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Sirkeli Höyük

Large tell (settlement mound) in Cilicia, southern Turkey

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Sirkeli Höyük is one of the largest tells (settlement mounds) of Cilicia with an area of approximately 80 ha. It is 40 kilometers east of the city of Adana, northwest of the village Sirkeli in the district of Ceyhan, at the breakthrough of the Ceyhan through the Misis Mountains (Turkish: Nur Dağ).

Paleolithic
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Bronze Age
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Artificial Mounds
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Turkey

Coordinates

37.00° N, 35.75° E