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Solteni Magarasi

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Solteni Magarasi
Type:
Cave
Altitude:
m
Depth:
m
Length:
m
Region:
Southeastern Anatolia
Province:
Diyarbakir
District:
Silvan
Village:
Kazandagi

     


Location: This cave-site is north of the city of Diyarbakir; 9 km northwest of the Batman Dam. It is located on the cliff almost exactly across from the Malaliki rock-shelter; on the western bank of one of the southwestern streams feeding the Ramdenka Stream; by the village of Hokan.
Structural Properties and formation :
Research History: It was found during the survey carried out to determine the prehistoric settlements that would have been flooded by the lake waters of the Batman Dam included in a series of dams that would be constructed on the Tigris River and its branches under the Southeastern Anatolia Project of M. Rosenberg in 1990.
Findings: It has been listed in the settlements of the Middle Palaeolithic Age among other settlements in the region.


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