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Ruin mound in Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yumuktepe, also known as Yümüktepe, is a tell (ruin mound) within the city borders of Mersin, Turkey. In 1936, the mound was on the outskirts of Mersin, but after a rapid increase of population, the mound was surrounded by the Toroslar municipality of Mersin.
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Excavations
Excavations took place between 1936 and 1938 by the British archaeologist John Garstang (1876–1956). He was the founder of the British Institute in Ankara,[1] have revealed a Neolithic settlement which continued up to medieval ages. However, the excavations halted during World War II and some documents in the Liverpool University were lost after an air raid.[2] After the war, John Garstang as well as Veli Sevin of Istanbul University and Isabella Caneva[3] of Sapienza University of Rome continued the excavations.[4]
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