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Hamam

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Hamam
Type:
Rock Shelter
Altitude:
1980 m
Depth:
m
Length:
m
Region:
Eastern Anatolia
Province:
Erzurum
District:
Merkez
Village:
Nenehatun

     


It is located 1.5 km east of the Nenehatun Village of the Erzurum provincial centre. To immediate south passes by the Erzurum-Pasinler (Hasankale) motorway. The rock shelters are located on the rocks rising northward at 12th km of the motorway. It was explored during a survey covering the provinces of Erzincan; Erzurum and Kars by A. Ceylan of the Atatürk University in 2001; and documented as Hamamderesi Rock Chambers. The shelters were reported to be dating back to the Middle Age; and material of the Palaeolithic Age was uncovered; as well.
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