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In this work, we identified many color anomalies by low-cost remote-sensing analyses of satellite images. We checked the nature of these anomalies in a dedicated survey and we found a good correspondence between color anomalies and archeological remains consistent with leveled h\u00f6y\u00fck. We compared the grain size and chemical characteristics of the soil collected inside the color anomalies with the soil collected in other areas of the alluvial plain. We found irrelevant differences in grain-size characteristics, but a higher content of CaCO3 in soils collected inside the anomalies with respect to those collected outside. Therefore, the content of CaCO3 could be considered the feature that makes the color anomalies visible. The reason for this higher content of CaCO3 is related to the anthropogenic material used in the different phases of h\u00f6y\u00fck growth. This work suggests a low-cost analysis useful for rapid identification and preservation of archeological information on the history of Mediterranean settlement.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10020241","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,5]],"date-time":"2018-02-05T12:23:13Z","timestamp":1517833393000},"page":"241","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Identification of Leveled Archeological Mounds (H\u00f6y\u00fck) in the Alluvial Plain of the Ceyhan River (Southern Turkey) by Satellite Remote-Sensing Analyses"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1482-2630","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Monica","family":"Bini","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universit\u00e0 di Pisa, Pisa 56126, Italy"},{"name":"Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Pisa 56126, Roma, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3911-4676","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ilaria","family":"Isola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Pisa 56126, Roma, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giovanni","family":"Zanchetta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universit\u00e0 di Pisa, Pisa 56126, Italy"},{"name":"Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Pisa 56126, Roma, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5851-8775","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adriano","family":"Ribolini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universit\u00e0 di Pisa, Pisa 56126, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8420-9084","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrea","family":"Ciampalini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universit\u00e0 di Pisa, Pisa 56126, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6924-1599","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ilaria","family":"Baneschi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Pisa 56124, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8935-335X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniela","family":"Mele","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Universit\u00e0 di Bari, Bari 70125, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anna Lucia","family":"D\u2019Agata","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo Antico, Roma 00015, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"296","article-title":"International colloquium on air archaeology","volume":"23","author":"Scollar","year":"1963","journal-title":"Antiquity"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"126","DOI":"10.1126\/science.172.3979.126","article-title":"Archaeological methodology and remote sensing","volume":"72","author":"Gumerman","year":"1971","journal-title":"Science"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"214","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jas.2006.04.014","article-title":"Detection of archaeological crops marks by using satellite QuickBird multispectral imagery","volume":"34","author":"Lasaponara","year":"2007","journal-title":"J. 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