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Yenice Yani |
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Mound |
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Southeastern Anatolia |
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Diyarbakir |
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Bismil |
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Yenice |
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Excavation |
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| As a small and low mound, it is situated 10 km southeast of the Bismil District in Diyarbakir. It lies on the eastern bank of the Seyhan Brook, a tributary of the Tigris River. Yenice Yani was discovered by G. Algaze during a survey conducted in the Bismil-Batman region. In 2001, it was excavated by S. Pollock and R. Bernbeck within the scope of the "Salvage Project of the Archaeological Heritage of the Ilisu and Carchemish Dam Reservoirs" under the support of METU-TAÇDAM. The excavations revealed that the site had been inhabited from the Late Chalcolithic Age until the Iron Age [Bernbeck et al. 2004:117]. The Trench A contains four phases of the Chalcolithic and Iron Ages. On the southern end of the trench there are remains of two Iron Age buildings, which disturbed the Ubaid building level. There is a flat wall in the earlier phase A II. This building level was destroyed during the construction of the building at A I, which is the second building level. The building consisted of reddish mudbricks (40x40x10 cm). An Iron Age settlement was identified at trench C. Analysis of pottery also showed traces of Iron Age during the 2002 campaign [Bernbeck et al. 2004:118-120]. |
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