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Dear Friends and Colleagues, Kinyras: The Divine Lyre is also available online through the CHS website: http://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/6329. The web version, however, does not have page numbers, so that internal... more
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      PhilologyReligionAncient Egyptian ReligionSumerian Religion
"Our surveys in Ceyhan constitute the second stage of the fifth part of our surveys in Adana and Kayseri from 2002 onwards. We began our surveys here in 2005 after the completion of surveys in Tufanbeyli (2002-2005), Saimbeyli... more
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      CiliciaArchaeological surveyKizzuwatna Archaeology
Cilicia played a very important role in the history of civilizations, with its extensive arable lands and its position as a bridge between Anatolia, Mesopotamia and the Eastern Mediterranean, connecting these areas by land, sea and... more
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      ArchaeologyCultural HeritageCiliciaTourism
"The main purpase; Archaeological and urban conservation area in the planning process in Tepebağ Höyük, the urban archaeology, investigate the process of urban transformation and creation Archaeopark, Republican Period rehabilitation... more
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      Kizzuwatna ArchaeologyTepebağ Höyük (URU Adaniya) Excavations Project and Historical City AdanaCukurova University
Adamotu (Mandragora sp.), Patlıcangiller (Solanaceae) familyasından, toprağın hemen üstünde gelişen rozet yapraklı, olgunlaştığında sarı renkli meyveli ve kazık köklü çok yıllık bir bitkidir. Ortadoğu’nun sıcak bölgelerinin doğal bir... more
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      ArchaeobotanyCiliciaPrehistoric ArchaeobotanyKizzuwatna Archaeology
The excavations in Tatarlı Höyük has stanked in 2007 by courtesy of The Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums and Çukurova University. After seven archaeological seasons, an enormous... more
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      CiliciaKizzuwatna ArchaeologyTatarlı Höyük (Ceyhan/Adana/Turkey) ExcavationsLawazantiya
Alanya, Hatay region extending to a wide range of ages of the oldest dating back to the Ottoman period, this book is accessible to any information about the process, easily understood and used by all walks reader was written in a... more
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      HittiteCiliciaArchaeological surveyHittite archaeology
This chapter of my book in progress examines the ancient city Karahöyük-Konya in relation to the kingdom of Purušhanda.The chapter also describes the possible relations with the Göksu valley, Alalakh, Amuq valley, the Amanum and Taurus... more
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      Near Eastern ArchaeologyAssyriologyHittitologyAnatolian Archaeology
Juni 2018 appendix 2 is added. Rockgraves at Firakdin. Many wonder why the relief of the king  Hattusili III and queen Puduḫepa were made at Fırakdin.
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      Near Eastern ArchaeologyAssyriologyAnatolian StudiesHittitology
The land Purušhanda was connected with the Luwian culture and religion. It appears to be a part of the Land of Luwiya. This book describes three phases of the history of the kingdom: the rise of a kingdom, the great kingdom and... more
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      Near Eastern ArchaeologyAssyriologyAnatolian StudiesHittitology
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      Ancient HistoryNear Eastern ArchaeologyHistorical ArchaeologyAssyriology
Alanya, Hatay region extending to a wide range of ages of the oldest dating back to the Ottoman period, this book is accessible to any information about the process, easily understood and used by all walks reader was written in a... more
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      HittitologyHittiteCiliciaNeo-Hittite
Update November 2016.
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      Ancient HistoryNear Eastern ArchaeologyHistorical AnthropologyHistorical Linguistics
The kingdom of Purušhanda in the land Luwiya - Part III 
chapters: 9. The prince of Purušhanda and 10. A Hurrian army into Arzawa
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      Ancient HistoryNear Eastern ArchaeologyAssyriologyAnatolian Studies
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      CiliciaKizzuwatna ArchaeologyKizzuwatnaAnatolian road system in the LBA
Sirkeli Höyük is one of the largest Bronze and Iron Age sites in Plain Cilicia (Greek Kilikia Pedias, Latin Cilicia Campestris), a fertile, water-rich, alluvial landscape in the south of present-day Turkey. The region was known under... more
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      Levantine ArchaeologyLuwianAncient Near EastCilicia
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      International RelationsHittitologyHittiteAkkadian
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      Near Eastern ArchaeologyNear Eastern StudiesAnatolian StudiesHittitology
In this article, 13 cylinder and stamp seals are examined. They were found at Tatarlı Höyük during the 2008–2012 excavations. The interesting and significant collection of cylinder and stamp seals of the second millennium BC reveals the... more
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      HittiteNeolithic & Chalcolithic ArchaeologyChalcolithic ArchaeologyANE Cylinder Seals
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      CiliciaHittite archaeologyKizzuwatna ArchaeologyKizzuwatna
Tatarlı Höyük is one of the largest settlements of Cilicia Pedias (Campestris). It is located on the important commercial and military routes at the western exit of the Amanus Mountains, in the eastern part of the Ceyhan district of... more
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      HittitologyHittiteLate Bronze Age archaeologyCilicia
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      CiliciaKizzuwatna ArchaeologyLawazantiyaKummanni
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      HittiteCiliciaHittite ReligionHittite archaeology
"Bu çalışmada, Çukurova Bölgesi ve Anadolu’nun batı kesiminde yer alan M.Ö.II. binde yerleşmelere sahne olmuş belli başlı merkezlerde açığa çıkartılan arkeolojik verilerin olası ilişkileri ortaya konmaya çalışılmıştır. Çukurova Bölgesi... more
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      Pottery (Archaeology)Late Bronze Age archaeologyAegean ArchaeologyMiddle Bronze Age
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      Late Bronze Age archaeologyCiliciaIron Age (Archaeology)Kizzuwatna Archaeology
Tatarlı Höyük is one of the largest settlements of Cilicia in the east of the Ceyhan district of Adana, on the important commercial and military road routes at the western exit of the Amanos. It is connected to Central Anatolia through... more
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      HittitologyNeolithic ArchaeologyHittiteNeolithic & Chalcolithic Archaeology
Doğu Akdenizde Adana’nın Ceyhan ilçesinde yer alan Tatarlı Höyük’te, 2007 yılından bu yana multidisipliner kazı çalışmaları yürütülmektedir. Makale, 2016 yılı sonunda AY 186 açmasının doğu kesiminde kazılan bir seramik fırın üzerinde... more
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      HittiteArchaeometryCeramic Analysis (Archaeology)Cilicia
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      Pottery (Archaeology)Late Bronze Age archaeologyCiliciaMiddle Bronze Age
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      CiliciaNeo-HittiteNeo-Hittite Art and ArchitectureKizzuwatna Archaeology
Tatarlı Höyüğün 11. sezonu olan 2018 yılı çalışmaları, 02 Temmuz - 31 Aralık tarihleri arasında yaklaşık 5 ay devam etmiştir. 2018 yılı çalışmalarımızın ilk amacı, son iki yılda olduğu gibi yine GTÇ tapınaklarının batısında 2015 yılında... more
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      CiliciaHellenistic and Roman Asia MinorKizzuwatna ArchaeologyTatarlı Höyük (Ceyhan/Adana/Turkey) Excavations
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      Egyptian ArchaeologyHittiteCiliciaHittite archaeology
""The 2008 season of Tatarlı Höyük excavations, 35 km. east of Ceyhan, Adana, conducted by Çukurova University, yielded its first epigraphic finding which is an imprint of a stamp seal on a clay lump without any trace of attachment. The... more
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      GlypticsArchaeological ExcavationHittite archaeologyKizzuwatna Archaeology
Though the term “ḫilani” refers to an architectural form occurring in northern Syria during the early centuries of the 1st millennium BCE, the Middle Bronze II Building E of Tilmen Höyük in the Islahiye Valley and the Late Bronze I palace... more
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      Late Bronze Age archaeologyHittite archaeologyKizzuwatna ArchaeologyBit Hilani
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      Late Bronze Age archaeologyMiddle Bronze AgeArchaeological ExcavationHittite archaeology
In this study, the daggers found in Adana -Ceyhan Tatarlı Höyük excavations in 2012 and 2015 and a shafthole axe found in 2015 are discussed. The analogues of this weapon group, which can be dated to the 2nd Millennium BC, can be seen in... more
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      MetallurgyHittiteLate Bronze Age archaeologyCilicia
This article presents a preliminary comparative stratigraphy of excavated sites in Plain Cilicia and one in Rough Cilicia. It is the outcome of three workshops held in 2014, 2015 and 2017. Plain Cilicia at the junction of Anatolia,... more
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      HittitologyCypriot ArchaeologyNeolithic ArchaeologyHittite
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      HittiteFortificationsKizzuwatna ArchaeologyTatarlı Höyük (Ceyhan/Adana/Turkey) Excavations
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      CiliciaKizzuwatna ArchaeologyTepebağ Höyük (URU Adaniya) Excavations Project and Historical City AdanaAdana
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      Kizzuwatna ArchaeologyTatarlı Höyük (Ceyhan/Adana/Turkey) ExcavationsLawazantiya
This article documents a Late Bronze Age II (1450-1200 B.C.) pottery kiln unearthed at Tatarlı Höyük, Adana (Turkey). This pyrotechnical installation, with its associated ceramic assemblage and production remains, offers an overview of... more
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      Pottery (Archaeology)Anatolian ArchaeologyMesopotamian ArchaeologyHittite
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      Late Bronze Age archaeologyCiliciaMiddle Bronze AgeIron Age
Çukurova Üniversitesi bünyesinde 1998 yılında kurulan Arkeoloji Bölümü’nün etkinlik ve çalışmalarının bir bölümünü ilk olarak sizlerle bu özel sayıda paylaşıyoruz..., Founded in 1998, the Department of Archaeology at the University of... more
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      ArchaeologyAnthropologyWomen's HistoryArchaeobotany
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      Archaeological surveyHittite archaeologyKizzuwatna ArchaeologyKummanni
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      HittiteLate Bronze Age archaeologyCiliciaMiddle Bronze Age
Pictures of Topada 2018 and info about the adjoining underground settlement have been added. This chapter is a continuation of my article: titled " Is the city Parašhunta the same as the city Purušhanda? ". It describes certain... more
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      Historical GeographyNear Eastern ArchaeologyHistorical ArchaeologyAssyriology
Excerpted from Chapter 21 of Kinyras: The Divine Lyre
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      ReligionComparative ReligionHistoryAncient History
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      CiliciaKizzuwatna Archaeology
Tatarlı Höyük is located at Tatarlı (Yedigöz/Yedioluk) köyü within the Ceyhan ilçesi, about 50 km. east of Adana. About 750 m. northeast of Tatarlı Höyük is Üçtepeler (alt. 132 m.) with a volcanic cone that had erupted in the... more
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      Late Bronze Age archaeologyMiddle Bronze AgeArchaeological ExcavationHittite archaeology
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      Neolithic ArchaeologyNeolithic & Chalcolithic ArchaeologyCiliciaHellenistic and Roman Asia Minor
"Ceyhan Ovası’nda günümüze kadar bölgenin sağlıklı bir arkeolojik kültür envanteri çıkarılamamıştır. Bu bölgede yayını yapılmış arkeolojik yerleşmelerin bulunduğu alanlarda tarım, hızlı yapılaşma, endüstriyel gelişme gibi olumsuz... more
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      Remote SensingEnvironmental modelingArchaeological GISEnvironmental Monitoring