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Hetti Goldman, Field Dir.Dr E. Forrer, adviserHetty GoldmanPreliminary Exped. toCilicia, 1934 and Excavations300 m lengthat Gozlu Kule, Tarsus, 1935 / Extr. deAJA, 1935.p. 526 et suiv.(1) Islamic includes all post / Roman materiel)Section A.Tarsus (Gözlü Kule), Cilicia (after prel. res. 1934) excan. began 1935. (Bryn Mawr College + Archaeological Institute of America + Harvard University). Dir. H. Goldman. Most impressive huyuk in flat Cicilian plain. 22 m high, 1st Season. Gozlu Kule = South East edge of modern Tarsus. Mound partiellement cut off or terraced for building or agricult. purpose & used as quarry & cemetery until modern times & finally by milit. oper. in 1921 with war trenches, gun empl. & concrete foundations. Dug out the fill to avoid confusing evidence of neighbourg. undisturbed layers. Many undisturbed layers found & core of mound sound. — Core has yielded alr. 1st camp. fine materiel fr. Islamic (1) to Late Br. Age. Toward end of 1935 area was located at very summit of mound where stratification begins directly under surface with about the 1st mill. B.C. So cultural sequence could thus be expl. with succes. 1st trench (1935) layers sup. Roman plus. niveaux In sinking the foundations of rom. buildg. early houses destr. 2 floor levels. 2 plan bas walls rest of still earlier building with 1st painted syrian affiliated pottery (fig. 15, p. 534). Inv. 618.
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