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m width in the fields and hills surrounding Arsuz. We also interviewed the
local population and documented oral histories related to survey region. All
sites were photographed, recorded by GPS and GIS mapping techniques, and
sampled by collecting ceramic and other artifacts and material culture. Finds
were then analyzed, recorded, drawn and photographed. At the close of the
season, the 2008 survey finds were stored in the Kinet Höyük Excavation
House (Yeşil-Dörtyol) excavation house’s sealed depots, together with those
of previous survey seasons.
During the 2008 survey season of the Cilicia (İskenderun Bay [Mopsos]
Project), 56 sites were surveyed and documented, mainly in the Arsuz region
(Map 1). In contrast, the Payas region has been severely damaged by industrial
development and very few sites are visible today. Thus most of our fieldwork
concentrated on the city of Arsuz, the surrounding villages and the lower
slopes of the Amanus Mountains, and their transition into the coastal plain.
The majority of the extant and/or visible archaeological sites are situated in
this transitional zone. Site density is especially high along the coastal region
of Arsuz and the area of the Amanus foothills. The majority of these sites
date to the Hellenistic through Late Roman/Byzantine periods (4th c. BC – 7th c. AD). A few Bronze and Iron Age sites were also documented. The sites
surveyed in 2008 are as follows:
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Site No. 32. Site Name: Höyük Köy
UTM East 761105; UTM North 4028385. Date: Rom – Byz – MA/Ott
22/7/2008: Large mound covered with orchards on the slopes and olive
trees at the summit. The lower part of the summit was being plowed at the
time of the survey. A modern house is located on the slope. A concentration
of sherds was found on top, particularly on its lower (eastern) part, probably
because it was being plowed. On the northwestern (terraced) slope, three
graves were found, but poor visibility prevented further study. Two walls
were visible on upper slope. One of the few sites with concentration of