Çine-Tepecik Mound

Its story

Tepecik Mound lies on the road between Çine and Karpuzlu, near the Yörükler neighborhood. Excavations under Prof. Dr. Sevinç Günel of Hacettepe University, ongoing since 2004, have shown that the settlement goes back about 7,500 years and continued from the Late Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age. On the mound, a trade center in the Late Bronze Age, archaeologists found a building dated to the 13th century BC, thought to be a palace or temple, grain jars, defensive towers and a ceramic kiln about 3,500 years old. Traces of trade in obsidian and agricultural products were also uncovered.

Periods

Late Neolithic – Late Bronze Age

Key finds

Palace/temple building, grain jars, ceramic kiln

Excavation

Since 2004, Hacettepe University

Trip purpose

• Photography
• Quiet

Location

37.60943, 28.01223

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