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Domali - Alaçali



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Type:
Habitation Site / Workshop
Altitude:
m
Diameter:
m- Direction:

Region:
Marmara
Province:
Istanbul
District:
Sile
Village:
Domali


TAYEx:
Not visited - 24/11/2000

Registration State:
Registered For detailed registration information please refer to Turkish pages.
     


Location: This site is located approximately 44-45 km northwest Istanbul; northeast of the town of Alaçali. Chipped stone tools were found near the village of DOMALI on the three rows of sand dunes by the Black Sea coast [Gatsov-Özdogan 1994:108]. This site includes a collection of artifact scatters. Some artifacts were collected on the first row of sand dunes known as the Göztepe Dunes and on the Dereagzi Hillock east of the Kazlar Deresi Stream [Özdogan 1983a:map on p.141]. A second scatter of artifacts was discovered by Özdogan during his 1984 survey. He found chipped stone artifacts on the MÜRSELLI BABA Ridge which is approximately 200 m inland and about 2 km north-northwest of the the village of Domali. The third set of dunes by the hill known as TEKMEZAR also yielded a large number of artifacts. Similar finds can be found on different dunes such as at the site of DOGANÇALI and further east at the site of ALAÇALI [Özdogan 1986a:411]. The sites here were most probably seasonally inhabited. The survey code of this site is D 14 / 5-7.
Geography and Environment: There are many sand dunes along the Black Sea coast such as Agacli; Gümüsdere and Kilyos. Small streamlets that empty into the Black Sea which spring from the inland parts of the dunes give the region an undulating appearance.
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