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Sekerbulak |
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Fortress |
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Altitude:
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2010 m |
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Region:
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Province:
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Agri |
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District:
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Tutak |
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Village:
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Sekerbulak |
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Investigation Method:
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Survey |
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Period:
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Middle Iron Age |
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| It is situated on a high and rocky hill north of Kocagavur Stream which is one of Zilan Brook distributaries in Sekerbulak Plateau of Agri. It was surveyed by A. Özfirat in 2008. The rectangular planned fortress has a 58 m long wall in the east, a 50 m long wall in the west, a 70 m long wall in the north and a 48 m long wall in the south. The thicknesses are; 3.3 m on the east, west and north walls, and it is 2 m on the inclined south wall. Supporting wall projections on the north wall have dimensions differing between 2.5x1.2 to 5x1.2 m. There are square and rectangular planned rooms adjacent to the north wall inside. The wall thickness on those is 0.8 m. There are two fortress gates located in the east and west directions. Both are 2 m wide. The collected sherds here bear both Middle and Late Iron Age characteristics. Coded M70/12 [Özfirat 2010:230]. |
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