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Fenik |
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Mound |
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Southeastern Anatolia |
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Sirnak |
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Idil |
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Hendekköy |
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Survey |
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| The site, located southwest of Silopi east of Dicle; was discovered during the Surveys of Cizre-Silopi conducted by G. Algaze as a part of Southeastern Anatolia Project. Natural rise overlooking the Tigris floodplain. On a cut by the northern side of mound it could be observed that that archaeological deposits generally did not exceed 2 in depth, but portions were deeper up to 5 m. Fenik 1 had a complex occupational history, which went back at least to the Late Chalcolithic period on the basis of eroding ceramics. A retaining wall at the base of this rise built of cut basalt blocks was 1.5 m wide, 12 m long, 20 m high, and separated the rise from the nearby stream, protecting the structures on top from erosion [Algaze et al. 2012:59]. |
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