Excavations at the Tepecik Mound in the Çine district of Aydın province, located in the western part of Turkey, have unearthed a structure thought to have been used as a palace or temple in the 13th century BC, as well as grain storage jars.

Çine Tepecik is located 5 km west of the Çine district of Aydın province. The settlement mound lies 600 m east of the present riverbed of the Çine Stream (ancient Marsyas River) and 3 km southwest of Karakollar village. This valley formed a strategic link to the Gulf of Gökova and its natural harbors.

The excavations at Tepecik Mound, located among olive trees and corn fields in the Çine Plain, have been carried out since 2004 under the direction of Professor Sevinç Günel of the Archaeology Department of Hacettepe University.

Three towers, a room containing items used by the rulers of the period during official visits and obsidian used in tool making were discovered within the scope of excavations that have been going on for 17 years in the archaeological site, which was known as a trade center in the past. Archaeologists also discovered a ceramic-tiled oven on the mound in 2021.