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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 the Hitit-Kizzuwatna Caravan. The sea connection of the mound is approximately 20 km to the south. It is known that the shoreline and alluvial fillings were inside thousands of years ago. Therefore, during the excavations, data related to Cyprus, Levant and Egypt by sea are obtained in every period starting from the Middle Bronze Age. The last settlements of the mound belong to the Hellenistic Period. Although rural properties can be seen in the abandoned settlement in the early Roman period, important evidence regarding weaving, especially wine production and trade is obtained. Hellenistic Period data of the mound, whose agricultural economy has also been revealed to a great extent, is extremely important for the Cilicia region. In the Late Iron Age (Akhaimenid) data are obtained that the mound was inhabited for a while. The steles, terracotta figurines and a small number of ceramics dating to this period are new additions to regional archeology. In the first half of the 1st Millennium BC, while Que city states (Middle Iron Age / Neo Hittite Period) prevailed, many archaeological materials of this period started to be found in Tatarlı Höyük. Among them, various types of amphoras that shed light on the presence of commerce in the city, Black on Red, Cypriot White Slip and Cypriot Bichrome IV group ceramics are the main ones. Stone pots, metal and bone finds from the same period also stand out. It contains the most developed settlements of the mound in the 2nd Millennium BC. In the LBA, a sacred city of Kizzuwatna is encountered with a spreading area of 2-3 km2 with its Citadel, the Lower City and its neighborhoods. Apart from its organic relations with the Hittite world, links with Cyprus, Levant and the Aegean region have begun to be identified. Although the MBA strata have not been fully excavated yet, the finds uncovered in restricted areas reveal that relations with Central Anatolia began, although they were heavily related to Northern Syria during this period. The layers of EBA and Chalcolithic Age have not been excavated yet. The seals especially in the Ubeyd Period, which were found in some areas, are the harbingers of the fact that there were strong settlements in the mound during these periods. Data from the Neolithic period identified at the foot of the mound provide new contributions for the region and Anatolian archaeology. |
