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Fortress |
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Eastern Anatolia |
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Elazig |
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District:
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Maden |
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Village:
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Kavak |
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Survey |
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| It is located in Kavak Village in Maden District of Elazig Province. The settlement appears in the Elazig Culture Inventory which was achieved after the surveys organized by the Elazig Province Culture and Tourism Directorship in 2009. The hill is about 250 m in length and 10 m in width. A crenel has been preserved on the hill. Remains of fortification wall and potsherds belonging to various periods have been encountered. A major part of the fortification wall has been demolished and The stones of the wall spreaded through the skirts. Besides the polygonal shaped stones, bricks have been also used in architectural structures. The collected sherds from the surface are dated to IA and Middle Age. |
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