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Garsa Su Bendi

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Garsa Su Bendi
Type:
Water Construction
Altitude:
m
Region:
Eastern Anatolia
Province:
Mus
District:
Malazgirt
Village:
Hasretpinar
Investigation Method:
Survey
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It is located in Gre Garsa Mevkii, 2.5 km southwest of Hasretpinar Village, between Hasretpinar Village of Bulanik District and Hasretpinar Village of Malazgirt District in Mus Province. It was discovered during the survey performed by Biber and his team in 2010. It is a dam extends in the east-west direction and located on the west of a low rocky hill. The dam was built by rising the south of the wall via filling with soil. The wall preserved as a single row and erected by large stone masonry was built between the rocky area on the west and the hill on the east. Potsherds belonging to MIA and Middle Age were collected from the surface. According to the architecture of the dam and the pottery recovered, the site is dated to Urartian Period [Biber et al. 2012:390].
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