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Artifact Scatter |
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Mus |
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Malazgirt |
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Village:
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Merkez |
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Survey |
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| It is located about 1 km south of Afsin Quarter, 7.5 km far from Malazgirt District of Mus Province. It was discovered during the survey performed by Biber and his team in 2010. Dispersed foundation walls and graves in various plans were found. The structures are generally in rectangular plan and consist of several sections. Some of the graves are portal dolmens and some of are the burial chambers built by brick-laying. Locally available volcanic rocks were used for the construction of the structures as well as the graves. Potsherds belonging to IA and afterwards were collected from the surface. It was found out that this settlement belongs to IA. Researches done by this time shows that there is no other example for the occupational sites which were located such close to graveyards during Early and Middle IA (Urartian Period). However, the structures and the graves are nested and located in the same area in this site. It has been suggested that this situation is particular for the region [Biber et al. 2012:385-386]. |
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