Details: It was visited during TAYEx Bizans Marmara in 2008 and was observed that the mound was no more there [TAYEx 22.8.2008]. |
